Sip Forum LLC FY2021 filing

Not tax-deductible

North Andover, MA501(c)(6)Community DevelopmentEIN 55-0891386Revenue $337K in FY2021

On file with the IRSsipforum.org733 Turnpike Street 192, 01845-6137 · North Andover, MATax-exempt since Jul 2006

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The SIP Forum is organized for the purpose of promoting the spread and adoption of a telecommunications signaling protocol known as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

57¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$214K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $85K a year · 19% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
57%
of spending
Worth a look: 57% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$214K
to officers and key staff · 82% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 82% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$228K
49% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 49% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$337K
Spent
$262K
To programs
57%
Net assets
$240K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$337K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$337K
FY2022$445K
FY2023$329K
FY2024$486K
FY2025$593K
Expenses
$262K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$262K
FY2022$282K
FY2023$298K
FY2024$449K
FY2025$475K
Net assets
$240K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$240K
FY2022$404K
FY2023$434K
FY2024$472K
FY2025$590K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2006.

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

Where the money goes

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 57% · $151K Management & general 43% · $111K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $214K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Mnging Director
$197,250Pt VII · Sec A
$17,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marc Robins’s $240K as Mnging Director is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Marc Robins$240,000$228,000$219,000$207,000$197,250
Richard Shockey$24,000$24,000$24,000$24,000$17,000

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes the spread and adoption of the Session Initiation Protocol for telecommunications.

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3 programs · $151K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Test Event Working Group (tewg)

This is chartered to coordinate the holding of large-scale interoperability test events. These events, held multiple times per year at locations around the world, are open to any company, individual, or institution that wishes to attend and bring a product or service that incorporates SIP signaling to test with other products that…

$133Kprogram expense
02

Marketing Working Group

This is chartered to to increase awareness of SIP among selected communities. To do this, the working group performs tasks like creating white papers for distribution from a booth at selected industry conferences, maintaining a freely accessible website listing of SIP-based products and services, and coordinating the speaking…

$18Kprogram expense
03

Technical Working Group

This is chartered to create documents that serve as best practice recomendations about how products use this Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for application-specific purposes. These documents, while themselves not the official definition of SIP standard, describe which function is to use within SIP (and other relevant technologies) in…

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$337K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$190K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$147K
Money outPt IX
$262K
Ln 25
Programscol B$151K
Managementcol C$111K
Owns and owesPt X
$240K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$356K
Total assetsLn 16$468K
LiabilitiesLn 26$228K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$147K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$190K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$337K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$356K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$356K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$468K
LiabilitiesLn 26$228K
Net assetsLn 32$240K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$222K$356K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$257K$468K
LiabilitiesLn 26$92K$228K
Net assetsLn 32$165K$240K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$214K$135K$79K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K$195
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$74$74
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$6K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$8K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$262K$151K$111K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $593K$475K$118K$590K 990 PDF
FY2024 $486K$449K$38K$472K 990 PDF
FY2023 $329K$298K$30K$434K 990 PDF
FY2022 $445K$282K$164K$404K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $337K$262K$75K$240K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $337,468 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $154,017$147,468
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $366,718$190,000
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $520,735$337,468
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $200,000$214,250
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $191,907$47,783
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $391,907$262,033
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $128,828$75,435
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $337,468 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$147,468
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$147,468
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $190,000$190,000
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $190,000$337,468
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $262,033 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $135,350 · Management $78,900$214,250
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,100$14,100
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,659 · Management $195$1,854
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,136$2,136
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelManagement $74$74
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,651$5,651
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,624$1,624
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,945 · Management $10,781$18,726
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $3,618$3,618
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $150,605 · Management $111,428 · Fundraising $0$262,033
Part X · Balance sheet $467,938 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $222,094$356,452
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $35,100$106,985
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$4,501
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $257,194$467,938
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $91,667$89,584
X-25 Other liabilities$138,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $92,275$227,584
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $164,919$240,354
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $257,194$467,938
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $240,354 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$337,468
XI-2 Total expenses$262,033
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$75,435
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$164,919
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$240,354

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