2025-09-19T10:46:31-05:00 2024-12-31 390859910 BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP 101 SECOND STREET SUITE 900 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105 990 2024-01-01 824506840 SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION SIGN 6503368080 650 CASTRO STREET SUITE 120-223 MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041 BRIAN ACTON PRESIDENT 6503368080 2025-09-15 1 0 MICHAEL LUMSDEN P01262236 4159561500 2025-09-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z BRIAN ACTON 650 CASTRO STREET SUITE 120-223 MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041 30765027 0 X WWW.SIGNALFOUNDATION.ORG X 2018 DE TO DEVELOP PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY THAT PROTECTS FREE EXPRESSION & ENABLES SECURE GLOBAL COMMUNICATION. 5 3 52 5 27712 0 22687563 21843492 10269447 6386666 1523972 1183379 1270012 0 35750994 29413537 0 0 0 0 17510729 19573873 0 0 0 18297765 18445823 35808494 38019696 -57500 -8606159 37433223 30994770 34101582 35719745 3331641 -4724975 PROTECT FREE EXPRESSION AND ENABLE SECURE GLOBAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH OPEN SOURCE PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY. 0 0 30994943 0 6386666 FOLLOWING ITS FORMATION IN EARLY 2018, SIGNAL FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY WAS THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO SIGNAL MESSENGER IN ORDER TO ENSURE GLOBAL ACCESS TO A SECURE, END-TO-END ENCRYPTED VOICE AND TEXT COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM. THROUGH SIGNAL MESSENGER, USERS CAN SECURELY CALL AND TEXT ONE ANOTHER. 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THE FOUNDATION ASSESSED ALL INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN WHERE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS REMAINS OPEN. EXAMPLES OF THESE TAX POSITIONS INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UBTI. THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES ITS TAX FILING POSITIONS WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON TAX EXAMINATIONS; THEREFORE, NO LIABILITY FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS HAS BEEN RECORDED AT DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MEREDITH WHITTAKER DIRECTOR / PRES OF SIGNAL MESSENGER 424875 0 318656 0 0 0 20500 0 31197 0 795228 0 0 0 JIM O'LEARY VP, ENGINEERING 405794 0 309418 0 0 0 20500 0 13611 0 749323 0 0 0 EHREN KRET CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 405544 0 304346 0 0 0 0 0 9274 0 719164 0 0 0 ARUNA HARDER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 329600 0 259560 0 0 0 20500 0 0 0 609660 0 0 0 ALAN LIU DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING 304000 0 243338 0 0 0 20500 0 25838 0 593676 0 0 0 RANDALL SARAFA CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER 315180 0 236385 0 0 0 20500 0 0 0 572065 0 0 0 JONATHAN CHAMBERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPER 257397 0 202700 0 0 0 20500 0 9369 0 489966 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 THE PRESIDENT OF SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION IS NOT COMPENSATED. PART I, LINE 7 THE BONUS PAYMENTS REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(II) ARE CONSIDERED "NON-FIXED PAYMENTS" AS MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION MAY EXERCISE DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER A BONUS SHOULD BE PAID AND/OR THE AMOUNT OF BONUS PAID. BRIAN ACTON PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, CEO START-UP FUNDING X 105000400 33810810 0 1 1 33810810 SCHEDULE L, PART IV: THE ORGANIZATION OBTAINED A 0% INTEREST, UNSECURED PROMISSORY NOTE FROM BRIAN ACTON (PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER OF THE ORGANIZATION) WHICH IS PAYABLE ON THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE THE LOAN WAS ORIGINATED (FEBRUARY 28, 2018). FOR GAAP REPORTING PURPOSES, WHILE A PORTION OF THE LOAN HAS BEEN RE-CHARACTERIZED AS AN INHERENT CONTRIBUTION (AND THUS, THE LOAN ONLY REFLECTS AN END-OF-YEAR BOOK BALANCE OF $33,810,810 ON FORM 990, PART X, LINE 22 AND SCHEDULE L, PART II, COLUMN (F)), NONE OF THE $105,000,400 ORIGINAL LOAN FACE-VALUE HAS BEEN PAID-OFF AS OF 12/31/2024. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS ONE SOLE MEMBER, BRIAN ACTON, WHO IS ALSO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, SECRETARY/TREASURER, AND CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE ORGANIZATION'S SOLE MEMBER HAS THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO ELECT ANY DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION HAS THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS, AS SET FORTH BY THE BYLAWS: (I) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO ELECT ANY DIRECTOR AND TO SET THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED DIRECTORS; (II) THE RIGHT TO REMOVE A DIRECTOR; (III) THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY SALE, LEASE, TRANSFER, OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ASSETS OR PROPERTIES OF THIS CORPORATION; (IV) THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY MERGER OF THIS CORPORATION, BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW; (V) THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE DISSOLUTION OF THIS CORPORATION; (VI) THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF THE BYLAWS; (VII) THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION; AND (VIII) THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY BE PRESENTED TO THE MEMBERS FOR A VOTE, PURSUANT TO THIS CORPORATION'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS, OR ACTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OR BY OPERATION OF LAW. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S COO. THE COO THEN REVIEWS A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IN DETAIL; ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE, AS NECESSARY. THE FORM 990 IS THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL OFFICERS, MANAGEMENT, CONTRIBUTORS, OR EMPLOYEES OF SIGNAL FOUNDATION OR SIGNAL MESSENGER, LLC (A SINGLE-MEMBER LLC WHOLLY OWNED BY SIGNAL FOUNDATION AND DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES) ARE COVERED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER, AND KEY EMPLOYEE OF SIGNAL HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT GOVERNS SIGNAL. DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE MADE TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING ALL MATERIAL FACTS RELEVANT TO A TRANSACTION. THE BOARD, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CONFLICTED INDIVIDUAL, DETERMINES (BY MAJORITY VOTE) WHETHER THE INTEREST CONSTITUTES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND IF SO, WHETHER THE TRANSACTION IS NEVERTHELESS IN SIGNAL'S BEST INTEREST, FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT, AND FAIR AND REASONABLE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND FACTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A HAS BEEN ANSWERED "NO" AS THE PRESIDENT OF SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION IS NOT COMPENSATED. SALARY SURVEYS OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF THE OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION. COMPENSATION CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. 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