THE SYNOPSYS FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2020

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Organization: THE SYNOPSYS FOUNDATION (EIN 77-0488629)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-13
IRS object ID: 202113179349100136
Schema version: 2020v4.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-PF
Schedule B
Accounting Fees Schedule
Expenditure Responsibility Stmt
Legal Fees Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-13T17:44:02-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	371420474	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fontanello Duffield & Otake LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 Montgomery Street Suite 1305	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	770488629	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Synopsys Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SYNO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6505845000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	690 E Middlefield Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Mountain View	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94043	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Sudhindra Kankanwadi	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO/Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2021-11-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	false	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Sudhindra	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Kankanwadi	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Michael Fontanello	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01471027	PTIN
Phone	4159830200	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$7,275,312	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss	$8,300,000	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss	$197	InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm	$197	InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$8,300,197	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$197	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	$2,722	LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Legal Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl	$2,722	LegalFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	$2,268	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Chrtbl Prps	$2,268	AccountingFeesChrtblPrpsAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$140	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$140	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$5,130	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,130	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$3,092,729	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$3,092,729	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$3,097,859	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$3,097,859	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$5,202,338	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$197	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sav And Temp Cash Invst BOY	$2,057,974	SavAndTempCashInvstBOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOY	$7,275,312	SavAndTempCashInvstEOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV	$7,275,312	SavAndTempCashInvstEOYFMVAmt
Acct Rcvbl BOY	$15,000	AcctRcvblBOYAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,072,974	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$7,275,312	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$7,275,312	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind
No Donor Rstr Net Assests BOY	$2,072,974	NoDonorRstrNetAssestsBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,072,974	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,275,312	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$2,072,974	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$7,275,312	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,072,974	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$5,202,338	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	$7,275,312	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,275,312	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$3	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Subtotal	$3	SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$3	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Estimated Plus Ovpmt Incm Tx	$421	EstimatedPlusOvpmtIncmTxAmt
Total Payments And Credits	$421	TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Form2220 Attached	Yes (X)	Form2220AttachedInd
Overpayment	$418	OverpaymentAmt
Applied To ES Tax	$418	AppliedToESTaxAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	false	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	Yes (true)	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (true)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register State	CA	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	Yes (true)	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	false	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	Yes (true)	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (true)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Synopsys Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6505845000	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	690 E Middlefield Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Mountain View	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94043	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	false	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	false	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	false	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	Yes (true)	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	false	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	false	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	false	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	false	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	false	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Transactions Fail To Qlfy As Exc	false	TransactionsFailToQlfyAsExcInd
Maintained Expenditure Rspns	Yes (true)	MaintainedExpenditureRspnsInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
Jaimie Vargas
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	CEO/President	5.00	$0
Sudhindra Kankanwadi
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	CFO/Treasurer	0.50	$0
Erika Varga McEnroe
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	Secretary	1.00	$0
David Moyce
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	Asst. Sect'y	0.50	$0
Deirdre Hanford
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	Director	0.50	$0
Aart De Geus
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	Chairman	0.50	$0
Jan Collinson
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	Director	0.50	$0
Hasmukh Ranjan
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	Director	0.50	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$0	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$3,408,231	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$3,408,231	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed	$0	ReductionClaimedAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$3,408,231	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$51,123	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$3,357,108	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$167,855	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	$167,855	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$3	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax	$3	TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj	$167,852	DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded	$167,852	DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted	$167,852	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$3,097,859	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$3,097,859	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri	$3,097,859	AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$167,852	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5	$1,716,968	ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4	$2,061,584	ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3	$2,821,135	ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$2,960,312	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$2,707,075	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$12,267,074	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$3,097,859	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus	$0	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year	$167,852	AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$2,930,007	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$15,197,081	TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5	$1,716,968	ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$13,480,113	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4	$2,061,584	ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3	$2,821,135	ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2	$2,960,312	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$2,707,075	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$2,930,007	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (6 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxt	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxt	Grant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxt	AmtAmt	Address Line1RecipientForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientForeignAddress/CityNm	Province Or StateRecipientForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryRecipientForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalRecipientForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2440 West El Camino Real Suite 300	Mountain View	CA	94040	N/A	PC	General Support	$85,000
Synopsys SV Science Tech Outreach F
690 E Middlefield Road	Mountain View	CA	94043	N/A	POF	Education and Science Fair Support	$1,157,729
King Baudouin Foundation United Sta
10 Rockefeller Plaza 16th Fl	New York	NY	10020	N/A	PC	General Support	$110,000
American Online Giving Foundation
PO Box 1010	Safety Harbor	FL	34695	N/A	PC	General Support	$750,000
UK Online Giving Foundation
				N/A	PC	General Support	$450,000	Unit 9 Cirencester Office Park	Cirencester	Gloucestershire	UK	GL7 6JJ
Give2Asia
600 California Street 11th FL	San Francisco	CA	94108	N/A	PC	General Support	$540,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$3,092,729	TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	14	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$197	ExclusionAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	$197	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty	$197	TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	false	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	false	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	false	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General Rule	Yes (X)	GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	1	ContributorNum
Contributor Person	Synopsys Inc	ContributorPersonNm

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	690 E Middlefield Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Mountain View	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94043	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	$8,300,000	TotalContributionsAmt
Person Contribution	Yes (X)	PersonContributionInd

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Accounting Fees	CategoryTxt
Amt	$2,268	Amt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income	$0	AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$2,268	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Expenditure Responsibility Stmt ExpenditureResponsibilityStmt

Expenditure Responsibility ExpenditureResponsibilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Synopsys SV Science Tech Outrch	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	690 E Middlefield Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Mountain View	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94043	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant	2020-01-01	GrantDt
Grant	$1,157,729	GrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	Promote Science Education & Science Fair Prgms	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Expended By Grantee	$1,157,729	ExpendedByGranteeAmt
Any Diversion By Grantee	No	AnyDiversionByGranteeTxt
Dates Of Reports By Grantee	Various	DatesOfReportsByGranteeTxt
Verification	2020-01-01	VerificationDt
Results Of Verification	Expenditures complied with the grant agreement, no exceptions were noted.	ResultsOfVerificationTxt

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Legal Fees	CategoryTxt
Legal Fees	$2,722	LegalFeesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income	$0	AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$2,722	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Filing Fees	Desc
Revenue And Expenses Per Books	$140	RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$140	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt