The Shadowserver Foundation INC FY2021 filing

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Pleasanton, CA501(c)(3)EducationEIN 26-2267933Revenue $2.6M in FY2021

On file with the IRSshadowserver.org4695 Chabot Dr Ste 200, 94588-2756 · Pleasanton, CATax-exempt since Apr 2020Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Shadowserver's mission is to make the internet more secure by bringing to light vulnerabilities, malicious activity and emerging threats. Since 2004, Shadowserver has been investigating malicious internet activity, collecting malware with its related analysis and meta data, working with law enforcement in various capacities, and sharing infection and malicious data with appropriate network owners. Shadowserver also provides educational presentations worldwide while encouraging the open sharing of data within the security industry and with vendor and government organizations. Shadowserver has emerged as one of the world's leading resources for internet security reporting and malicious activity investigation and maintains a global infrastructure spanning 80 countries. The organization is funded entirely from sponsorships, grants and charitable donations.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$606K 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $279K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$606K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $138K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$681K
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 4 voting members
Fine: 2 of 4 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
-24% vs prior year
Spent
$3.6M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$729K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2021▼ -24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$4.1M
Expenses
$3.6M
FY2021▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$4.6M
Net assets
$729K
FY2021▼ -60%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$729K
FY2022−$109K
FY2023$143K
FY2024−$432K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2018-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2020.

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

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $2.9M Management & general 17% · $615K Fundraising 2% · $72K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $606K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Senior Technical Architect
$301,386Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, CEO (thru 6/21)
$193,115Pt VII · Sec A
System Administrator
$111,720Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, CEO (as of 7/21)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, CFO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Rhoads’s $324K as Senior Architect is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jason Rhoads$323,625$323,853$315,203$301,386$128,057
Charles a Eberle IV$210,458$195,781———
Richard Perlotto———$193,115$125,945
Duncan Taylor$176,838$177,724$172,412——
David De Coster$169,432$171,338$141,771——
Dimitri Nguyen$120,593$121,127$116,541$111,720—

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

Investigates and reports internet threats, vulnerabilities, and malicious activity to improve online security.

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3 programs · $2.9M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Special Projects Team

A team of people and efforts to support law enforcement and their efforts to pursue and take down of cyber-criminal activities and infrastructures. - registrar of last resort, a special purpose DNS registrar for registering and managing malicious domain names used for MALWARE/BOTNET c2 channels, particularly high-volume domain generation…

$2.3Mprogram expense
02

Other Programs (backend Management System)

Projects for management, upgrades, and expansion of existing data center and related equipment to include development of supporting technologies for new and existing missions and maintenance of existing data storage and query systems.

$433Kprogram expense
03

Honeypot project to develop a worldwide set of emulated vulnerable system to capture and analyze malicious internet traffic.

$194Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$138K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$627K
Investment incomeLn 3$63
Money outPt IX
$3.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$615K
Fundraisingcol D$72K
Owns and owesPt X
$729K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$804K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$681K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$627K
Investment incomeLn 3$63
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$804K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$804K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$439K
Other assetsLn 15$71K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$681K
Net assetsLn 32$729K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$804K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$970K$439K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$493K$681K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$729K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$242K$218K$24K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$522K$317K$138K$67K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$157K$132K$25K
Payroll taxesLn 10$46K$44K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$81K$8K$69K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$124K$124K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$773K$766K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$24K$4K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$365K$342K$22K
OccupancyLn 16$693K$672K$21K
TravelLn 17$13K$12K$144
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$554K$415K$138K
InsuranceLn 23$18K$18K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$273$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.6M$2.9M$615K$72K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $4.1M$4.6M−$454K−$432K 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$3.3M$325K$143K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.5M$3.2M−$714K−$109K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $2.6M$3.6M−$1.0M$729K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.4M$2.9M$483K$1.8M 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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,582,270 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,850,645$1,955,059
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $568,175$627,148
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $112$63
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,418,932$2,582,270
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 $501,809$967,829
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,433,748$2,650,689
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,935,557$3,618,518
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $483,375−$1,036,248
Part VI · Governance 2 of 4 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members2
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
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,582,270 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,955,059
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,955,059
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $627,148$627,148
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $63$63
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $627,148 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $63$2,582,270
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,618,518 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $217,897 · Management $24,211$242,108
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $316,942 · Management $138,177 · Fundraising $67,351$522,470
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $132,115 · Management $24,714$156,829
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,358 · Management $2,064$46,422
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,127 · Management $69,085 · Fundraising $4,065$81,277
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $124,344$124,344
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $765,594 · Management $7,142$772,736
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,294 · Management $19,662$23,956
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $342,481 · Management $22,128$364,609
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $671,991 · Management $21,215$693,206
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,459 · Fundraising $144$12,603
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $415,372 · Management $138,447$553,819
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $17,995$17,995
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $273 · Management $5,871$6,144
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,931,903 · Management $615,055 · Fundraising $71,560$3,618,518
Part X · Balance sheet $1,410,714 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,112,676$803,719
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $10,000$17,500
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $48,822$78,795
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $969,777$439,310
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $156,735$71,390
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,298,010$1,410,714
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $290,801$300,945
X-19 Deferred revenue$115,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $202,478$265,345
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $493,279$681,290
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,804,731$729,424
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,804,731$729,424
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,298,010$1,410,714
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $729,424 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,582,270
XI-2 Total expenses$3,618,518
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,036,248
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,804,731
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$39,059
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$729,424

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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