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Appropedia Foundation 2084 FY2020 filing

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Eureka, CA501(c)(3)Since 2007Human ServicesEIN 20-8982657Revenue $53K in FY2020

On file with the IRSappropedia.org3300 Broadway Ste 502, 95501-3812 · Eureka, CATax-exempt since Oct 2007Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Appropedia Foundation is a non-profit organization that enables access to documentation for international development and sustainability. Our main activities are maintaining and promoting Appropedia, an extensive open source solutions catalogue, and providing capacity building for individuals and organizations to produce and share open source, accessible, editable, and reproducible practical knowledge such as thematic knowledge, technical documentation and educational resources to solve pressing global issues.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$30K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$30K
to officers and key staff · 60% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 60% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $193K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$53K
Spent
$50K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$12K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$53K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$53K
FY2021$148K
FY2022$505K
FY2023$231K
FY2024$189K
FY2025$363K
Expenses
$50K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$50K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$317K
FY2023$404K
FY2024$168K
FY2025$363K
Net assets
$12K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12K
FY2021$46K
FY2022$290K
FY2023$116K
FY2024$136K
FY2025$135K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $50K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990-EZ; $30K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$14,900Pt VII · Sec A
Emilio Velis
Executive Dir.
$14,900Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lonny Grafman
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Curt Beckmann
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Andrew Lamb
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Emilio Velis’s $15K as Mr is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

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2 programs · $50K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

See Schedule O.

$26Kprogram expense
02

Updated and improved the Appropedia.org website and reached over 1,000,000 users.

$24Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Alfred P Sloan FoundationFY2023$193K
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$43
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$193K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990-EZ, line by line.

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1The main four
Money in
$53K
Gifts and grants$53K
Money out
$50K
Programs$50K
Owns and owes
$12K
net assets
Cash and savings$12K
Total assets$12K
Liabilities$0
People
10
listed
Paid2
Voting board5
Independent5
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$53K
Total revenue$53K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$12K
Total assets$12K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$12K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers5
Fiscal year endsDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyNo
Records policyNo

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $363K$363K−$686$135K 990 PDF
FY2024 $189K$168K$20K$136K 990 PDF
FY2023 $231K$404K−$174K$116K 990 PDF
FY2022 $505K$317K$188K$290K 990 PDF
FY2021 $148K$46K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $53K$50K$3K$12K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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