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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,029,134
Total expenses
$3,368,137
Contributions and grants received
$2,873,275
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$22,537
Investment income
$47,184
Other revenue
$86,138
Total assets, end of year
$5,776,468
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,560,760
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,215,708
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,864,119
Management and general expenses
$226,582
Fundraising expenses
$277,436
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,864,119

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,873,275

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $22,373 · related or exempt $22,373

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION PROGRAM

    total $164 · related or exempt $164

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $53,669 · excluded $53,669

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $816,415

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $822,900

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,485

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,485 · excluded -$6,485

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $139,750

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $66,190

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $73,560 · excluded $73,560

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $12,578 · excluded $12,578

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,578

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $253,695 · program services $164,902 · management and general $21,670 · fundraising $67,123

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,863,395 · program services $1,678,793 · management and general $128,351 · fundraising $56,251

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,292 · program services $47,343 · management and general $3,248 · fundraising $701

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $280,829 · program services $252,261 · management and general $19,393 · fundraising $9,175

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $167,483 · program services $147,033 · management and general $12,059 · fundraising $8,391

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,592 · program services $94,988 · management and general $7,667 · fundraising $5,937

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $33,351 · fundraising $33,351

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $42,795 · program services $37,433 · management and general $3,022 · fundraising $2,340

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,014 · program services $30,923 · management and general $2,298 · fundraising $1,793

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,411 · program services $32,724 · management and general $2,642 · fundraising $2,045

  • 17 · Travel

    total $121,027 · program services $48,921 · management and general $1,177 · fundraising $70,929

  • 20 · Interest

    total $71,007 · program services $62,111 · management and general $5,014 · fundraising $3,882

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $149,416 · program services $130,698 · management and general $10,549 · fundraising $8,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $47,103 · program services $41,202 · management and general $3,326 · fundraising $2,575

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $40,818 · program services $35,704 · management and general $2,882 · fundraising $2,232

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $32,225 · program services $28,188 · management and general $2,275 · fundraising $1,762

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $11,341 · program services $11,341 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,343 · program services $19,554 · management and general $1,009 · fundraising $780

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $712,981 · end of year $122,845

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $131,279 · end of year $1,314,445

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $603 · end of year $434

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,448,157

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $667,675

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,929,898 · end of year $3,780,482

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,392,061 · end of year $551,866

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $28,512 · end of year $6,396

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,643 · end of year $63,815

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,578,265 · end of year $1,496,945

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,496,426 · end of year $4,012,279

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $203,429

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EPIC'S MISSION IS TO SECURE THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE FOR ALL PEOPLE THROUGH ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND LITIGATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY, GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE.

  • EPIC WORKS TO SECURE THE COLLECTIVE HUMAN RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE. WE SEEK TO ESTABLISH COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE UNCONSTRAINED COMMERCIAL EXTRACTION OF PERSONAL DATA BECAUSE PRIVACY IS ESSENTIAL TO A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY. EPIC ALSO PROMOTES ROBUST LIMITS ON AND OVERSIGHT OF SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. AND WE ADVOCATE FOR A HUMAN-RIGHTS BASED APPROACH TO AI POLICY THAT ENSURES NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE SUBJECT TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE. OUR WORK TAKES THE FORM OF EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION CARRIED OUT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

    Expenses $1,376,699 · Revenue $22,537

  • PLATFORM GOVERNANCE: INTERNET PLATFORMS HAVE BECOME DOMINANT PLAYERS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY AND CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE. IMPORTANT SOCIETAL VALUES, SUCH AS DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY AND EQUALITY, AND IMPORTANT PERSONAL PROTECTIONS, SUCH AS CIVIL RIGHTS, PRIVACY, AND PERSONAL SAFETY, ALL DEPEND ON THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THESE PLATFORM COMPANIES AND HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY VIOLATE THE LAW. THIS TEAM WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF PRIVACY, PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LAW THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION.

    Expenses $457,465

  • CONSUMER PRIVACY: WE ARE IN A DATA PRIVACY CRISIS. POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HAVE BUILT SYSTEMS THAT INVADE OUR PRIVATE LIVES, SPY ON OUR FAMILIES, AND GATHER THE MOST INTIMATE DETAILS ABOUT US FOR PROFIT. THROUGH A VAST, OPAQUE SYSTEM OF DATABASES AND ALGORITHMS, WE ARE PROFILED AND SORTED INTO WINNERS AND LOSERS BASED ON DATA ABOUT OUR HEALTH, FINANCES, LOCATION, GENDER, RACE, AND OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HABITS. EPIC'S TEAM ADVOCATES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PRIVACY STANDARDS TO LIMIT COMMERCIAL SURVEILLANCE AND ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION AND USE, SUPPORTS FEDERAL AND STATE POLICYMAKERS AND REGULATORS ADVANCING PRIVACY RIGHTS AND DATA MINIMIZATION STANDARDS.

    Expenses $1,029,955

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHOSHANA ZUBOFF

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CHRISTOPHER WOLF

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JEFF JONAS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ARI WALDMAN

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CHRISTINE BORGMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • HARRY LEWIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SHERRY TURKLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ANNA LYSYANSKAYA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ALAN BUTLER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $246,694
    From this org
    $210,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,344
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,350
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,344
    Filer's total
    $246,694

  • ROGER MCNAMEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LEN KENNEDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ANNE WASHINGTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DANIELLE CITRON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CAITRIONA FITZGERALD

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $235,098
    From this org
    $197,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,688
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,410
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,688
    Filer's total
    $235,098

  • JERAMIE SCOTT

    SENIOR COUNSEL/PROGRAM DIR

    Total calculated
    $202,128
    From this org
    $166,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,928
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,928
    Filer's total
    $202,128

  • JOHN DAVISSON

    SENIOR COUNSEL/PROGRAM DIR

    Total calculated
    $170,728
    From this org
    $150,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,867
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,867
    Filer's total
    $170,728

  • MEGAN IORIO

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $177,076
    From this org
    $141,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,876
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,876
    Filer's total
    $177,076

  • ENID ZHOU

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $154,289
    From this org
    $138,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,289
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,289
    Filer's total
    $154,289

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533169349309158

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