2025-05-08T18:27:28-05:00 2024-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2023-07-01 043091431 Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ELEC 4154369333 815 Eddy Street San Francisco CA 94109 Cindy Cohn Executive Director 4154369333 2025-05-08 1 1 Oswaldo D Torres CPA P02465082 6264036801 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Cindy Cohn 815 Eddy Street San Francisco CA 94109 29473210 0 X www.eff.org X 1990 MA See Schedule OElectronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. ("EFF") was formed for the purpose of understanding and fostering the opportunities of digital communication in a free and open society. 14 13 108 289 0 0 16648966 22028260 35277 0 732942 1286843 537653 6048406 17954838 29363509 0 0 0 0 14928007 16956214 0 0 3190336 4228006 4897706 19156013 21853920 -1201175 7509589 46707648 58374562 853003 1276711 45854645 57097851 X See Schedule O 0 0 15181472 Educated the public regarding new forms of technology, fostered discussion as well as public policy analysis regarding the legal and social issues raised by technology, and conducted litigation in the public interest to preserve human and civil rights. 15181472 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 0 1 108 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AL GA AR CA MI FL HI IL KS KY MD MA MN MS NH NJ NM NY NC OR PA UT VA WV WI RI SC TN AK WA OH OK ND NV DC CT X X Kelly Esguerra 4154369333 815 Eddy Street San Francisco CA 94109 Pamela Samuelson Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Brian Behlendorf Vice-Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Erica Astrella Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Anil Dash Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Deutsch Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 David Farber Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brewster Kahle Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tadayoshi Kohno Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bruce Schneier Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gigi Sohn Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Shari Steele Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Vasile Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Zittrain Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cindy Cohn Executive Director 40.00 X X 332139 0 23449 Kelly Esguerra Treasurer/CFO 40.00 X 207407 0 37342 Jennifer Lynch Secretary & Gen. Counsel 40.00 X 202118 0 23984 Corynne McSherry Legal Director 40.00 X 228749 0 7195 Rebecca Jeschke Chief Operating Officer 40.00 X 217175 0 23688 Nathan Sheard Managing Director, Advocacy 40.00 X 187167 0 18824 Genevieve Gebhart Managing Director, Technology 40.00 X 179941 0 18339 David Greene Civil Liberties Director 40.00 X 205258 0 40587 Lee Tien Legislative Director 40.00 X 192485 0 44301 Adam Schwartz Assistant Director - Legal 40.00 X 184649 0 23355 Horace Walker Chief People Officer 40.00 X 173681 0 30083 Andrew Crocker Surveillance Litigation Director 40.00 X 164708 0 17327 2475477 0 308474 68 0 1 0 Globalization Partners LLC 175 Federal St 17th Floor Boston MA 02110 Technical Consultants 889273 Armanino Advisory LLC PO Box 744935 Los Angeles CA 90074 CRM conversion 363093 Robert Half P O Box 743295 Los Angeles CA 90074 Temporary Coverage 185735 Pacific Content Company 1 Mount Pleasant Road 5th Floor Toronto Ontario CA M4Y 2Y5 Technical Consultants 165000 ProServeIT Corporation 2010 Winston Park Drive Suite 400 Oakville Ontario CA L6H 5R7 CRM conversion 161338 6 30478 3997684 9630 17990468 2895872 22028260 1286843 1286843 0 9630 109701 -109701 -109701 49919 0 49919 49919 CY Pres Awards 900099 6051913 6051913 Other income 900099 56275 56275 6108188 29363509 49919 0 7285330 X 1800286 1191168 493066 116052 12121393 8686905 2015581 1418907 299498 213023 33651 52824 1742033 1256167 181750 304116 993004 706035 109625 177344 63379 53777 5841 3761 25278 25278 66000 56001 6083 3916 105209 105209 2353737 1691706 266448 395583 6963 5005 788 1170 257683 177988 48481 31214 66360 45836 12486 8038 266290 183933 50100 32257 157430 150390 745 6295 274940 189907 51728 33305 159847 131107 17483 11257 Membership expenses 553832 19220 534612 Planning & development 291813 198342 50768 42703 Litigation 145257 145257 Event expenses 56944 45378 11566 46744 34327 7001 5416 21853920 15181472 3482112 3190336 1420232 1176617 2921086 6353988 3674846 120098 7556 9000 194325 199117 158292 183752 82751 158731 12641996 2900803 9998534 9741193 28195002 40389131 55024 42935 46707648 58374562 787624 1218433 10355 15343 55024 42935 853003 1276711 X 37242462 51141544 8612183 5956307 45854645 57097851 46707648 58374562 7509589 3733617 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 10778555 16647324 21718499 16648966 22028260 87821604 10778555 16647324 21718499 16648966 22028260 87821604 7268080 80553524 679879 469006 647954 732942 1286843 3816624 115723 380276 1415335 530922 6108188 8550444 100188672 1009436 0.80400 0.84930 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: Miscellaneous - 2019 Amount: $ 2,775. 2020 Amount: $ 58,642. 2021 Amount: $ 12,210. 2022 Amount: $ 30,040. 2023 Amount: $ 56,275. Cy Pres Awards - 2019 Amount: $ 112,948. 2020 Amount: $ 321,634. 2021 Amount: $ 1,403,125. 2022 Amount: $ 500,882. 2023 Amount: $ 6,051,913. 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EFF's donor-restricted endowment was established to permanently pay the salary of the holder of the Adams Chair for Internet Freedom. Part X, Line 2: EFF is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d and the Massachusetts General Law Chapter 180, Section 4, and is considered by the IRS to be an organization other than a private foundation. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by EFF in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. EFF's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Event Expenses 109,701. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Event Expenses 109,701. East Asia and the Pacific Total 1 Program Consultant, professional services, legal, meetings & trainings 2749 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Total 6 Program Consultants, coalition dues, professional services, web services, legal, meetings and trainings and translations 49986 Middle East and North Africa Total 0 Program Meetings & trainings 10000 North America Total 0 Program Coalition dues, professional services, consulting, web services, legal, translations and payment processing 382140 Russia and Neighboring States Total 0 Program Meetings & trainings 508 South America Total 4 Program Coalition dues, professional services, consulting, web services, legal, translations and payment processing 20529 Sub-Saharan Africa Total 0 Program Meetings & trainings 2566 0 11 0 0 0 11 468478 0 468478 0 0 0 0 0 1 EFF Awards 9630 9630 109701 9630 9630 109701 109701 -109701 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cindy Cohn Executive Director 319250 0 10000 0 2889 0 5000 0 18449 0 355588 0 0 0 David Greene Civil Liberties Director 199309 0 0 0 5949 0 5000 0 35587 0 245845 0 0 0 Kelly Esguerra Treasurer/CFO 205562 0 0 0 1845 0 4250 0 33092 0 244749 0 0 0 Rebecca Jeschke Chief Operating Officer 215273 0 0 0 1902 0 2000 0 21688 0 240863 0 0 0 Lee Tien Legislative Director 190226 0 0 0 2259 0 4979 0 39322 0 236786 0 0 0 Corynne McSherry Legal Director 225005 0 0 0 3744 0 5000 0 2195 0 235944 0 0 0 Jennifer Lynch Secretary & Gen. Counsel 197296 0 0 0 4822 0 5000 0 18984 0 226102 0 0 0 Adam Schwartz Assistant Director - Legal 180917 0 0 0 3732 0 5000 0 18355 0 208004 0 0 0 Nathan Sheard Managing Director, Advocacy 185967 0 0 0 1200 0 2237 0 16587 0 205991 0 0 0 Horace Walker Chief People Officer 163796 0 0 0 9885 0 4890 0 25193 0 203764 0 0 0 Genevieve Gebhart Managing Director, Technology 177367 0 0 0 2574 0 4250 0 14089 0 198280 0 0 0 Andrew Crocker Surveillance Litigation Director 162250 0 0 0 2458 0 4250 0 13077 0 182035 0 0 0 Part I, Line 7 Under the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors approved a bonus payment of $10,000 for the Executive Director. X 5 10235 Sale price X 34 2862323 FMV X Cryptocurrency 119 23314 FMV 0 0 1 Part I, Column (b): The number of items reported is determined by the number of donors. Part I, Line 32b: EFF uses Charitable Adult Rides and Services, Inc. to solicit, process and sell vehicles. The donor contacts Charitable Adult Rides and Services, Inc, and they handle the processing and sale of the vehicle. The sales price will be divided between EFF and Charitable Adult Rides and Services, Inc. (70% EFF and 30% to Charitable Adult Rides and Services, Inc.), and fees and expenses are deducted from EFF's portion. Form 990, Part III, Line 1 EFF was formed to perform the following activities: 1) To educate the general public regarding new forms of technology including, but not limited to, digital, computing and communication technology; 2) To educate the general public as well as foster discussion & public policy analysis regarding relationships between technology and society; 3) To educate the general public, foster discussion and public policy analysis regarding legal and social issues raised by existing and new technology; 4) To conduct scientific research in the public interest to develop and expand existing technology in order to make existing advances in digital, computing and communication technology more accessible to the general public, as well as to make the results of such research available to the public on a non-discriminatory basis; and 5) To conduct litigation in the public interest in order to preserve and protect the human and civil rights of those using or involved with technology, including but not limited to, digital, computing and communication technology. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b After the Form 990 is prepared, but before it is filed with the IRS, the completed form will be presented to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, who will be given at least one week to review and provide feedback and revisions. The completed form will then be sent to the remaining members of the Board of Directors. The Form 990 may be filed with the IRS only after all comments from the audit committee and the remaining board members comments have been addressed and the head of the audit committee has given final approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c We, the Directors of Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF, resolve that each member of the Board of Directors and staff shall make his or her best efforts to disclose any potential conflict of interest that he or she has, or that any member of his or her immediate family has, due to having material economic involvement regarding any matter being discussed at EFF. The Board or staff member may also disqualify himself or herself and be excused from the meeting until discussion is over on the matter involved. The president of the meeting is expected to make inquiry, if such conflict appears to exist, and the Board member or staff has not made it known. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 EFF adopted a policy that requires the analysis of compensation of key employees, including the Executive Director, Legal Director and other top management officials, on at least an annual basis. The salaries shall be compared to equivalent organizations based on mission, budget size, job description, demands, and other factors. Based on the analysis, the Compensation Committee shall conclude on whether each officer and key employee's compensation is appropriate. Such analysis shall be documented and filed in the corporation's records. The Compensation Committee will also propose a reasonable salary for the Executive Director for full board approval based on this analysis. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 EFF makes documents available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Consultants: Program service expenses 1,334,132. Management and general expenses 210,129. Fundraising expenses 311,969. Total expenses 1,856,230. Professional Fees: Program service expenses 357,574. Management and general expenses 56,319. Fundraising expenses 83,614. Total expenses 497,507.