Unicode Inc.

“The chair of board and cto mark davis and the director of intellectual property anne gundelfinger have a familial relationship.”

“In 2024, unicode updated its technical group procedures to align practices with needs and provide clarity and efficiency in governance. Over time, it has become evident that our former procedures were not fully reflective of what our technical groups needed. As a non-profit open-source organization at the forefront of developing standards, code, and data that enable people around the world to use computers in any language, our technical procedures must facilitate effective and efficient governance. The newly revised procedures are designed to provide clear and comprehensive guidelines that will support our technical leadership in managing and directing our technical work more effectively. It also rationalizes the structures and terminology.”

“The organization has members.”

“The members of the organization elect our board of directors.”

“The following governance decisions are reserved to the members of the organization: the election of directors; amendment of the bylaws changing the maximum or minimum number of director seats; an amendment of the bylaws increasing the term of any director; an amendment of the bylaws increasing the quorum at a meeting of members; and an amendment of the bylaws repealing, restricting, creating or expanding the proxy rights of members.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent cpa firm in conjunction with the organization's staff. A draft of the form 990 is reviewed by the staff, and corrections/modifications are made by the outside cpa. The reviewed draft is then reviewed by the organization's management. Any concerns that the management has are raised with the cpa firm and a consensus is achieved. A copy of the form 990 is made available to the board of directors for review prior to filing.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy requiring, among other things, that all officers and directors disclose any potential conflict of interest. The officers and the governance committee of the board monitor any such potential conflicts and enforce compliance with the policy.”

“The organization's ceo compensation was developed with reference to ceo and executive director compensation at comparable nonprofit organizations and was contemporaneously reviewed and approved by independent persons, namely the officers of the organization and the full board of directors.”

“Governing documents and policy statements are posted on the organization's public-facing website. Our financial statements are posted on our internal website for access by officers, board members and members upon request.”

“Tech and standards development: program service expenses 187,019. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 187,019. Other consulting fees: program service expenses 24,963. Management and general expenses 15,888. Fundraising expenses 8,367. Total expenses 49,218.”