Liabilities / Assets
96th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 96% of similar nonprofits.
Volatility Foundation Inc.
990EZ • Fiscal year 2019 • EIN 46-3739927
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
1.47x
Liabilities / Revenue
96th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 96% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
33rd percentile
Higher net margin than 33% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
95th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 95% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 95.5% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
99th percentile
Faster asset growth than 99% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
16th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 16% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$57,413
Up $57,038 (+15210%) from 2018
Net Assets
Down-$26,832
Down $2,332 (-9.5%) from 2018
Liabilities
Up$84,245
Up $59,370 (+239%) from 2018
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$70,298
Down $35,750 (-34%) from 2018
Expenses
Down$72,630
Down $37,008 (-34%) from 2018
Net Income
Up-$2,332
Up $1,258 (+35%) from 2018
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019
- Signed
- Nov 16, 2020
- Return Version
- 2019v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $70,298
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
The volatility foundation's (the foundation) mission is to create a collaborative "open source" community to promote, educate, perserve, protect and advance the volatility codebase community and the volatility memory forensics codebase ecosystem and to facilitate the collaborative educational writing, inter-exchange, donation and preservation of memory forensic-related computer software code for use in investitgating, idetifying, examining, extracting and preserving data. The foudnation also seeks to conduct education training and memory forensics investigation seminars and workshops. The foundation supports collaboration with government, colleges and businesses to develope cybercrime workforce training partnerships.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| PARTICIPATE IN LSU'S ROBUST MEMORY FORENSIC TECHNIQUES FOR USERLAND MALWARE ANALYSIS PROGRAM. | $70,278 | $70,278 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW CASE | Member At La | - | $67,158 | - | $67,158 |
| AARON WALTERS | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| MICHAEL HALE LIGH | Secretary/Tr | - | $0 | - | - |
| JAMIE LEVY | Member At La | - | $0 | - | - |
| MIKE AUTY | Member At La | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Volatility Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 46-3739927
- Phone
- 7034480464
- Address
- 7310 ESQUIRE CT SUITE 5B, ELKRIDGE, MD 21075
Signing Officer
- Name
- Aaron Walters
- Title
- President
- Phone
- 7034480464
- Signed
- 2020-11-16
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- O'CONNOR DESMARAIS & BOLYARD PLLC
- Address
- 6720 CURRAN STREET, MCLEAN, VA 22101
- Preparer
- Carl F Desmarais CPA
- Phone
- 7034480464
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16
“Expenses reimbursable expenses 3,121 bank service charges 101 total 3,222”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24
“Grants receivable 0 52,369 total 0 52,369”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26
“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 0 52,371 loan from aw 24,875 31,874”
Form 990-ez, Part III
“The volatility foundation's (the foundation) mission is to create a collaborative "open source" community to promote, educate, perserve, protect and advance the volatility codebase community and the volatility memory forensics codebase ecosystem and to facilitate the collaborative educational writing, inter-exchange, donation and preservation of memory forensic-related computer software code for use in investitgating, idetifying, examining, extracting and preserving data. The foudnation also seeks to conduct education training and memory forensics investigation seminars and workshops. The foundation supports collaboration with government, colleges and businesses to develope cybercrime workforce training partnerships.”
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Filings
Displayed year
2019 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $57,413
- Liabilities
- $84,245
- Net assets
- -$26,832
- Revenue
- $70,298
- Expenses
- $72,630
- Net income
- -$2,332