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CALYX INSTITUTE

EIN 27-2800937 BROOKLYN, NY

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Revenue 2024
$7,198,949
Expenses 2024
$6,611,380

Program services were 78.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B050
Classification
2000
Street
254 36TH ST STE C660

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

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 $5,197,755

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Nicholas Merrill

    President

    Total calculated
    $255,672
    From this org
    $186,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,561
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,111
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,561
    Filer's total
    $255,672

  • Eric Bortel

    Engineering Director

    Total calculated
    $254,825
    From this org
    $185,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,961
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $68,961
    Filer's total
    $254,825

  • Ellen McDermott

    Interim Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $218,887
    From this org
    $200,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,980
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,980
    Filer's total
    $218,887

  • Benjamin Knauss

    Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $185,601
    From this org
    $129,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,938
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,663
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,938
    Filer's total
    $185,601

  • Amy Colburn

    Project Manager for Technical Programs

    Total calculated
    $179,082
    From this org
    $148,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,475
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,607
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,475
    Filer's total
    $179,082

  • Ashi Krishnan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liz O'Sullivan

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,198,949
    Expenses
    $6,611,380
    Contributions
    $6,899,300
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,682,695
    Expenses
    $5,469,146
    Contributions
    $6,543,899
    Grants paid
    $95,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,813,358
    Expenses
    $4,917,681
    Contributions
    $7,672,279
    Grants paid
    $188,990

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
    $6,703,987
    Expenses
    $4,923,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,391,437

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,373,718
    Expenses
    $2,199,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,708,817

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,615,118
    Expenses
    $1,476,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,316,237

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 May 2015 to 30 April 2016
Principal officer
NicholasMerrill
Mailing address
287SPRINGSTcoFridmanLawGroupPLLCNEWYORK NY 100131406

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • Calyx Holdings LLC

    Housing IT infrastructure · WA · income $0 · assets $0

  • Calyx Networks LLC

    Housing IT infrastructure · WA · income $0 · assets $0

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.