Flickr Charitable Foundation EIN 88-3091608

Flickr Charitable Foundation FY2023 filing

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Preserves Flickr photos for a century, developing tools and research to ensure their long-term visibility. For fiscal year 2023 it reported $919K in revenue, $321K in expenses, and $624K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public foundation / grantmaker · Foundations & Grantmakers
Location
San Francisco, CA
Website
flickr.org
Filings
3 on file (2022–2023)
Revenue
$919KFY2023
Expenses
$321K
Net assets
$624K
People
3
Filings
3
Updates
0
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EIN  88-3091608 Public foundation / grantmaker San Francisco, CA
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Preserves Flickr photos for a century, developing tools and research to ensure their long-term visibility.
Leadership
George Oates · Executive Director · $117K
Money in and out
$919K revenue, $321K expenses
Bottom line
82% program efficiency
Grants paid & assets · FY2023
Total revenue
$919K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$321K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$624K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $598K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.82 Management & general $0.16 Fundraising $0.02
Program efficiency
82%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
21.8mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+65%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2023 · Form 990
Revenue
$919K
FY2023▲ +278%
Expenses
$321K
FY2023▲ +48%
Total assets
$628K
FY2023▲ ×17
Total liabilities
$4K
FY2023▼ -65%
Total revenue
$919K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$321K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$624K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$598K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$628K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B82%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 32
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 41
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $264K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01

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.

$102Kprogram expense
02

New Curators

We enlisted a research fellow in this program to develop a workshop for community archiving using flickr as a medium.

$85Kprogram expense
03

Content Mobility

In 2023, we have worked on a new strategy, data lifeboat, to explore viable ways to preserve the vast flickr picture collection. We have received grants from the national endowment for the humanities and mellon foundation to build software and policy prototypes to develop our understanding of requirements.

$78Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CFlickr Charitable Foundation
EINHdr · item D88-3091608
Principal addressHdr · item CSan Francisco, CA
WebsiteHdr · item Jflickr.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MCA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFFoundations & Grantmakers (T31)
Ruling yearIRS BMFOct 2022

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a2
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b1
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$116,711Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair & Acting Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

George Oates’s $170K as Executive Director is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1264 $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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
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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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$787K · 86%
Program service revenue$125K · 14%
Investment income$7K · 1%
Contributions & grants86%$787K
Program service revenue14%$125K
Investment income1%$7K
Other revenue$292
Total revenueLn 12$919K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.82 Management & general $0.16 Fundraising $0.02
Program services82%$264K
Management & general16%$51K
Fundraising2%$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$321K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$585K
Total assetsLn 16$628K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$4K
Total net assetsLn 32$624K
Months of cash on handcomputed21.8

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2023 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $585K · Operating expenses/yr $321K
21.8 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $264K · Total expenses $321K
82%
Management & General
Management & general $51K · Total expenses $321K
16%
Fundraising
Fundraising $6K · Total expenses $321K
2%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (2-yr avg) $3K · Solicited contributions (2-yr avg) $515K
$0.01 to raise $1 (2-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $787K · Total revenue $919K
86%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $919K
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $125K · Total revenue $919K
14%
Investment reliance
Investment income $7K · Total revenue $919K
+0.7%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $125K · Total expenses $321K
39%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $919K · Prior year $243K
+278%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $624K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $919K · Expenses $321K
+65%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $628K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $624K · Total assets $628K
99%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $628K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual George Oates · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $117K · Total expenses $321K
36%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $235K · Total expenses $321K
73%
Peer comparison

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

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 82%
Overhead ratio 16%
Fundraising cost ratio 0.8%
Revenue growth 278%
Legal fee ratio 2%
Accounting fee ratio 5%

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.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$145K

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$748K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$919K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$243K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2023IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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