Flickr Charitable Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 88-3091608)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022	$243K
FY2023	$919K
FY2024	$748K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022	$217K
FY2023	$321K
FY2024	$674K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022	$26K
FY2023	$624K
FY2024	$489K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2022.

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

Where the money goes

59 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

59%

34%

Program services 59% · $397K Management & general 34% · $232K Fundraising 7% · $46K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $170K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

George Oates

Executive Director

$169,922Pt VII · Sec A

Ryan Merkley

Board Chair & Acting Secre

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stephanie McVey

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

George Oates’s $170K as Executive Director is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1265 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
George Oates	$169,922	$116,711	$27,069

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

Preserves Flickr photos for a century, developing tools and research to ensure their long-term visibility.

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3 programs · $383K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Our content mobility program has been our focus in 2024, as we research and develop our data lifeboat initiative. We held two international workshops with culture workers and other experts to co-design requirements for the system (funded by mellon foundation). We expect to launch our alpha software product in summer 2025.

$264Kprogram expense

02

Flickr Commons

We continue to reach out to our flickr commons institutional members and grow community; we have built a new commons explorer website, and created specifications for flickr api extensions which allow us to build tools to serve that community.

$99Kprogram expense

03

Creative Archives

We enlisted a research fellow in this program to develop thinking around generated imagery and how the flickr dataset has transformed into infrastructure.

$20Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Andrew W Mellon FoundationFY2024$145K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$145K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$748K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$690K

Investment incomeLn 3$32K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K

Money outPt IX

$674K

Ln 25

Programscol B$397K

Managementcol C$232K

Fundraisingcol D$46K

Owns and owesPt X

$489K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$646K

Total assetsLn 16$717K

LiabilitiesLn 26$228K

PeoplePt VI, VII

3

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a2

IndependentVI 1b1

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$690K

Government grantsLn 1e$25K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K

Investment incomeLn 3$32K

Other incomeLn 4–11$224

Total revenueLn 12$748K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$16K

SavingsLn 2$630K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$646K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K

Other assetsLn 15$18K

Total assetsLn 16$717K

LiabilitiesLn 26$228K

Net assetsLn 32$489K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 52

VolunteersI 62

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

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$585K	$646K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$11K	$8K
Total assetsLn 16	$628K	$717K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$4K	$228K
Net assetsLn 32	$624K	$489K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$170K	$85K	$85K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$133K	$119K	$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$4K	$1K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$51K	$34K	$17K
Legal feesLn 11b	$2K	$1K	$249	$367
Accounting feesLn 11c	$19K	$12K	$3K	$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$119K	$76K	$17K	$25K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$14K	$5K	$7K	$684
Office expensesLn 13	$4K	$204	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$2K	$642	$1K
OccupancyLn 16	$29K		$29K
TravelLn 17	$24K	$13K	$8K	$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$9K	$3K	$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2K		$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$1K	$442	$961
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$73K	$39K	$24K	$10K
All other expensesLn 24e	$19K	$6K	$11K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$674K	$397K	$232K	$46K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$748K	$674K	$73K	$489K	990 PDF
FY2023	$919K	$321K	$598K	$624K	990 PDF
FY2022	$243K	$217K	$26K	$26K	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 J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $747,601 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $787,058$689,948

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $125,000$25,000

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,856$32,429

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $292$224

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $919,206$747,601

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 $234,915$357,501

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $86,433$316,804

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $321,348$674,305

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $597,858$73,296

Part VI · Governance 1 of 2 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2

VI-1b Independent voting members1

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

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $747,601 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $219 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$24,926

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$665,022

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$689,948

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $25,000$25,000

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $32,429$32,429

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $5$5

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $25,219 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $32,434$747,601

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $674,305 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,961 · Management $84,961$169,922

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $119,376 · Management $13,264$132,640

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,475 · Management $2,235$3,710

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,425 · Management $16,804$51,229

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,115 · Management $249 · Fundraising $367$1,731

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $12,116 · Management $2,709 · Fundraising $3,987$18,812

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $76,466 · Management $17,094 · Fundraising $25,160$118,720

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,349 · Management $7,498 · Fundraising $684$13,531

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $204 · Management $3,401$3,605

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $642 · Management $1,395$2,037

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $29,085$29,085

IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,515 · Management $7,799 · Fundraising $3,763$24,077

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,972 · Management $6,458$9,430

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,265$2,265

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $442 · Management $961$1,403

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $38,811 · Management $24,329 · Fundraising $10,128$73,268

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,977 · Management $11,281 · Fundraising $1,582$18,840

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $396,846 · Management $231,788 · Fundraising $45,671$674,305

Part X · Balance sheet $716,984 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $124,776$15,917

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $459,966$630,379

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $25,000$24,926

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,230$19,696

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,613$8,348

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$17,718

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $627,585$716,984

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,019$26,103

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$202,053

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,019$228,156

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $623,566$429,533

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$59,295

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $623,566$488,828

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $627,585$716,984

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $488,828 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$747,601

XI-2 Total expenses$674,305

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$73,296

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$623,566

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$208,033

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$488,828

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

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