Program areas at Internet Archive
The Archive continues growing our digital library collections to provide more material for researchers, historians, scholars and the general public; improving the website for a better user experience; and advancing our processes and technologies to make the collections more useful.
The Internet Archive is a non-profit library dedicated to preserving physical and digital materials and providing free public access to knowledge.the organization stores 30 petabytes of digital content as well as several hundred thousand physical books, films, lps, and other types of media. The digital content includes archival copies of web pages, texts, audio, moving images and software. Internet Archive works with hundreds of partners, including the library of congress, the smithsonian, and many national, state, and local libraries and agencies to create digital representations of physical materials and make that content more broadly available to the public. It also helps organizations to Archive web pages relevant to their missions. Additionally Internet Archive works to serve the information needs of blind or reading disabled people.as of 2015, Internet Archive provides free access to the following collections via archive.org:237 billion archived web pages dating from 1996 to the
Fees collected for providing web crawling and hosting services as well as book scanning services.
Miscellaneous income
Grants made by Internet Archive
Who funds Internet Archive
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
| Grantmaker | Grantmaker tax period | Description | Amount |
|---|
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | 2022-06 | For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes | $5,259,643 |
| Amateur Radio Digital Communications | 2022-12 | To Build the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (Dlarc), An Online, Open-Access Resource That Preserves the Vital Resources -- Past, Present, and Future -- That Document the History of Amateur Radio and Communications. | $889,405 |
| Open Society Foundations | 2022-12 | To Support Researchers, Journalists, Academics, Activists and Others To Access Archived Eurasia TV Programming Content | $250,000 |
| ...and 56 more grants received totalling $7,334,410 |
Personnel at Internet Archive
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Ethridge Darlene | President | | 2021-12-31 |
| Jefferson Bailey | Director , Web Archiving and Data Services | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Joy Chesbrough | Director Philanthropy | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Scott Fong | Secretary | $0 | 2023-11-12 |
| Brewster Kahle | Board Chair | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| ...and 2 more key personnel |
Financials for Internet Archive
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $23,120,084 | $22,120,338 | 4.5% |
| Program services | $6,837,834 | $7,229,276 | -5.4% |
| Investment income and dividends | $40 | $124 | -67.7% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $141,549 | -100% |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $589,353 | $-76,922 | 866.2% |
| Total revenues | $30,547,311 | $29,414,365 | 3.9% |
Organizations like Internet Archive
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| Population Media Center (PMC) | 501(c)(3) | South Burlington, VT | $9,454,964 |
| Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) | 501(c)(3) | Saint Paul, MN | $61,999,744 |
| Kentucky Educational Television (KET) | 501(c)(3) | Lexington, KY | $8,939,208 |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina (ETV) | 501(c)(3) | Spartanburg, SC | $12,417,364 |
| Chicago Public Media | 501(c)(3) | Chicago, IL | $38,697,858 |
| Nashville Public Television | 501(c)(3) | Nashville, TN | $8,012,439 |
| G-Star School of the Arts | 501(c)(3) | Palm Springs, FL | $8,273,513 |
| WJCT Public Broadcasting | 501(c)(3) | Jacksonville, FL | $9,951,929 |
| KCPT | 501(c)(3) | Kansas City, MO | $14,417,252 |
| WLVT TV Channel 39 | 501(c)(3) | Bethlehem, PA | $12,103,626 |
Data update history
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 7, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Libraries and archivesArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsTelevision producers / broadcastersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesHuman services
Characteristics
Operates internationallyReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsNo full-time employees
General information
- Address
- 300 Funston Ave
- San Francisco, CA 94118
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- County
- San Francisco County, CA
- Website URL
- archive.org/Â
- Phone
- (415) 561-6767
- Facebook page
- internetnetarchiveÂ
- Twitter profile
- @internetarchiveÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 94-3242767
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1996
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A32: Television
- NAICS code, primary
- 51912: Libraries and Archives
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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