Dash Industry Forum

Beaverton, ORUnknown exempt organizationEIN 46-1136684

The corporation shall be a business league not organized for profit within the meaning of section 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (the "code"), or any successor provision, for purposes including, but not limited to the following: 2.1) promoting the utilization of mpeg-dash in various standards organizations and consortia; 2.2) aligning, harmonizing and coordination of mpeg-dash standard development and related standard developments in various standard organizations and consortia; 2.3) assisting in avoiding fragmentation of the multimedia http streaming market by creating and promoting careful and limited profiling of the mpeg-dash standard and by promoting the use of common profiles across industry, consortia and various standard organizations; 2.4) facilitating interoperability tests and plug-fests to demonstrate the usability and comprehensiveness of the dash standard; and 2.5) promoting the adoption and use of mpeg-dash standards in the industry. In additi

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Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $40K a year · 21% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
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
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$61K
-73% vs prior year
Spent
$176K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$61K
FY2024▼ -73%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$212K
FY2021$165K
FY2022$264K
FY2023$225K
FY2024$61K
Expenses
$176K
FY2024▼ -23%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$230K
FY2021$240K
FY2022$250K
FY2023$229K
FY2024$176K
Net assets
$0
FY2024▼ -100%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$180K
FY2021$105K
FY2022$119K
FY2023$115K
FY2024$0

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes and coordinates MPEG-DASH standard development to prevent market fragmentation.

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3 program services, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

The interoperability working group currently focuses on the development of DASH264, a set of interoperability guidelines, associated test vectors and software tools for building interoperable streaming solutions.

Pt IX · col B
02

The promotion working group uses solutions from various members to demonstrate the real-world end-to-end internet streaming deployment scenarios.

Pt IX · col B
03

The liaison working group coordinates dash-if activities with standard bodies and industry consortia through formal communications.

Pt IX · col B

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Funders

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 · 1 grant · $42K · 2024–2024
Streaming Video Alliance INCCA · FY2024$42,117

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$61K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$61K
Money outPt IX
$176K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$61K
Total revenueLn 12$61K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 69
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Total assetsLn 16$115K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$115K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$42K
Management feesLn 11a$40K
Legal feesLn 11b$33K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K
Office expensesLn 13$1K
Information technologyLn 14$47K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$176K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $61K$176K−$115K$0 990 PDF
FY2023 $225K$229K−$4K$115K 990 PDF
FY2022 $264K$250K$14K$119K 990 PDF
FY2021 $165K$240K−$75K$105K 990 PDF
FY2020 $212K$230K−$18K$180K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $60,550 across 2 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $60,550$60,550
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $60,550$60,550
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $175,549 across 8 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$42,117
IX-11a Management fees$40,440
IX-11b Legal fees$32,859
IX-11c Accounting fees$4,354
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$4,258
IX-13 Office expenses$1,360
IX-14 Information technology$46,791
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$3,370
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$175,549
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $114,999$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $114,999$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $114,999$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$60,550
XI-2 Total expenses$175,549
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$114,999
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$114,999
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

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