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Volatility Foundation Inc.

990EZ • Fiscal year 2020 • EIN 46-3739927

Jan 01, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020 • Filed on Oct 22, 2021

7310 Esquire Court 5BElkridge, MD 21075

(703) 448-0464

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

97th percentile

2.33x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 97% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Liabilities / Revenue

93rd percentile

0.80x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 93% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Net Margin

30th percentile

-7.9%

Higher net margin than 30% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Top Officer Pay

94th percentile

$59,333

Higher top officer pay than 94% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 82.9% of source-year revenue.

2020 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Asset Growth

7th percentile

-57%

Faster asset growth than 7% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2019 to 2020

Revenue Growth

66th percentile

1.8%

Faster revenue growth than 66% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2019 to 2020

Assets

Down

$24,435

Down $32,978 (-57%) from 2019

Net Assets

Down

-$32,458

Down $5,626 (-21%) from 2019

Liabilities

Down

$56,891

Down $27,354 (-32%) from 2019

Revenue

Up

$71,534

Up $1,236 (+1.8%) from 2019

Expenses

Up

$77,160

Up $4,530 (+6.2%) from 2019

Net Income

Down

-$5,626

Down $3,294 (-141%) from 2019

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$100K$50K$0-$50KAssets 2018: $375Liabilities 2018: $24,875Net Assets 2018: -$24,5002018Assets 2019: $57,413Liabilities 2019: $84,245Net Assets 2019: -$26,8322019Assets 2020: $24,435Liabilities 2020: $56,891Net Assets 2020: -$32,4582020Assets 2021: $5Liabilities 2021: $33,122Net Assets 2021: -$33,1172021Assets 2022: $905Liabilities 2022: $33,122Net Assets 2022: -$32,2172022

Highlighted filing

2020

Assets$24,435
Liabilities$56,891
Net Assets-$32,458

Operations Trend

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$150K$100K$50K$0-$50KRevenue 2018: $106,048Expenses 2018: $109,638Net Income 2018: -$3,5902018Revenue 2019: $70,298Expenses 2019: $72,630Net Income 2019: -$2,3322019Revenue 2020: $71,534Expenses 2020: $77,160Net Income 2020: -$5,6262020Revenue 2021: $23,639Expenses 2021: $24,300Net Income 2021: -$6612021Revenue 2022: $7,055Expenses 2022: $6,155Net Income 2022: $9002022

Highlighted filing

2020

Revenue$71,534
Expenses$77,160
Net Income-$5,626
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
Signed
Oct 22, 2021
Return Version
2020v4.0
Gross Receipts
$71,534
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

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
PARTICIPATE IN LSU'S ROBUST MEMORY FORENSIC TECHNIQUES FOR USERLAND MALWARE ANALYSIS PROGRAM.-$61,241
Compensation and Service Providers

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
ANDREW CASEMember At LaPT$59,333-$59,333
AARON WALTERSPresidentPT$0--
MICHAEL HALE LIGHSecretary/TreasurerPT$0--
JAMIE LEVYMember At LaPT$0--
MIKE AUTYMember At LaPT$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Volatility Foundation Inc
EIN
46-3739927
Phone
7034480464
Address
7310 ESQUIRE COURT 5B, ELKRIDGE, MD 21075

Signing Officer

Name
Aaron Walters
Title
President
Signed
2021-10-22
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Aronson LLC
Address
111 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 600, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
Preparer
Robert Eby CPA
Phone
3012316200
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other Expenses

Bank charges - 135; contest expenses - 3750; business expenses - 2244; reimbursable expenses - 1908;

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24B Other Assets

Grants receivable - boy:52369,eoy:22400;

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26B Total Liabilities

Accounts payable - boy:52371,eoy:22400; loan from aw - boy:31874,eoy:34491;

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