Processing Foundation

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Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)Since 2012EducationEIN 46-0830259Revenue $337K in FY2025

On file with the IRSprocessingfoundation.org400 Jay St 175, 11201-5100 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Mar 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization's mission is to promote software literacy within the visual arts, and visual literacy within technology-related fields - and to make these fields accessible to diverse communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 65% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
38 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 38.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $85K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$337K
-48% vs prior year
Spent
$694K
To programs
61%
Net assets
$9.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$337K
FY2025▼ -48%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$274K
FY2021$10.9M
FY2022$777K
FY2023$513K
FY2024$649K
FY2025$337K
Expenses
$694K
FY2025▼ -54%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$182K
FY2021$430K
FY2022$681K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$694K
Net assets
$9.6M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$151K
FY2021$10.6M
FY2022$10.7M
FY2023$10.4M
FY2024$9.5M
FY2025$9.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2014.

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

Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $423K Management & general 19% · $135K Fundraising 20% · $137K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dorothy Santos’s $56K as Executive Director (resigned 6/30/2023) is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dorothy Santos$56,164$86,400$50,800—
Saber Khan$46,654———
Lauren Lee McCarthy———$2,536

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Teaches software skills for art and visual skills for tech, making fields accessible to all.

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1 program · $423K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Developing processing software, both the core application programming interface (api) and the programming environment, the processing development environment (pde).

$423Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Endaoment INCFY2024$60K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$85K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$337K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$174K
Investment incomeLn 3$163K
Money outPt IX
$694K
Ln 25
Programscol B$423K
Managementcol C$135K
Fundraisingcol D$137K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$174K
Investment incomeLn 3$163K
Total revenueLn 12$337K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$156K
SavingsLn 2$2.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$9.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.2M$7.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$9.5M$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$9.5M$9.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$467K$234K$117K$117K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$11K$10K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$15K$226$226
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$11K$11K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$276$276
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$157K$140K$6K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$6K$618
Total functional expensesLn 25$694K$423K$135K$137K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $337K$694K−$358K$9.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $649K$1.5M−$869K$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $513K$1.2M−$718K$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $777K$681K$96K$10.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $10.9M$430K$10.5M$10.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $274K$182K$92K$151K 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
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Part I · Summary $336,536 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $464,311$173,709
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $184,353$162,827
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $648,664$336,536
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $732,648$497,160
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $784,523$197,032
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,517,171$694,192
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$868,507−$357,656
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-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 $336,536 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$173,709
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$173,709
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $162,827$162,827
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $162,827$336,536
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $694,192 across 8 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $233,652 · Management $116,826 · Fundraising $116,826$467,304
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,590 · Management $10,309 · Fundraising $8,957$29,856
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,639 · Management $226 · Fundraising $226$15,091
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,360$6,360
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,224$11,224
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $276$276
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $140,204 · Management $6,286 · Fundraising $10,685$157,175
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,288 · Management $618$6,906
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $422,957 · Management $134,541 · Fundraising $136,694$694,192
Part X · Balance sheet $9,662,449 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $271,496$156,330
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,009,541$2,072,643
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $25,000$76,274
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,292$1,008
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $7,230,943$7,355,329
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $277$865
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,538,549$9,662,449
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $52,767$31,870
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $52,767$31,870
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,485,782$9,630,579
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,485,782$9,630,579
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,538,549$9,662,449
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,630,579 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$336,536
XI-2 Total expenses$694,192
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$357,656
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,485,782
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$502,453
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,630,579

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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