Liabilities / Assets
71st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 71% of similar nonprofits.
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
71st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 71% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
40th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 40% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
60th percentile
Higher net margin than 60% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
65th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 65% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 1.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
81st percentile
Faster asset growth than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
9th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 9% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Up$9,168,473
Up $2,050,652 (+29%) from 2019
Net Assets
Up$4,744,063
Up $1,959,818 (+70%) from 2019
Liabilities
Up$4,424,410
Up $90,834 (+2.1%) from 2019
Revenue
Down$21,753,624
Down $14,961,850 (-41%) from 2019
Expenses
Down$19,950,582
Down $17,304,916 (-46%) from 2019
Net Income
Up$1,803,042
Up $2,343,066 (+434%) from 2019
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| Line | Beginning | End | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||
| Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts | $4,163,355 | $5,478,466 | ▲ $1,315,111 |
| Land, Buildings, and Equipment, Net | $1,030,202 | $1,363,244 | ▲ $333,042 |
| Accounts Receivable | $1,227,978 | $1,154,196 | ▼ $73,782 |
| Pledges and Grants Receivable | $577,164 | $905,320 | ▲ $328,156 |
| Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges | $40,935 | $197,526 | ▲ $156,591 |
| Investments in Publicly Traded Securities | $78,187 | $69,721 | ▼ $8,466 |
| Savings and Temporary Cash Investments | - | $0 | - |
| Other Notes and Loans Receivable, Net | - | $0 | - |
| Receivable From Disqualified Prsn | - | $0 | - |
| Receivables From Officers Etc | - | $0 | - |
| Investments Other Securities | - | $0 | - |
| Investments Program Related | - | $0 | - |
| Intangible Assets | - | $0 | - |
| Inventories for Sale or Use | - | $0 | - |
| Total Assets | $7,117,821 | $9,168,473 | ▲ $2,050,652 |
| Other Assets Total | - | $0 | - |
| Liabilities | |||
| Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | $4,333,576 | $2,565,410 | ▼ $1,768,166 |
| Other Liabilities | - | $1,859,000 | - |
| Total Liabilities | $4,333,576 | $4,424,410 | ▲ $90,834 |
| Net Assets / Fund Balance | |||
| Net Assets With Donor Restrictions | - | $3,453,631 | - |
| Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions | $2,784,245 | $1,290,432 | ▼ $1,493,813 |
| Total Net Assets Fund Balance | $2,784,245 | $4,744,063 | ▲ $1,959,818 |
| Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance | $7,117,821 | $9,168,473 | ▲ $2,050,652 |
| Asset | Book Value | Depreciation | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment | $1,360,964 | $7,605,434 | $8,966,398 |
| Leasehold Improvements | - | $603,923 | $603,923 |
| Other Land Buildings | $2,280 | $26,374 | $28,654 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Hanamura | Director of Partnership | FT | $213,376 | $8,176 | $221,552 |
| Mark Graham | Director Wayback Mach. | FT | $200,000 | $10,114 | $210,114 |
| Joy Chesbrough | Director Philanthropy | FT | $200,000 | $8,665 | $208,665 |
| Jefferson Bailey | Dir, Web Archiving | FT | $190,000 | $8,471 | $198,471 |
| Tracey Jaquith | Senior Engineer | FT | $186,200 | $8,160 | $194,360 |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brewster Kahle | Board Chair |
| David Rumsey | Board Member |
| Kathleen Burch | Board Member |
| Jacques Cressaty | Secretary |
| Rick Prelinger | Treasurer |
| Contractor | Services | Location | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durie Tangri LLP | Digitization | 217 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 | $2,921,484 |
| Upwork Global | Freelancers | 55 Challenger Road Suite 202, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 | $408,989 |
| - | Legal Services | - | $323,116 |
| George Blood Audio LP | Digitization | 2625 Augustine Dr Suite 601, Santa Clara, CA 95054 | $314,911 |
| Helge Holzman | Freelancers | 21 West Highland Ave, Philadelhpia, PA 19118, Gm | $157,200 |
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits | $10,801,737 |
| Other Expenses | $8,541,676 |
| Total Fundraising Expense | $616,154 |
| Grants and Similar Amounts Paid | $607,169 |
| Professional Fundraising Fees | $0 |
| Line Item | Program | Management | Fundraising | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Salaries and Wages | $7,770,673 | $1,154,593 | $338,492 | $9,263,758 |
| Fees for Services Other | $4,623,144 | $201 | $37,772 | $4,661,117 |
| Occupancy | $941,465 | $83,532 | $13,690 | $1,038,687 |
| Other Employee Benefits | $698,383 | $103,768 | $30,422 | $832,573 |
| Payroll Taxes | $591,712 | $87,919 | $25,775 | $705,406 |
| Depreciation Depletion | $494,420 | $4,442 | $454 | $499,316 |
| Fees for Services Legal | $359,854 | $2,224 | $339 | $362,417 |
| Grants to Domestic Orgs | $354,871 | - | - | $354,871 |
| Foreign Grants | $218,698 | - | - | $218,698 |
| Office Expenses | $92,109 | $13,866 | $49,666 | $155,641 |
| Other Expenses | $84,264 | $12,685 | $45,435 | $142,384 |
| All Other Expenses | $122,249 | $7,685 | $1,428 | $131,362 |
| Conferences and Meetings | $67,708 | $16,488 | $2,701 | $86,897 |
| Insurance | $63,726 | $573 | $59 | $64,358 |
| Grants to Domestic Individuals | $33,600 | - | - | $33,600 |
| Fees for Services Accounting | $13,623 | $84 | $13 | $13,720 |
| Total Functional Expenses | $17,816,362 | $1,518,066 | $616,154 | $19,950,582 |
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Expenses per Audited Statements | $19,950,582 |
| Total Expenses per Audited Statements | $19,950,582 |
| Total Expenses per Form 990 | $19,950,582 |
| Recipient | Location | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Species Project | Berkeley, CA | 501(c)3 | General Support | $275,000 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | 501(c)3 | Artist in Residence Award | $49,816 |
| The Long Now Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 501(c)3 | General Support | $30,055 |
| Region | Activity | Services | Offices | Employees | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Grants | N/a | 1 | 8 | $214,998 |
| North America | Grants | N/a | 1 | 13 | $2,000 |
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Professional Fundraising Fees | $0 |
| Line Item | Beginning | End | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivables from Disqualified Persons | - | $0 | - |
| Receivables from Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees | - | $0 | - |
| Liability | Amount |
|---|---|
| Paycheck Protection Program Loan | $1,859,000 |
“No review was or will be conducted.”
“Available upon request.”
“The Organization evaluates events occurring subsequent to the date of the financial statements determining the accounting for and disclosure of transactions and events that affect the financial statements. Subsequent events have been evaluated through October 10, 2020 which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.”
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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| IRS990/Desc | 0 | In 2020, we continued advancing our processes and technology for digitizing books, film, and music; and expanded our collections, along with website improvements for users.We increased materials digitized with the total archived at more than 70 Petabytes of unique data, which consists of more 65+ million public media items (text, movies, audio, images, etc.).Worldwide, we are a top website destination, with our web site traffic growing to 1,500,000 unique web site users per day, largely due to the Wayback Machine and users having access to its 475 billion web pages.Organizationally, the Archive remains stable with about the same number of employees as in previous years.Financially, our overall fee for service and base donor base remained stable and consistent. The pandemic impacted digitizing of physical items and shifted efforts to digital archiving and enhancing. |
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2020 • Form 990Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.