TOR PROJECT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

W50

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 5

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• 1) TO DEVELOP, IMPROVE AND DISTRIBUTE FREE, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TOOLS AND PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE FREE SPEECH, FREE EXPRESSION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PRIVACY RIGHTS ONLINE 2) TO CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REGARDING, AND TO PROMOTE THE USE OF AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, SUCH TOOLS, PROGRAMS, AND RELATED ISSUES INTERNATIONALLY 3) TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTERNATIONALLY ABOUT PRIVACY RIGHTS AND ANONYMITY ISSUES CONNECTED TO INTERNET USE, AND 4) TO CARRY OUT AND CONDUCT SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AS MAY BE CARRIED OUT AND CONDUCTED BY A CORPORATION TO ENABLE AND, WITH THE USE OF FREE SOFTWARE, EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT INTERNET PRIVACY AND ANONYMITY 5) THE TOR PROJECT IS AN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT AND BENEFITS FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY VOLUNTEERS. DURING THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED A VALUE OF $643,794 TO OUR WORK, AS FOLLOWS: 5,142 HOURS OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (VALUED AT $411,360) AND TRANSLATION SERVICES OF 518,134 WORDS (VALUED AT $124,352); CLOUD HOSTING SERVICES USING 12 SERVERS (VALUED AT $108,082); AND DIGICERT DONATIONS OF 26 CERTIFICATES (VALUED AT $4,344).

  Expenses $7,245,898

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,279,993

  Expenses

  $8,967,599

  Contributions

  $12,226,787

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,287,566

  Expenses

  $7,343,602

  Contributions

  $7,237,248

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $8,470,139

  Expenses

  $6,689,589

  Contributions

  $8,457,323

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,999,891

  Expenses

  $4,853,334

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,250,136

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,413,548

  Expenses

  $3,987,743

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,406,515

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,400,782

  Expenses

  $4,360,447

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,046,925

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,868,034

  Expenses

  $5,450,934

  Assets (EOY)

  $836,494

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,130,882

  Expenses

  $4,078,419

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,458,686

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,192,743

  Expenses

  $2,967,590

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,405,924

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,290,490

  Expenses

  $2,967,589

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,405,924

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,278,452

  Expenses

  $2,850,671

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,130,326

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,556,397

  Expenses

  $2,518,544

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,790,650

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,872,929

  Expenses

  $2,431,941

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,700,238

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $3,094,226

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,083,389

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,072,344

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

  $558,218

  2022 · Subaward

• ZCASH FOUNDATION

  $316,404

  2022 · Research and Development

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DT INSTITUTE

  $75,000

  2024 · PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · Sciences

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · Sciences

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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