World Wide Web Foundation: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 26-2852431)

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Adrian Lovett	—	—	$227,971	$225,301	$224,862
Jose Manuel Alonso	—	—	$212,161	—	—
Sonia Jorge	—	—	$172,000	$185,000	$185,000
Catherine Adeya	—	—	$184,613	—	—
Mark Sanderson	$165,546	$48,782	—	—	—
Katherine Townsend	—	—	$150,000	—	—
Emily Sharpe	—	—	—	$143,911	$139,915
Eleanor Saprong	—	—	$135,737	$121,621	$117,476

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for the open web as a public good and basic right for everyone.

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3 programs · $3.2M · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Ensuring everyone can access all of the internet, all of the time. The alliance for affordable internet (A4AI), a multi-stakeholder coalition, is advocating for and supporting the development of policy reforms that will make fast, reliable internet affordable and accessible to all.

$1.9Mprogram expense

02

Core

The core program seeks to educate and raise awareness of the value of the world wide web to human, social and economic development, and address barriers to access and effective use of the web by individuals irrespective of economic status, gender and other factors.

$860Kprogram expense

03

Women's Rights Online

The women's rights online network is working to develop and impact the policies needed to bridge the gender gap in technology, data, and policymaking.

$418Kprogram 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

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFY2023$700K

Tides FoundationFY2023$500K

Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$22

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$1.2M

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$5.0M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$491K

Other incomeLn 4–11$15K

Money outPt IX

$5.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$3.6M

Managementcol C$1.5M

Fundraisingcol D$243K

Owns and owesPt X

$983K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$936K

Total assetsLn 16$1.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$254K

PeoplePt VI, VII

16

listed · VII A

PaidVII A5

Voting boardVI 1a12

IndependentVI 1b11

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$491K

Investment incomeLn 3$319

Other incomeLn 4–11$15K

Total revenueLn 12$5.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$936K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$936K

Other assetsLn 15$50K

Total assetsLn 16$1.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$254K

Net assetsLn 32$983K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 57

VolunteersI 610

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$667K	$936K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.4M	$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$163K	$254K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.3M	$983K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$216K	$216K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$427K	$231K	$196K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.1M	$812K	$116K	$191K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$43K	$33K	$2K	$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$15K	$10K	$3K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$150K	$102K	$30K	$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$288K		$288K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2.5M	$2.0M	$454K	$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$8K	$4K	$4K	$84
Office expensesLn 13	$55K		$54K	$597
Information technologyLn 14	$32K	$24K	$6K	$3K
OccupancyLn 16	$41K	$17K	$17K	$8K
TravelLn 17	$37K	$34K	$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$15K	$14K	$1K
InsuranceLn 23	$12K		$12K	$130
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$336K	$68K	$267K
All other expensesLn 24e	$21K	$3K	$17K	$978
Total functional expensesLn 25	$5.3M	$3.6M	$1.5M	$243K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$7K	$864K	−$857K	$0	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.5M	$667K	$868K	$857K	990 PDF
FY2022	$4.1M	$5.0M	−$882K	$102K	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$5.0M	$5.3M	−$289K	$983K	990 PDF
FY2020	$4.5M	$4.9M	−$427K	$1.3M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $4,976,356 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,353,421$4,469,734

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $131,500$490,853

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $34$319

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,059$15,450

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,488,014$4,976,356

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $347,815$216,085

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,705,372$1,753,551

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $65,300$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,796,805$3,295,678

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,915,292$5,265,314

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$427,278−$288,958

Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12

VI-1b Independent voting members11

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,976,356 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1b Membership dues$275,000

VIII-1e Government grants$1,190,160

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,004,574

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,469,734

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $490,853$490,853

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $319$319

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $15,450$15,450

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $490,853 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $15,769$4,976,356

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,265,314 across 17 lines filed

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $216,085$216,085

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $230,766 · Management $196,350$427,116

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $811,946 · Management $115,970 · Fundraising $191,119$1,119,035

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $32,820 · Management $2,440 · Fundraising $7,437$42,697

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,934 · Management $2,907 · Fundraising $1,834$14,675

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $101,558 · Management $29,721 · Fundraising $18,749$150,028

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $288,316$288,316

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,984,342 · Management $453,913 · Fundraising $11,940$2,450,195

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,544 · Management $4,107 · Fundraising $84$7,735

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $54,145 · Fundraising $597$54,742

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,180 · Management $5,552 · Fundraising $2,610$32,342

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,778 · Management $16,534 · Fundraising $7,773$41,085

IX-17 TravelPrograms $34,318 · Management $2,897$37,215

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $13,951 · Management $1,177$15,128

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $11,764 · Fundraising $130$11,894

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $68,489 · Management $267,469$335,958

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,073 · Management $17,017 · Fundraising $978$21,068

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,551,784 · Management $1,470,279 · Fundraising $243,251$5,265,314

Part X · Balance sheet $1,237,809 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $666,688$936,440

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $608,561$93,597

X-4 Accounts receivable$125,739

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $77,950$32,478

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $46,123$49,555

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,435,344$1,237,809

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $144,425$156,378

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$97,970

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $162,925$254,348

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $327,244$587,191

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $945,175$396,270

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,272,419$983,461

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,435,344$1,237,809

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $983,461 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$4,976,356

XI-2 Total expenses$5,265,314

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$288,958

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,272,419

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$983,461

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

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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII