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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $537K a year · under 1% 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
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.8M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$96.7M
165% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 165% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$96.3M
Spent
$95.8M
To programs
96%
Net assets
−$38.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$96.3M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$96.3M
FY2021$103.3M
FY2022$102.4M
FY2023$105.1M
FY2024$106.4M
Expenses
$95.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$95.8M
FY2021$99.1M
FY2022$106.8M
FY2023$102.5M
FY2024$106.5M
Net assets
−$38.0M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$38.0M
FY2021−$35.5M
FY2022−$42.2M
FY2023−$37.3M
FY2024−$36.1M

From the FY2020 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 2004.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $91.9M Management & general 4% · $3.9M

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

20 people listed on the 990; $3.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$492,225Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Technology Officer
$331,379Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$320,605Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Strategy Officer
$299,806Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Policy
$294,289Pt VII · Sec A
SR Director, Channel Services
$291,391Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Gen Counsel & Secretary Bod
$288,616Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Business Affairs
$268,062Pt VII · Sec A

Jonathon L Nevett’s $910K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 43 $100M+ science & technology 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jonathon L Nevett$910,381$811,221$566,669$542,417$492,225
Richard K Wilhelm$453,645$480,331$418,754$128,581—
Brian Cimbolic$431,449$386,804$348,684$325,715$288,616
Haejoo Song-Marshall$404,143$371,393$334,325$325,563$299,806
Paul Andrew Diaz$351,573————
Elizabeth Szabo$341,453$308,647$289,586$224,998—
Joseph N Abley———$271,664$331,379
Anand a Vora$326,283$314,307$289,256$283,013$268,062

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 15aYes

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1 program · $91.9M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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See schedule oin collaboration with and in support of its sole member, the internet society ("isoc"), public interest registry's primary activity is to maintain the .org domain registry as the exemplary top-level domain registry service; to operate it primarily in the public interest; and to be responsive to the issues and needs of the…

$91.9Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 44 grants · $319.6M · 2020–2024
Internet Society FoundationVA · FY2024$29,000,000
Internet SocietyVA · FY2024$29,000,000
Connected Giving FoundationVA · FY2024$3,000,000
Yellow Boat of Hope USACA · FY2024$50,000
Global Cyber Alliance INCNY · FY2024$45,833
Share Our SpareIL · FY2024$10,000
Project Camp INCKY · FY2024$10,000
Kiva MicrofundsCA · FY2024$10,000
Internet Society FoundationVA · FY2023$36,781,089
Internet SocietyVA · FY2023$28,008,904
Global Cyber Alliance INCNY · FY2023$50,000
Hope for Justice INCTN · FY2023$50,000
NtenOR · FY2023$15,000
Herhealtheq CorpNY · FY2023$10,200
Wholives INCUT · FY2023$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$96.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$95.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$768K
Money outPt IX
$95.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$91.9M
Managementcol C$3.9M
Owns and owesPt X
−$38.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22.0M
Total assetsLn 16$58.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$96.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A20
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$95.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$768K
Gains on assetsLn 7$277K
Total revenueLn 12$96.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$22.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M
Other assetsLn 15$12.5M
Total assetsLn 16$58.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$96.7M
Net assetsLn 32−$38.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 545
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Grants to other countriesSch F Pt II–III$20K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21.5M$22.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$16.9M$18.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$476K$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$54.4M$58.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$94.1M$96.7M
Net assetsLn 32−$39.7M−$38.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$62.0M$62.0M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$20K$20K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$3.4M$3.1M$389K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.2M$3.8M$477K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$584K$518K$66K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$526K$467K$59K
Payroll taxesLn 10$379K$337K$43K
Legal feesLn 11b$119K$105K$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c$95K$84K$11K
Investment management feesLn 11f$75K$75K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.5M$1.4M$172K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$300K$266K$34K
Office expensesLn 13$167K$148K$19K
Information technologyLn 14$687K$610K$77K
OccupancyLn 16$385K$342K$43K
TravelLn 17$76K$68K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$91K$80K$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$349K$310K$39K
InsuranceLn 23$259K$230K$29K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20.4M$18.1M$2.3M
All other expensesLn 24e$71K$63K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$95.8M$91.9M$3.9M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025 $106.4M$106.5M−$152K−$36.1M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $105.1M$102.5M$2.6M−$37.3M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 $102.4M$106.8M−$4.4M−$42.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 4, 2022 $103.3M$99.1M$4.2M−$35.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 10, 2021 $96.3M$95.8M$475K−$38.0M 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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $96,274,965 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $94,851,925$95,506,710
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $584,204$768,255
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,705$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $95,438,834$96,274,965
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $67,612,697$61,990,453
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,931,729$9,168,889
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $27,724,314$24,640,384
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $103,268,740$95,799,726
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,829,906$475,239
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $96,274,965 across 4 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $95,506,710$95,506,710
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $490,916$490,916
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $277,339$277,339
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $95,506,710 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $768,255$96,274,965
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $95,799,726 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $61,970,453$61,970,453
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $20,000$20,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $3,058,860 · Management $388,520$3,447,380
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,755,314 · Management $476,980$4,232,294
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $517,753 · Management $65,762$583,515
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $467,062 · Management $59,324$526,386
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $336,565 · Management $42,749$379,314
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $105,490 · Management $13,399$118,889
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $84,056 · Management $10,676$94,732
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $75,349$75,349
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,356,782 · Management $172,331$1,529,113
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $266,484 · Management $33,847$300,331
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $147,995 · Management $18,797$166,792
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $609,900 · Management $77,466$687,366
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $341,701 · Management $43,401$385,102
IX-17 TravelPrograms $67,837 · Management $8,616$76,453
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $80,445 · Management $10,218$90,663
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $309,741 · Management $39,342$349,083
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $230,019 · Management $29,216$259,235
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,133,208 · Management $2,303,181$20,436,389
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $62,899 · Management $7,988$70,887
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $91,922,564 · Management $3,877,162 · Fundraising $0$95,799,726
Part X · Balance sheet $58,677,340 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $21,451,749$22,008,126
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,741,859$2,777,122
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $265,115$656,080
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $476,386$2,011,765
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $16,913,866$18,512,091
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $241,286$188,708
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,352,851$12,523,448
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $54,443,112$58,677,340
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,368,926$3,762,962
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $82,880,831$82,984,477
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,866,516$9,977,185
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $94,116,273$96,724,624
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$39,673,161−$38,047,284
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$39,673,161−$38,047,284
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $54,443,112$58,677,340
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$38,047,284 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$96,274,965
XI-2 Total expenses$95,799,726
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$475,239
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$39,673,161
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,150,638
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$38,047,284

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