The Tor Project Inc

“The draft form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and cfo and then all members of the board receive a draft for review prior to filing the form 990.”

“The tor project has a board-approved conflict of interest policy, and board and staff members acknowledge each year that they have not engaged in transactions that present conflicts of interest.”

“The executive director's salary is determined by utilizing compensation data for similarly qualified persons in comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. The salary recommendation is reviewed and approved by the executive board, with no members who have a conflict of interest being involved in the process. Substantiation of the deliberation and decision are recorded at that time.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public by request. The organization's form 990 and audited financial statements are posted on the organization's website.”

“While funding for tor originally focused on basic research to better understand anonymity, privacy, and censorship-resistance, the majority of funding now falls into three categories: deployment funding from organizations like the us state department and sweden's foreign ministry; development funding from groups like darpa and open technology fund to design and build prototypes based on research done both inside tor and also at other institutions; and unrestricted contributions from private foundations, corporations, and individual donors. Following is a breakdown of the tor project's funding sources for the period ended june 30, 2023: funding from us government sources us state dept - bureau of democracy, human rights and labor 3,226,366 georgetown university - national science foundation 62,583 georgetown university - defense advanced research projects agency 396,042 open technology fund 487,698 funding from non-us government sources swedish international development cooperation agency (sida) 467,604 funding from corporate sources mullvad - 705,940 proton ag - 10,000 duck duck go - 25,000 new york times - 10,000 brave software - 10,000 blockchair - 10,000 funding from private foundations #startsmall foundation 1,000,000 ford foundation 600,000 zcash foundation 316,404 futo 100,000 sitoshi labs 51,268 craig newmark foundation 50,000 stefan thomas charitable foundation 50,000 freedom of the press 25,000 quiet 24,000 ocelot 18,000 wasabi wallet 17,500 brewster kahle charitable foundation 15,000 christopher seiwald charitable foundation 10,000 marcos family foundation 10,000 marin community foundation 1,000 individual donations 759,832”

“Contract services: program service expenses 1,931,340. Management and general expenses 2,132. Fundraising expenses 16,633. Total expenses 1,950,105. Payroll service fees: program service expenses 50,980. Management and general expenses 3,069. Fundraising expenses 11,969. Total expenses 66,018. Professional fees: program service expenses 67,367. Management and general expenses 4,054. Fundraising expenses 15,817. Total expenses 87,238.”

“Loss on foreign currency exchange -580.”