Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies opened its doors on the 4th of September 1962. This date arrived just days before the Cuban Missile Crisis began to unfold in October of that same year.
Arleigh Burke and David Manker Abshire established the organization as an affiliate of Georgetown University. Their initial office occupied a small brick townhouse at 1316 36th Street, located one block from the university campus.
The board of directors voted to sever all ties on the 17th of October 1986. The formal affiliation between Georgetown and CSIS ended on the 1st of July 1987.
For fiscal year 2013, CSIS had an operating revenue of US$32.3 million. Corporate sources provided 32% of this total while foundations contributed 29%.
In 2013, CSIS moved from its K Street headquarters to a new location on Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. The new building cost $100 million to construct and features a studio for media interviews.