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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALYX INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,682,695
Total expenses
$5,469,146
Contributions and grants received
$6,543,899
Grants paid
$95,000
Program service revenue
$3,912
Investment income
$134,884
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,626,213
Total liabilities, end of year
$237,832
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,388,381
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,427,860
Management and general expenses
$776,139
Fundraising expenses
$265,147
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,427,860

Program services were 81.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,436,880

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,107,019

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $129,987

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Education, research, development and implementation

    total $3,912 · related or exempt $3,912 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $134,884 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $134,884

  • 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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $95,000 · program services $95,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,654,417 · program services $2,654,417

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $355,928 · program services $167,122 · management and general $135,417 · fundraising $53,389

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $927,460 · program services $600,137 · management and general $217,850 · fundraising $109,473

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $231,791 · program services $135,763 · management and general $66,226 · fundraising $29,802

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,411 · program services $56,469 · management and general $27,546 · fundraising $12,396

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,555 · management and general $37,555

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,548 · management and general $33,548

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,030 · management and general $30,830 · fundraising $200

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,096 · program services $11,245 · management and general $3,606 · fundraising $11,245

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $283,318 · program services $83,238 · management and general $181,808 · fundraising $18,272

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $484,398 · program services $484,398

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,813 · program services $42,062 · management and general $20,518 · fundraising $9,233

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,502 · program services $26,065 · management and general $12,715 · fundraising $5,722

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61,659 · program services $46,244 · fundraising $15,415

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,700 · program services $25,700

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,520 · management and general $8,520

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $426,048 · end of year $630,318

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,654,219 · end of year $5,705,614

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

    $158,100

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

    $48,132

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,000 · end of year $109,968

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,074,686 · end of year $2,140,984

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $57,940 · end of year $39,329

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $92,539 · end of year $237,832

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $7,177,354 · end of year $8,388,381

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Calyx Institute's purposes are 1) to develop the best practices standards for privacy, security and free speech in the telecommunications industry and on the Internet; and 2) Educating the general public and service providers on privacy, security and free speech practices.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Developing, researching, testing and implementing privacy technology and tools to promote free speach, free expression, civic engagement and privacy rights on the Internet and in the Mobile telephone industry.

  • Education and research focused on studying, testing and developing and implementing privacy technology and tools to promote free speech, free expression, civic engagement and and privacy rights on the Internet and in the Mobile telephone industry.

    Expenses $4,427,860 · Grants $95,000 · Revenue $3,912

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicholas Merrill

    President

    Total calculated
    $219,636
    From this org
    $175,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,594
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,042
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,594
    Filer's total
    $219,636

  • Eric Bortel

    Engineering Director

    Total calculated
    $210,306
    From this org
    $177,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,911
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elijah Sparrow

    Senior Technologist

    Total calculated
    $158,317
    From this org
    $116,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,200
    Hours/week
    40

  • Catherine Wilkinson

    Membership Director

    Total calculated
    $122,768
    From this org
    $104,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,276
    Hours/week
    40

  • Micah Anderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carey Shenkman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kobi Snitz

    Director

    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

  • Distributed Denial of Secrets

    $50,000

    General organizational support to enable the free transmission of data in the public interest.

  • Sunset Spark

    $25,000

    Research and development of education curriculum on public interest technology.

  • Muslim Justic League

    $20,000

    Research and education regarding surveillance and constitutional rights.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540739349301659

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