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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BRAVE NEW SOFTWARE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,882,400
Total expenses
$9,661,397
Contributions and grants received
$4,821,321
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,039,372
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$21,707
Total assets, end of year
$1,753,427
Total liabilities, end of year
$665,183
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,088,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,190,337
Management and general expenses
$382,086
Fundraising expenses
$88,974
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,190,337

Program services were 95.1% 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)

    $4,813,977

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,344

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Income

    total $4,039,372 · related or exempt $4,039,372

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $21,707 · related or exempt $21,707

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,707

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $134,875 · management and general $134,875

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,353,671 · program services $2,118,484 · management and general $147,699 · fundraising $87,488

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $104,828 · program services $91,689 · management and general $12,323 · fundraising $816

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,249 · program services $50 · management and general $16,199

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,986 · program services $9,989 · management and general $1,466 · fundraising $531

  • 24a · Other expenses: Server Costs

    total $6,903,639 · program services $6,903,231 · management and general $408

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $35,103 · program services $1,794 · management and general $33,170 · fundraising $139

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional fees

    total $101,046 · program services $65,100 · management and general $35,946

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $903,676 · end of year $714,896

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,333,202 · end of year $972,581

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,750 · end of year $3,615

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

    $38,827

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

    $38,827

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $54,368 · end of year $62,335

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $220,618 · end of year $340,170

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,389

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $170,550 · end of year $325,013

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,859,439 · end of year $1,088,244

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Brave New Software is dedicated to keeping the Internet open and decentralized. We build open source software tools that helps users access an uncensored internet, and create a more open and protected information infrastructure for us all.

  • Developing and supporting censorship circumvention software.

    Expenses $9,190,337

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • A F

    President and Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $299,005
    From this org
    $211,510
    From related orgs
    $58,490
    Other
    $29,005
    Hours/week
    31 + 9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,510 + $58,490 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,722 + $6,283 related
    Filer's total
    $234,232 + $64,773 related

  • P W

    CTO part year

    Total calculated
    $170,147
    From this org
    $104,494
    From related orgs
    $45,522
    Other
    $20,131
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,494 + $45,522 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,023 + $6,108 related
    Filer's total
    $118,517 + $51,630 related

  • H H

    Sr Engineer

    Total calculated
    $158,218
    From this org
    $132,020
    From related orgs
    $19,855
    Other
    $6,343
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,020 + $19,855 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,513 + $830 related
    Filer's total
    $137,533 + $20,685 related

  • N L

    Sr Engineer

    Total calculated
    $157,191
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,191
    Filer's total
    $157,191

  • S W

    Sr Engineer

    Total calculated
    $153,750
    From this org
    $141,652
    From related orgs
    $12,098
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,652 + $12,098 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $141,652 + $12,098 related

  • M K

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • A H

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • S M

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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 · 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
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421349349302007

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