Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $3,856,030
Total expenses: $3,441,034
Contributions and grants received: $1,805,386
Grants paid: $393,146
Program service revenue: $2,006,905
Investment income: $5,403
Other revenue: $38,336
Total assets, end of year: $5,766,003
Total liabilities, end of year: $972,699
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $4,793,304
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,774,794
Management and general expenses: $464,786
Fundraising expenses: $201,454
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,774,794

Program services were 80.6% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$32,214
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,773,172
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $2,006,905 · related or exempt $2,006,905 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $5,403 · related or exempt $5,403 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$71,843
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$33,549
9c · Net income from gaming

total $38,294 · related or exempt $38,294 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11d · All other revenue

total $42 · related or exempt $42 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$42

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $19,968 · program services $19,968
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $209,292 · program services $209,292
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $163,886 · program services $163,886
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $409,178 · program services $243,080 · management and general $55,860 · fundraising $110,238
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $430,232 · program services $167,188 · management and general $251,491 · fundraising $11,553
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $24,586 · program services $12,432 · management and general $8,469 · fundraising $3,685
9 · Other employee benefits

total $100,229 · program services $40,165 · management and general $52,808 · fundraising $7,256
10 · Payroll taxes

total $60,803 · program services $30,238 · management and general $21,316 · fundraising $9,249
11a · Fees: management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $31,769 · program services $31,769 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $38,905 · program services $0 · management and general $36,140 · fundraising $2,765
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $20,940 · program services $0 · management and general $6,203 · fundraising $14,737
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $5,326 · program services $449 · management and general $0 · fundraising $4,877
13 · Office expenses

total $20,773 · program services $15,037 · management and general $5,191 · fundraising $545
14 · Information technology

total $649,304 · program services $622,691 · management and general $2,622 · fundraising $23,991
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $10,201 · program services $4,176 · management and general $4,785 · fundraising $1,240
17 · Travel

total $43,172 · program services $23,799 · management and general $19,373 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $1,147,987 · program services $1,147,987 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $2,982 · program services $0 · management and general $2,982 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $6,864 · program services $2,011 · management and general $4,586 · fundraising $267
24a · Other expenses: Bad debt expense

total -$2,035 · program services $4,421 · management and general -$11,250 · fundraising $4,794
24b · Other expenses: Bank and credit card fees

total $34,630 · program services $24,616 · management and general $3,784 · fundraising $6,230
24c · Other expenses: Community awards

total $11,589 · program services $11,589 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: Licenses and permits

total $453 · program services $0 · management and general $426 · fundraising $27
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $631,456 · end of year $603,325
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $4,142,129 · end of year $4,800,793
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $82,418 · end of year $236,994
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $641 · end of year $698
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $46,019 · end of year $124,193
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$73,589
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$73,589
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $143,500 · end of year $130,715
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $1,554 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $286,392 · end of year $811,984
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $60,000 · end of year $30,000
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,389,139 · end of year $3,157,967
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,022,078 · end of year $1,635,337

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The mission of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) is to promote, protect, and advance the open source Python programming language and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. The PSF: (1) Produces the core Python distribution including the Python language, its standard libraries and documentation, installers, source code, educational materials, and assorted tools and applications, (2) Establishes PSF licenses conform to the Open Source Definition and ensures the public to freely obtain, use, redistribute, and modify PSF intellectual property, (3) Protects the Python name, and the names, service marks and trademarks, (4) Raises funds to support PSF programs and services, (5) Publicizes, promotes the adoption of, and facilitates the ongoing development of Python-related technology, research, grants, conferences, and educational resources in the public interest.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. See our 2022 Annual Report for more information: https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2022/.

PyCon US is the largest annual gathering for the community that uses and develops the open-source Python programming language. PyCon US 2022 was offered in a hybrid format for the first time with 1,753 in-person attendees and 669 online attendees. Attendees represented 52 countries and 1,551 Pythonistas were first-time attendees! The conference included high-quality talks, tutorials, keynotes, and meeting spaces for attendees to learn about our sponsors, discover the job market, explore Python projects and meet fellow Python community members. 162 speakers offer sessions for attendees of all skill levels including tutorials, keynotes, Charlas tracks, and lightning talks.

Expenses $1,587,747 · Grants $175,862 · Revenue $1,953,629
The PSF awards grants to projects and events related to the development of Python, Python-related technology, educational programs, and resources. Events include worldwide conferences, workshops, education, and training programs related to the establishment and promotion of the free and open source programming language Python. 138 groups or projects in 421 countries received grants from the PSF during 2022. The PSF encouraged diversity with grants to PyLadies and Django Girls workshops. Due to many worldwide Python Meetups going dormant during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Python Meetups network remained at 83 groups covering 22 countries and over 150,000 members.

Expenses $209,722 · Grants $183,854
The PSF provides fiscal sponsorship for Python-focused user groups, events, and projects. These groups hold regular education and networking meetings and/or present regional Python conferences. The PSF and each fiscal sponsoree work together to manage donor contributions wisely and maximize our ability to pursue the PSF's charitable mission. Sponsored groups in 2022 included continued support of Boston Python, Jazzband, Pallets (Flask), PhillyPUG, PuPPy, PyBeach, PyCascades, PyHawaii, PyLadies PyMNtos, PyPA, PyRVA, and San Diego Python.

Expenses $156,513 · Grants $2,115 · Revenue $240,759
The PSF funds programming development efforts to advance and maintain the core Python language, its associated libraries, and significant allied projects central to the Python community. These efforts include the Packaging Work Group, which improves and maintains the Python packaging ecosystem through fundraising and disbursement of raised funds. The Packaging Work Group focuses on efforts such as PyPI, pip, packaging.python.org, setuptools, and cross project efforts. The PSF received three major grants during 2022. A second 2022 grant from Bloomberg along with other sponsorships centers on advancing the PyPI package repository. Linux Foundation's OpenSSF Grant provides funding for a year of the PSF's first ever Security Developer-in-Residence. The PSF received a second year of grant funding for the CPython Developer-in-Residence, who focused on CPython improvements and bug tracking and fixing plus many other important tasks. The PSF funded the annual CPython Core Developer sprint, held virtually, in Fall 2022. These program initiatives also include funds for trademark and copyright investments.

Expenses $805,688 · Grants $31,315 · Revenue $1,281,018
The Python Software Foundation relies on volunteer efforts to achieve many of its goals. The PSF Board of Directors offers recognition of work which significantly improves the Foundation's fulfillment of its mission and benefits the broader Python community including contributions of code and efforts in community action. The intention of these awards is to demonstrate that service to the Python community does lead to recognition and reward, rather than to provide a direct incentive to contributors. Python Software Foundation celebrated the efforts of 7 community members through Community Service Awards and 1 Distinguished Service Award in 2022.

Expenses $15,124

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Ee Durbin

Director of Infrastructure

Total calculated

$168,995

From this org

$168,995

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$151,781

Bonus

$13,802

Other

$0

Deferred

$3,411

Nontaxable benefits

$13,797

Filer's total

$182,791
Loren Crary

Director of Resource Development

Total calculated

$139,141

From this org

$139,141

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$126,641

Bonus

$12,500

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$12,934

Filer's total

$152,075
Deborah Nicholson

Secretary, Executive Director, Director

Total calculated

$101,045

From this org

$101,045

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$90,941

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$10,105

Nontaxable benefits

$3,031

Filer's total

$104,077
Thomas Wouters

Chair, Former Vice Chair, Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Lorena Mesa

Former Chair, Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Jeffrey Triplett

Vice Chair, Former Treasurer, Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Dawn Wages

Treasurer, Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Tania Allard

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Debora Azevedo

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kushal Das

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Dustin Ingram

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jannis Leidel

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Van Lindberg

Former Secretary, Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Joannah Nanjekye

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Marlene Mhangami

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Nina Zakharenko

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Simon Willison

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I: Annually, the Board of Directors reviews the performance and compensation of the Executive Director. The Board Chair leads the review conducted with the Executive Committee. No person with a conflict of interest is involved in the performance review and compensation recommendation. Python Software Foundation does not offer severance payments, supplemental nonqualified retirement plans, or equity-based compensation arrangements to any employee. Employee compensation is not contingent upon the net earnings of the organization, does not include non-fixed payments, and does not provide compensation amounts subject to the initial contract exception. The company has a written payment and reimbursement policy and requires substantiation provided prior to reimbursing or allowing expenses that applies to all employees.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3: Annually, the Board of Directors reviews the performance and compensation of the Executive Director. The Board Chair leads the review conducted with the Executive Committee. No person with a conflict of interest is involved in the performance review and compensation recommendation.

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: 2022
Filed: 15 November 2023
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202323199349330547

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