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Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format including texts, audio, movies, images, software and web pages.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
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Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $148K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $6K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.9M
71% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 71% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$23.7M
-12% vs prior year
Spent
$27.8M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$23.7M
FY2025▼ -12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$21.8M
FY2021$29.4M
FY2022$30.5M
FY2023$23.7M
FY2024$26.8M
FY2025$23.7M
Expenses
$27.8M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$20.0M
FY2021$25.3M
FY2022$25.8M
FY2023$32.7M
FY2024$23.5M
FY2025$27.8M
Net assets
$2.8M
FY2025▲ +189%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.7M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023−$3.5M
FY2024$954K
FY2025$2.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2017.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $24.0M Management & general 8% · $2.1M Fundraising 6% · $1.6M

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

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Senior Engineer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. Philanthropy
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Wayback Mach.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Engineer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dir, Web Archiving
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Wendy Hanamura’s $159K as Dir of Partnership is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3123 $10–100M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Wendy Hanamura$158,777$213,376
Joy Chesbrough$148,823$200,000
Mark Graham$146,923$200,000
Jefferson Bailey$141,542$190,000
Tracey Jaquith—$186,200
Samuel Stoller$136,198—
Scott Fong$116,659—
Jacques Cressaty Retired$49,551—

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 15aNo

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1 program · $24.0M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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The Archive continues growing our digital library collections to provide more material for researchers, historians, scholars and the general public; improving the website for a better user experience; and advancing our processes and technologies to make the collections more useful.

$24.0Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$6K
Grants paid · 12 grants · $1.6M · 2020–2025
Gatherings for GoodFY2025$135,014
Unitemized GrantFY2025$19,200
Gatherings for GoodFY2024$539,836
Gatherings for GoodFY2022$453,707
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,444
Long Now FoundationCA · FY2021$18,222
Unitemized GrantFY2021$10,642
The Earth Species ProjectCA · FY2020$275,000
Community InitiativesCA · FY2020$49,816
Unitemized GrantFY2020$33,600
Long Now FoundationCA · FY2020$30,055

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$23.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$114K
Money outPt IX
$27.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$24.0M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Fundraisingcol D$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$279K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$114K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$4.8M
Total revenueLn 12$23.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.0M
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$105K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$110K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.9M
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.2M$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$486K$105K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$584K$110K
Total assetsLn 16$10.7M$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.8M$6.9M
Net assetsLn 32$954K$2.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$135K$135K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$19K$19K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$530K$530K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
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$6.0M$5.9M$88K
Accounting feesLn 11c$47K$47K$688
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17.4M$15.0M$1.2M$1.1M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$715K$701K$15K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$1.3M$884K$366K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$177K$174K$3K$146
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.5M$559K$415K$513K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$27.8M$24.0M$2.1M$1.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $23.7M$27.8M−$4.1M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $26.8M$23.5M$3.3M$954K 990 PDF
FY2023 $23.7M$32.7M−$9.0M−$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $30.5M$25.8M$4.7M$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $29.4M$25.3M$4.1M$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $21.8M$20.0M$1.8M$4.7M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $23,709,162 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $18,287,478$20,192,691
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,376,394$7,536,144
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $626,730−$4,682,272
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $541,367$662,599
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $26,831,969$23,709,162
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $808,396$684,386
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$0
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $22,692,742$27,082,494
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $23,501,138$27,766,880
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,330,831−$4,057,718
Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $23,709,162 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$278,925
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$19,913,766
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,247,530
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$20,192,691
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,536,144$7,536,144
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $114,398$114,398
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$4,796,670−$4,796,670
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $376,222 · Excluded from tax $286,377$662,599
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,912,366 · Excluded from tax −$4,395,895$23,709,162
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $27,766,880 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $135,014$135,014
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $19,200$19,200
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $530,172$530,172
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
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 feesPrograms $5,944,139 · Management $87,541$6,031,680
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $46,704 · Management $688$47,392
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $15,047,115 · Management $1,222,068 · Fundraising $1,104,913$17,374,096
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $700,562 · Management $14,797$715,359
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $883,887 · Management $366,141$1,250,028
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $174,265 · Management $2,924 · Fundraising $146$177,335
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $558,621 · Management $414,752 · Fundraising $513,231$1,486,604
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $24,039,679 · Management $2,108,911 · Fundraising $1,618,290$27,766,880
Part X · Balance sheet $9,668,632 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,226,414$3,969,422
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,947,385$1,449,595
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $25,000$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,623,948$2,053,423
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $812,370$1,980,983
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $583,700$110,245
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $485,990$104,964
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,704,807$9,668,632
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,451,199$1,857,714
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,300,000$5,052,435
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,751,199$6,910,149
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $391,176$1,767,213
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $562,432$991,270
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $953,608$2,758,483
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,704,807$9,668,632
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,758,483 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$23,709,162
XI-2 Total expenses$27,766,880
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,057,718
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$953,608
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,420,497
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$1,442,096
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,758,483

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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