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← INTERNET ARCHIVE

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNET ARCHIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,709,162
Total expenses
$27,766,880
Contributions and grants received
$20,192,691
Grants paid
$684,386
Program service revenue
$7,536,144
Investment income
-$4,682,272
Other revenue
$662,599
Total assets, end of year
$9,668,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,910,149
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,758,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$24,039,679
Management and general expenses
$2,108,911
Fundraising expenses
$1,618,290
Program service expenses (Part III)
$24,039,679

Program services were 86.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $278,925

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,913,766

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,247,530

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Archive Fees

    total $690,979 · related or exempt $690,979

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Book Scanning

    total $2,342,646 · related or exempt $2,342,646

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Fees for Service

    total $4,502,519 · related or exempt $4,502,519

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $114,398 · excluded $114,398

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,282,910 · other assets $323,616

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

    securities $12,068,558 · other assets $334,638

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,785,648 · other assets -$11,022

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,796,670 · excluded -$4,796,670

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $376,222 · related or exempt $376,222

  • 11b · Other revenue: Other Interest Income

    total $239,131 · excluded $239,131

  • 11c · Other revenue: Other Investment Income

    total $47,246 · excluded $47,246

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $662,599

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $135,014 · program services $135,014

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,200 · program services $19,200

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $530,172 · program services $530,172

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,031,680 · program services $5,944,139 · management and general $87,541

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,392 · program services $46,704 · management and general $688

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,374,096 · program services $15,047,115 · management and general $1,222,068 · fundraising $1,104,913

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $715,359 · program services $700,562 · management and general $14,797

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,250,028 · program services $883,887 · management and general $366,141

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $177,335 · program services $174,265 · management and general $2,924 · fundraising $146

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Administrative Expenses

    total $838,088 · program services $256,108 · management and general $245,473 · fundraising $336,507

  • 24b · Other expenses: Outreach

    total $571,588 · program services $235,928 · management and general $164,589 · fundraising $171,071

  • 24c · Other expenses: Misc

    total $64,622 · program services $63,503 · management and general $1,066 · fundraising $53

  • 24d · Other expenses: Taxes and Fees

    total $12,306 · program services $3,082 · management and general $3,624 · fundraising $5,600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,226,414 · end of year $3,969,422

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,947,385 · end of year $1,449,595

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,623,948 · end of year $2,053,423

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $812,370 · end of year $1,980,983

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

    $2,341,219

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

    $2,230,974

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $583,700 · end of year $110,245

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $485,990 · end of year $104,964

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,451,199 · end of year $1,857,714

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,300,000 · end of year $5,052,435

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $391,176 · end of year $1,767,213

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $562,432 · end of year $991,270

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format including texts, audio, movies, images, software and web pages.

  • 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.

    Expenses $24,039,679 · Grants $684,386 · Revenue $7,536,144

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tracey Jaquith

    Senior Engineer

    Total calculated
    $248,705
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,958
    Other
    $5,747
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $242,958 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $5,747 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $248,705 related

  • Joy Chesbrough

    Dir. Philanthropy

    Total calculated
    $246,111
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $240,173
    Other
    $5,938
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $240,173 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $5,938 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $246,111 related

  • Mark Graham

    Dir Wayback Mach.

    Total calculated
    $240,324
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $230,751
    Other
    $9,573
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $230,751 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,573 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $240,324 related

  • Samuel Stoller

    Senior Engineer

    Total calculated
    $238,967
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $228,851
    Other
    $10,116
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $228,851 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $10,116 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $238,967 related

  • Jefferson Bailey

    Dir, Web Archiving

    Total calculated
    $238,136
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $230,731
    Other
    $7,405
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $230,731 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $7,405 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $238,136 related

  • Scott Fong til 103125

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $184,198
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,476
    Other
    $722
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $183,476 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $722 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $184,198 related

  • Jessica Ovbiagele from 11125

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $158,538
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,055
    Other
    $483
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $158,055 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $483 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $158,538 related

  • Rick Prelinger

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brewster Kahle

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kathleen Burch

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Rumsey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

  • Gatherings for Good

    $135,014

    General Support

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Gatherings for Good LLC

    Charitable · CA · income $44,604 · assets $224,682

    Directly controlled by Internet Archive

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
24 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202612369349301361

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