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Joint Development Foundation

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Wilmington, DE501(c)(6)Community Development EIN 47-1122212Revenue $1.6M in FY2024

On file with the IRSjointdevelopment.org2810 N Church St Pmb 57274, 19802-4447 · Wilmington, DETax-exempt since Feb 2015

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The Joint Development Foundation provides services to benefit the common interest of its members and participants by facilitating the Development of standards, best practices, recommendations, industry guidelines, technical specifications, industry interoperabilty standards, computer source code, and supporting documentation, which are intended for widespread industry adoption.the Joint Development Foundation does so by providing a forum, infrasturcture, legal framework, and governance rules for conducting these collaborations. By providing these pre-made items, projects can form quickly and operate efficiently, which in turn promotes efficient and effective projects results. Joint Development Foundation projects can be initiated by individuals and corporations at anytime, and projects may operate may operate both in-person and electronically.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $364K a year · 20% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$1.1M
46% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 46% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2024▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.6M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -44%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$865K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$2.0M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.3M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
James Zemlin
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
David Rudin
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Doug Fisher
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The joint development foundation provides the corporate and legal infrastructure to enable groups to quickly establish and operate lightweight collaborations to develop technical specifications, standards, and source code.

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$22K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$22K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Management feesLn 11a$411K
Legal feesLn 11b$480K
Accounting feesLn 11c$86K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$581K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$71K
Office expensesLn 13$1K
Information technologyLn 14$176K
TravelLn 17$21K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$125K
InterestLn 20$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.6M$2.0M−$344K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$3.5M−$1.7M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$3.2M−$1.3M$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$1.3M$610K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.7M$865K$880K$4.0M 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,617,283 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $11,000$22,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,779,375$1,595,283
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,790,375$1,617,283
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 $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,500,091$1,960,879
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,500,091$1,960,879
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,709,716−$343,596
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,617,283 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,000 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$22,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$22,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,593,283$1,593,283
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,595,283 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,617,283
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,960,879 across 11 lines filed
IX-11a Management fees$410,935
IX-11b Legal fees$479,507
IX-11c Accounting fees$85,950
IX-11g Other fees for services$580,610
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$71,158
IX-13 Office expenses$1,397
IX-14 Information technology$175,738
IX-17 Travel$20,881
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$124,525
IX-20 Interest$1,370
IX-24e All other expenses$8,808
IX-25 Total functional expenses$1,960,879
Part X · Balance sheet $2,460,342 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,246,531$1,975,932
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $542,844$483,450
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,440$960
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,800,815$2,460,342
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $287,944$301,562
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $835,000$824,505
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,122,944$1,126,067
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,677,871$1,334,275
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,677,871$1,334,275
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,800,815$2,460,342
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,334,275 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,617,283
XI-2 Total expenses$1,960,879
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$343,596
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,677,871
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,334,275

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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