Internet Education Foundation: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 31-1577362)

Tim Lordan’s $177K as Exec. Dir., Secretary is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 731 $1–10M public & societal benefit 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Tim Lordan	$177,254	$171,800	$171,768	$170,955	$140,955
Jerry Berman	—	—	—	—	$3,600

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 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $929K · in their own filed words · FY2023

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Public and policy makers awareness on internet policy and technology through initiatives including the congressional app challenge, the state of the net, the congressional internet caucus academy, internet law & policy foundry and the copyright & creativity project as well as other educational programs and conferences.

$929Kprogram expense

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Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

NetchoiceFY2024$100K

Broadcom FoundationFY2024$50K

Infosys Foundation USAFY2024$50K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$10K

Public Interest RegistryFY2024$10K

Ncta-The Internet & Television AssociationFY2024$9K

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$229K

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Grants paid · 2 grants · $1.7M · 2024–2024

Trust and Safety FoundationCA · FY2024$1,500,000

Security Research Legal Defense Fund INCDC · FY2024$225,211

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$791K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$777K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$14K

Investment incomeLn 3$23

Money outPt IX

$1.0M

Ln 25

Programscol B$929K

Managementcol C$61K

Fundraisingcol D$31K

Owns and owesPt X

$2.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M

Total assetsLn 16$2.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$124K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$777K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$14K

Investment incomeLn 3$23

Total revenueLn 12$791K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.1M

SavingsLn 2$57K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0

Other assetsLn 15$2K

Total assetsLn 16$2.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$124K

Net assetsLn 32$2.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 53

VolunteersI 60

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

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.6M	$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$0
Total assetsLn 16	$2.6M	$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$180K	$124K
Net assetsLn 32	$2.4M	$2.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$176K	$176K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$197K	$197K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$19K	$19K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$23K	$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$27K	$27K
Legal feesLn 11b	$1K	$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$33K		$33K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$31K			$31K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$196K	$171K	$24K
Office expensesLn 13	$32K	$28K	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$25K	$25K	$74
OccupancyLn 16	$20K	$20K
TravelLn 17	$42K	$42K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$143K	$143K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$56K	$56K	$0	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.0M	$929K	$61K	$31K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.2M	$2.7M	−$1.5M	$698K	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$791K	$1.0M	−$231K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2022	$904K	$1.0M	−$127K	$2.4M	990 PDF
FY2021	$891K	$768K	$124K	$2.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$2.7M	$959K	$1.8M	$2.4M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $790,596 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $895,026$776,818

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,892$13,755

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23$23

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $903,941$790,596

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 $432,727$442,547

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $30,000$31,000

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $567,906$548,103

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,030,633$1,021,650

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$126,692−$231,054

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

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

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $790,596 across 5 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$776,818

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$776,818

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $13,755$13,755

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $23$23

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,755 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $23$790,596

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,021,650 across 15 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $176,031$176,031

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $197,148$197,148

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $19,116$19,116

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,029$23,029

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,223$27,223

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,493$1,493

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,990$32,990

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $31,000$31,000

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $171,374 · Management $24,450$195,824

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $27,765 · Management $3,982$31,747

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,535 · Management $74$24,609

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,986$19,986

IX-17 TravelPrograms $41,973$41,973

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $143,100$143,100

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $56,381 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$56,381

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $929,154 · Management $61,496 · Fundraising $31,000$1,021,650

Part X · Balance sheet $2,317,540 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,508,518$2,068,572

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $56,884$56,907

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $35,000$182,500

X-4 Accounts receivable$5,685

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,997$2,316

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,587$1,560

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,603,986$2,317,540

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $68,141$31,750

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $111,500$92,500

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $179,641$124,250

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $125,028$19,089

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,299,317$2,174,201

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,424,345$2,193,290

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,603,986$2,317,540

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,193,290 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$790,596

XI-2 Total expenses$1,021,650

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$231,054

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,424,345

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,193,290

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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