EIN 04-3091431

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Name: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) financials for 2022
Creator: Cause IQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

IRS 501(c) type

501(c)(3)

Num. employees

City

San Francisco

State

California

Year formed

1990

Most recent tax filings

2022-06-01

NTEE code, primary

R05: Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Description

EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. We work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows.

Total revenues

$23,876,681

2022

Total expenses

$16,747,298

2022

Total assets

$46,412,039

2022

Num. employees

2022

Program areas at EFF

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.

Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits

Grantmaker	Grantmaker tax period	Description	Amount
American Online Giving Foundation	2022-03	General Support	$1,317,903
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	2022-06	For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes	$1,118,720
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program	2022-06	For Recipient's Exempt Purpose	$396,263
...and 158 more grants received totalling $6,903,966

Personnel at EFF

Name	Title	Compensation	Date of data
Loraine Reitman	Chief Program Officer / Activism Director	$180,069	2022-06-30
Cindy Cohn	Executive Director	$292,031	2023-05-11
Starchy Grant	Tech Ops Director		2022-10-10
Kelly Esguerra	Finance Director	$184,826	2022-10-10
Jon Callas	Director of Public Interest Technology	$155,099	2022-10-10
...and 25 more key personnel

Financials for EFF

Revenues	FYE 06/2022	FYE 06/2021	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$21,718,499	$16,647,324	30.5%
Program services	$4,354	$69,610	-93.7%
Investment income and dividends	$647,954	$469,006	38.2%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0	-
Royalty revenue	$0	$0	-
Net rental income	$0	$0	-
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$0	$0	-
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0	-
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0	-
Net income from sales of inventory	$90,539	$126,688	-28.5%
Miscellaneous revenues	$1,415,335	$380,276	272.2%
Total revenues	$23,876,681	$17,692,904	35%

Form 990s for EFF

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2022-06	2023-05-11	990	View PDF
2020-06	2021-06-17	990	View PDF
2020-06	2021-05-20	990	View PDF
2019-06	2021-01-28	990	View PDF
2018-06	2019-12-09	990	View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

Organizations like EFF

Organization	Type	Location	Revenue
American Jewish Committee (AJC)	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$59,980,157
Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$63,268,204
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)	501(c)(3)	Cambridge, MA	$12,300,839
Human Rights Campaign Foundation	501(c)(3)	Washington, DC	$19,225,166
Institute for Justice	501(c)(3)	Arlington, VA	$38,984,471
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL)	501(c)(3)	Washington, DC	$38,134,884
Brennan Center for Justice	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$45,056,482
Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU)	501(c)(3)	Washington, DC	$14,241,073
International Justice Mission	501(c)(3)	Arlington, VA	$105,131,743
Public Justice Foundation	501(c)(3)	Washington, DC	$9,549,497

Data update history

May 13, 2023

Used new vendors

Identified 1 new vendor, including

May 5, 2023

Received grants

Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,300 from Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

October 10, 2022

Updated personnel

Identified 23 new personnel

August 3, 2022

Received grants

Identified 16 new grant, including a grant for $176,773 from PayPal Giving Fund

April 3, 2022

Posted financials

Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020

Nonprofit Types

Social advocacy organizationsHuman rights organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsCharities

Issues

Human rightsPublic policy

Characteristics

MembershipsPolitical advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsGrassroots organizingOperates internationallyNational levelEndowed supportTax deductible donations

General information

Address: 815 Eddy St; San Francisco, CA 94109
Metro area: San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
County: San Francisco County, CA
Website URL: eff.org/
Phone: (415) 436-9333
Facebook page: eff

IRS details

EIN: 04-3091431
Fiscal year end: June
Taxreturn type: Form 990
Year formed: 1990
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78): Yes

Categorization

NTEE code, primary: R05: Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
NAICS code, primary: 813311: Human Rights Organizations
Parent/child status: Independent

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Form 990s for EFF

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