Superbloom Design FY2020 filing

San Francisco, CA · Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Social Science

✓ Tax-deductible Latest data FY2020
Revenue
$740K
Spent
$774K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$33K
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Form 990 for the fiscal year ending December 2020 (IRS tax year 2020).

Figures match the IRS filing checked 9/14/26 · see original: IRS

Status and standing

Tax-deductible?
Yes
Per the IRS master file.
Can I give now?
No revocation on IRS record
Not on the IRS revocation list.
Filing up to date?
Filed FY2024 (typical filing lag)
Foundation funders?
4 funders, incl. Every Org
$185K in the latest grant year.
Spent on programs?
86% to programs
Form 990 Part IX, latest filing.
Size and trend
$1–10M
Legal name (IRS)Hdr · item CSuperbloom Design
EINHdr · item D47-2462310
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
Ruling yearIRS BMFNov 2015
Latest filingForm 990FY2024 · Form 990
Principal addressHdr · item CSan Francisco, CA
NTEE classificationIRS BMFSocial Science (V05)
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.simplysecure.org

Where the money goes

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.86 Management & general $0.13 Fundraising $0.01
Program services86%$667K
Management & general13%$102K
Fundraising1%$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$774K

Financial health

Revenue & expenses by yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$740K
FY2020
Expenses
$774K
FY2020
Program efficiency
86%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
2.5mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-5%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Total assets
$295K
FY2020
Total liabilities
$262K
FY2020
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$34K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$295K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B86%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$161K
Total assetsLn 16$295K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$262K
Total net assetsLn 32$33K
Months of cash on handcomputed2.5

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Program service revenue$548K · 74%
Contributions & grants$179K · 24%
Investment income$11K · 2%
Program service revenue74%$548K
Contributions & grants24%$179K
Investment income2%$11K
Other revenue$1K
— government grantsLn 1e$55K
Total revenueLn 12$740K

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2020 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $161K · Operating expenses/yr $774K
2.5 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $667K · Total expenses $774K
86%
Management & General
Management & general $102K · Total expenses $774K
13%
Fundraising
Fundraising $5K · Total expenses $774K
0.7%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $5K · Solicited contributions $124K
$0.04 to raise $1
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $179K · Total revenue $740K
24%
Government reliance
Government grants $55K · Total revenue $740K
7%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $548K · Total revenue $740K
74%
Investment reliance
Investment income $11K · Total revenue $740K
+2%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $548K · Total expenses $774K
71%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $740K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $33K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $740K · Expenses $774K
-5%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $295K
—
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $33K · Total assets $295K
11%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $295K
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Georgia Bullen · Reported title Executive Dir. · Highest reported compensation $76K · Total expenses $774K
10%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $139K · Total expenses $774K
18%
Peer comparison

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

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 86%——
Overhead ratio 13%——
Fundraising cost ratio 3%——
Investment management fee ratio 0%——
Legal fee ratio 0.10%——
Accounting fee ratio 0.6%——
Fundraising fee ratio 0%——

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.

Leadership and pay

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$76,367Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Georgia Bullen’s $49K as Executive Director is at the 3rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 145 $1–10M social science 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Georgia Bullen$49,400$16,501$67,083$109,250—
Melissa Huerta——$46,956$105,529—
Georgia Bullen————$76,367

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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Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a3
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b3
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aNo
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

Mission and programs

Teaches people how to research and build software that meets real user needs.

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

2 program services account for $667K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

GENERAL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES including producing educational resources and performing community outreach. Educational resources are made freely available online and include case studies, reviews, and reports on research that we have conducted into design and usability for security, privacy, and transparency features of software.

$645Kprogram expense
02

Fellowships

Support of research work being performed by our Open Technology Fund Fellows, who perform research and community-building activities. These fellows' primary funding comes from OTF, but each has a modest allocation of our budget to cover use of equipment, user-study participant incentives, attendance at scholarly meetings, and other…

$22Kprogram expense

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Funders

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Every OrgFY2024$128K
SjacFY2024$16K
Ford FoundationFY2024$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$185K
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Filing history

YearRevenueExpensesChangeFiling
FY2024 Latest $1.6M$1.8M+10% 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.5M+24% 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.1M+3% 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$1.2M+52% 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $740K$774K 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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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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