Processing Foundation EIN 46-0830259

Processing Foundation FY2020 filing

EIN  46-0830259 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Brooklyn, NY
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Teaches software skills for art and visual skills for tech, making fields accessible to all.
Leadership
Lauren Lee McCarthy · Board of Director · $3K
Money in and out
$274K revenue, $182K expenses
Bottom line
86% program efficiency

Teaches software skills for art and visual skills for tech, making fields accessible to all. For fiscal year 2020 it reported $274K in revenue, $182K in expenses, and $151K in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$274K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$182K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$151K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $92K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.86 Management & general $0.14
Program efficiency
86%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
10.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+34%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$274K
FY2020
Expenses
$182K
FY2020
Total assets
$156K
FY2020
Total liabilities
$5K
FY2020
Total revenue
$274K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$182K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$151K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$92K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$156K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B86%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 35
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 45
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $157K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Developing processing software, both the core application programming interface (API) and the programming environment, the processing development environment (PDE)

$157Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CProcessing Foundation
EINHdr · item D46-0830259
Principal addressHdr · item CBrooklyn, NY
WebsiteHdr · item Jprocessingfoundation.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MNY
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFEducation (B99)
Ruling yearIRS BMFMar 2014

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a5
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b5
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board of Director
$2,536Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Director
$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 1616 $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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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$255K · 93%
Other revenue$12K · 5%
Program service revenue$6K · 2%
Contributions & grants93%$255K
Other revenue5%$12K
Program service revenue2%$6K
— government grantsLn 1e$25K
Total revenueLn 12$274K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.86 Management & general $0.14
Program services86%$157K
Management & general14%$25K
Total functional expensesLn 25$182K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$156K
Total assetsLn 16$156K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$5K
Total net assetsLn 32$151K
Months of cash on handcomputed10.3

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2020 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $156K · Operating expenses/yr $182K
10.3 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $157K · Total expenses $182K
86%
Management & General
Management & general $25K · Total expenses $182K
14%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $182K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $0 · Solicited contributions $230K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $255K · Total revenue $274K
93%
Government reliance
Government grants $25K · Total revenue $274K
9%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $6K · Total revenue $274K
2%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $274K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $6K · Total expenses $182K
4%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $274K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $151K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $274K · Expenses $182K
+34%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $156K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $151K · Total assets $156K
97%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $156K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Lauren Lee McCarthy · Reported title Board of Director · Highest reported compensation $3K · Total expenses $182K
1%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) — · Total expenses $182K
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 86%
Overhead ratio 14%
Fundraising cost ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 6%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

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

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$649K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$513K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$777K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$10.9M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$274K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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