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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BRAVE NEW SOFTWARE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,079,617
Total expenses
$6,178,442
Contributions and grants received
$4,899,532
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,180,085
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,292,996
Total liabilities, end of year
$433,557
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,859,439
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,708,217
Management and general expenses
$388,823
Fundraising expenses
$81,402
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,708,217

Program services were 92.4% 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)

    $3,889,461

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,010,071

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Income

    total $1,090,808 · related or exempt $1,090,808

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other Income

    total $89,277 · related or exempt $89,277

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $95,544 · management and general $95,544

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,650,520 · program services $1,359,385 · management and general $212,894 · fundraising $78,241

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $90,228 · program services $62,183 · management and general $27,377 · fundraising $668

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,345 · management and general $17,345

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,984 · program services $24,243 · management and general $5,351 · fundraising $2,390

  • 24a · Other expenses: Server Costs

    total $4,243,431 · program services $4,238,593 · management and general $4,838

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $8,435 · program services $458 · management and general $7,874 · fundraising $103

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional fees

    total $40,955 · program services $23,355 · management and general $17,600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $617,508 · end of year $903,676

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,176,220 · end of year $1,333,202

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,923 · end of year $1,750

  • 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 $256,727 · end of year $54,368

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $95,114 · end of year $220,618

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $42,389

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $170,550

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,958,264 · end of year $1,859,439

Mission and programs · 2022

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 $5,708,217

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • A F

    President and Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $298,638
    From this org
    $95,506
    From related orgs
    $174,494
    Other
    $28,638
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $95,506 + $174,494 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,130 + $18,508 related
    Filer's total
    $105,636 + $193,002 related
  • J V

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • A M

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • C H

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • N S

    Secretary

    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
2022
Filed
30 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302369349301025

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