Openid Foundation FY2023 filing

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Openid Foundation is a nonprofit international standardization organization of individuals and companies developing, promoting, and evolving Openid technologies. Formed in june 2007, the Foundation serves as a public trust organization representing the open community of developers, vendors, and users.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0447503) · Dispute this line
501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
The IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $369K a year · 21% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
18.5 mo
of spending, in cash
18.5 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Liabilities are 0% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
15 of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$2.2M
+22% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
Net assets
$2.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2023▲ +22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$656K
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.2M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2023▲ +35%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$872K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.9M
Net assets
$2.5M
FY2023▲ +32%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$432K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.7M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2014.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chairman & Director (community Rep)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair & Director (corporate Rep)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary & Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer & Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (community Rep)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Don Thibeau’s $114K as Non-Executive Director is at the 27th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2833 $1–10M community development 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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Don Thibeau$113,750$195,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • 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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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Operational Updates

Oidf continued its global outreach to the openid community via workshops and conference presentations in 2023, including oidf community workshops in march at microsoft and at cisco in october. Oidf also presented at a workshop to the european identity & cloud conference in berlin, germany in may 2023.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0447503) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
02

The oidf certification program continued to evolve and grow in 2023: - continued strong partnership with open finance brazil that requires all brazilian banks to be openid fapi conformant and CERTIFIED.- partnered with open insurance brazil (opin) that mirrored open finance brazil requirements in mandating all brazilian insurance…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0447503) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
03

A number of oidf specifications were approved in 2023, as well as a formal security analysis on one openid specification: - second implementer's drafts of two fapi 2.0 specifications approved (security profile and attacker model) - implementer's draft of fapi 2.0 message signing approved- second implementer's draft of openid for…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0447503) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$2.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
SavingsLn 2$735K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$2.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6311
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$2.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Management feesLn 11a$619K
Legal feesLn 11b$64K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$628K
Office expensesLn 13$98
Information technologyLn 14$45K
TravelLn 17$113K
InsuranceLn 23$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$138K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Oct 15, 2025 $2.2M$1.9M$208K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $2.2M$1.6M$611K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 $1.8M$1.2M$626K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 $1.7M$872K$849K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2021 $656K$1.1M−$448K$432K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,231,294 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $135,000$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,687,074$2,220,000
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,378$11,294
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,824,452$2,231,294
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,198,316$1,620,520
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,198,316$1,620,520
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $626,136$610,774
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,231,294 across 3 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,220,000$2,220,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $11,294$11,294
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,231,294 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,231,294
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,620,520 across 9 lines filed
IX-11a Management fees$619,277
IX-11b Legal fees$64,009
IX-11c Accounting fees$1,784
IX-11g Other fees for services$627,944
IX-13 Office expenses$98
IX-14 Information technology$44,881
IX-17 Travel$113,348
IX-23 Insurance$10,816
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$138,363
IX-25 Total functional expenses$1,620,520
Part X · Balance sheet $2,492,214 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,611,315$1,756,962
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $270,125$735,252
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,881,440$2,492,214
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,731,422$2,356,333
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $150,018$135,881
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,881,440$2,492,214
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,881,440$2,492,214
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,492,214 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,231,294
XI-2 Total expenses$1,620,520
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$610,774
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,881,440
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,492,214

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