Liabilities / Assets
91st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 91% of similar nonprofits.
EIN 61-1767266 • 501(c)3 • Montclair, NJ
Profile
The Free Ebook Foundation envisions a world where ebooks will be funded, distributed and maintained for the benefit of all, by coordinating the efforts and resources of many. We are working towards sustainable ecosystem for free ebooks by making them easier to produce, more available, widely discoverable and by building systems that preserve them.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
91st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 91% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
93rd percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 93% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
22nd percentile
Higher net margin than 22% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
79th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 79% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
21st percentile
Faster asset growth than 21% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
45th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 45% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$19,361
Down $2,222 (-10%) from 2023
Liabilities
Up$2,061
Up $9 (+0.4%) from 2023
Net Assets
Down$17,300
Down $2,231 (-11%) from 2023
Revenue
Up$19,081
Up $258 (+1.4%) from 2023
Expenses
Up$21,312
Up $7,207 (+51%) from 2023
Net Income
Down-$2,231
Down $6,949 (-147%) from 2023
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
The Free Ebook Foundation envisions a world where ebooks will be funded, distributed and maintained for the benefit of all, by coordinating the efforts and resources of many. We are working towards sustainable ecosystem for free ebooks by making them easier to produce, more available, widely discoverable and by building systems that preserve them.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| In 2024, the Free Ebook Foundation. in collaboration with the OAPEN Foundation, surveyed the accessibility of their collection of scholarly open-access ebooks, and began an initiative to provide accessible descriptions for 400,000 images in Project Gutenberg books. We continued to improve of Project Gutenberg's Ebookmaker software, improving the formatting, presentation, and accessibility of over 75,000 public domain ebooks. The Foundation's Free-Programming-Books repository is the second most popular repo on all of GitHub, reaching 9,500 commits by over 2,950 contributors. Unglue.it, the Foundation's ebook distribution site, distributed 5.4 million ebooks from its catalog of over 153,000 free-licenced ebooks. | - | - |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Hellman | President & CEO | FT | $0 | - | - |
| Karen Liu | Secretary/Treas | - | $0 | - | - |
| Andromeda Yelton | Vice President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Todd Carpenter | Trustee | - | $0 | - | - |
| Rupert Gatti | Trustee | - | $0 | - | - |
| Victoria Reich | Trustee | - | $0 | - | - |
| Michael Wolfe | Trustee | - | $0 | - | - |
“Travel $6877”
“Depreciation $576”
“Network expenses $8471”
“Dues and subscriptions $1930”
“Seminars and conferences $1480”
“Professional fees $1275”
“Repairs $203”
“Licenses and fees $168”
“Bank charges and fees $105”
“Miscellaneous expenses $73”
“Rightsholder payments $9”
“Machinery and Equipment - Beginning $2014 Machinery and Equipment - Ending $1438”
“Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $2052 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $2061”
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| IRS990EZ/OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp/PersonNm | 3 | Todd Carpenter |
| IRS990EZ/OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp/PersonNm | 4 | Rupert Gatti |
| IRS990EZ/OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp/PersonNm | 5 | Victoria Reich |
| IRS990EZ/OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp/PersonNm | 6 | Michael Wolfe |
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| IRS990EZ/Organization501c3Ind | 0 | X |
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| IRS990EZ/OrganizationHadUBIInd | 0 | false |
| IRS990EZ/OtherAssetsTotalDetail/BOYAmt | 0 | 2014 |
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| IRS990EZ/OtherExpensesTotalAmt | 0 | 21167 |
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| IRS990EZ/PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt | 0 | NONE |
| IRS990EZ/PoliticalCampaignActyInd | 0 | false |
| IRS990EZ/PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt | 0 | The Free Ebook Foundation envisions a world where ebooks will be funded, distributed and maintained for the benefit of all, by coordinating the efforts and resources of many. We are working towards sustainable ecosystem for free ebooks by making them easier to produce, more available, widely discoverable and by building systems that preserve them. |
| IRS990EZ/PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt | 0 | 145 |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramServiceRevenueAmt | 0 | 19072 |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 0 | In 2024, the Free Ebook Foundation. in collaboration with the OAPEN Foundation, surveyed the accessibility of their collection of scholarly open-access ebooks, and began an initiative to provide accessible descriptions for 400,000 images in Project Gutenberg books. We continued to improve of Project Gutenberg's Ebookmaker software, improving the formatting, presentation, and accessibility of over 75,000 public domain ebooks. The Foundation's Free-Programming-Books repository is the second most popular repo on all of GitHub, reaching 9,500 commits by over 2,950 contributors. Unglue.it, the Foundation's ebook distribution site, distributed 5.4 million ebooks from its catalog of over 153,000 free-licenced ebooks. |
| IRS990EZ/ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd | 0 | false |
| IRS990EZ/RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd | 0 | false |
| IRS990EZ/ScheduleBNotRequiredInd | 0 | X |
| IRS990EZ/SchoolOperatingInd | 0 | false |
| IRS990EZ/SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd | 0 | NJ |
| IRS990EZ/SubjectToProxyTaxInd | 0 | false |
| IRS990EZ/SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp/BOYAmt | 0 | 2052 |
| IRS990EZ/SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp/EOYAmt | 0 | 2061 |
| IRS990EZ/TanningServicesProvidedInd | 0 | false |
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| IRS990EZ/TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt | 0 | 0 |
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| IRS990EZ/TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd | 0 | X |
| IRS990EZ/WebsiteAddressTxt | 0 | ebookfoundation.org |
| IRS990ScheduleA/First5Years170Ind | 0 | X |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 1314 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 1422 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 40433 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 3306 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 46475 |
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| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 7 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 9 |
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| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 6 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 24 |
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| IRS990ScheduleA/PublicSupportTotal170Amt | 0 | 46475 |
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| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 46475 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalSupportAmt | 0 | 46499 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Travel $6877 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | Depreciation $576 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | Network expenses $8471 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 3 | Dues and subscriptions $1930 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 4 | Seminars and conferences $1480 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 5 | Professional fees $1275 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 6 | Repairs $203 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 7 | Licenses and fees $168 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 8 | Bank charges and fees $105 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 9 | Miscellaneous expenses $73 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 10 | Rightsholder payments $9 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 11 | Machinery and Equipment - Beginning $2014 Machinery and Equipment - Ending $1438 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 12 | Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $2052 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $2061 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 0 | Other Expenses.1005 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Other Expenses.1009 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 2 | Other Expenses.1 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 3 | Other Expenses.2 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 4 | Other Expenses.3 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 5 | Other Expenses.4 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 6 | Other Expenses.5 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 7 | Other Expenses.6 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 8 | Other Expenses.8 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 9 | Other Expenses.9 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 10 | Other Expenses.10 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 11 | Other Assets.1003 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 12 | Total Liabilities.1001 |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd | 0 | true |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonNm | 0 | Eric Hellman |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonTitleTxt | 0 | President & CEO |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2025-09-22 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessName/BusinessNameLine1Txt | 0 | Free Ebook Foundation |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessNameControlTxt | 0 | FREE |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/EIN | 0 | 611767266 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/PhoneNum | 0 | 9738424974 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt | 0 | 10 Columbus Avenue |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/CityNm | 0 | Montclair |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd | 0 | NJ |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/ZIPCd | 0 | 07042 |
| ReturnHeader/IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd | 0 | true |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerFirmEIN | 0 | 223698173 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerFirmName/BusinessNameLine1Txt | 0 | Hans J Taenzer CPA LLC |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt | 0 | 101 Eisenhower Parkway Suite 300 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerUSAddress/CityNm | 0 | Roseland |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd | 0 | NJ |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerUSAddress/ZIPCd | 0 | 07068 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/PhoneNum | 0 | 9737951226 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/PreparerPersonNm | 0 | HANS J TAENZER |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/SelfEmployedInd | 0 | X |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2025-09-22T06:38:19-07:00 |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTypeCd | 0 | 990EZ |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2024-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2024-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2024 |
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