2022-01-18T17:51:13-08:00 2021-02-28 990 2020-03-01 412203632 SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC SOFT 2124613245 137 MONTAGUE ST 380 BROOKLYN NY 11201 Karen M Sandler PRES & ED 2022-01-18 Karen M Sandler 999009999 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z KAREN M SANDLER 3229988 false X https://sfconservancy.org/ X 2006 NY We promote,improve,develop,faciliate and defend Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). We advocate for the software freedom and software rights of the public. We provide a home and infrastructure to FOSS projects & initatives, and help our volunteers improve FOSS. 10 9 6 5500 0 2510140 3177281 390872 43032 63968 6027 5627 3648 2970607 3229988 110118 70426 0 651560 679329 10331 13079 114120 1765065 1828799 2537074 2591633 433533 638355 4754168 5375134 183545 166156 4570623 5208978 X We improve and support Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), advocating for thesoftware freedom and software rights of the public. We provide a home to FOSS projects, defend consumer rights in software licensing and run internships programs. false false 1198827 70426 40032 FOSS development, documentation, & project support: During this year, we sustained 42 different independent contractors to improve the software in our Godot, Houdini, LibreHealth, Microblocks, Outreachy, phpMyAdmin, Reproducible Builds, and Samba projects, as well as for Conservancy's accounting infrastructure. All code was released freely to the public under licenses that encourage the public to use, share, and modify it. Our staff assisted volunteers in our projects with administration, coordination, legal and infrastructural tasks. We made smaller software development grants to 14 developers in the Clojars and Homebrew projects. We mentor leadership of projects both inside and outside our organization to improve their non-profitmanagement skills. 815271 3000 Outreachy and The Institute for Computing Research (ICR): In the tax year, we funded 240 interns with Outreachy an initiative to encourage participation in FOSS for those who are subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they live. Outreachy interns improve FOSS and its documentation, and increase the diversity of the FOSS community while also learning valuable skills. ICR mentors and trains students in high school to dorigorous scientific research using FOSS. During this year, ICR had 9 internships. Both internship programs are paid programs, making it possible for people from less privileged backgrounds to participate. 94762 License Compliance & Education Activity: Copyleft licenses are FOSS licenses which allow everyone to freely share, copy, modify, and reinstall modified versions of the software. They require that everyone who receives the software has equal rights to engage in those activities. When companies fail to meet their requirements, we enforce the license, compelling these companies to provide the same rights to all (just as they received those rights). We focus this work on the rights of hobbyists and individuals who wish to improve the software and extend the lifetime of electronics products. We ensure that the general public has equal rights to use, improve & study their software, and make their own modifications. In particularly egregious cases of copyleft violations, we pursue litigation. We educate the public and the software industry about copyleft, participate in related policy discussions. 38104 2146964 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 48 0 true 6 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X X BRADLEY M KUHN 2124613245 137 MONTAGuE ST STE 380 BROOKLYN NY 11201 X Karen M Sandler PRES & ED 40.00 0.00 X 155805 0 60104 Bradley M Kuhn TREASURER,ET AL 41.36 0.00 X X 100797 0 40089 Martin Michlmayr Director 2.85 0.00 X 5966 0 0 Jeremy Allison Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kate Chapman Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laura Fortunato Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Galassi CHAIR,VP,ET AL 24.19 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bdale Garbee Director 1.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mike Linksvayer Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Allison Randal Director 4.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Anthony K Sebro Jr Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 262568 100193 2 false true false Christopher Lamb PO BOX 6945 LONDON UK W1A 6US software development 102000 Holger Levsen Bodenstedtstrae 16 Hamburg GM 22765 software development 102000 2 92600 3084681 3177281 Honoraria 813319 3000 3000 Promotional Item Sales 813319 32 32 Software Development 541511 40000 40000 43032 6027 6027 0 3648 3648 0 0 0 0 0 0 3229988 52707 0 27000 27000 43426 43426 0 351785 191151 114632 46002 0 252058 114891 120060 17107 9800 6117 2567 1116 26389 14371 9685 2333 39297 19604 15766 3927 0 76144 74254 1890 17527 687 16752 88 0 13079 13079 0 5627 5627 1537 1189 348 6701 127 2250 4324 46747 31916 14242 589 0 318 318 16375 16375 0 2194 2194 0 0 0 5022 5022 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN 791263 791263 Internships 744661 744661 Program Coordination Services 48366 48366 Bad Debt Expenses 31553 6350 31 25172 34764 7395 27334 35 2591633 2146964 330549 114120 198374 295929 4190528 4833014 0 342309 219541 0 0 0 0 22957 26650 0 0 0 0 0 0 4754168 5375134 183545 166156 183545 166156 X 1243328 1552807 3327295 3656171 4570623 5208978 4754168 5375134 638355 X false true X true false X 1810882 2213962 3078324 2510140 3177281 12790589 0 0 1810882 2213962 3078324 2510140 3177281 12790589 3259981 9530608 3608 17275 42264 66759 66759 196665 0 0 12987254 1475530 0.73380 0.72300 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3229988 3229988 3229988 2591633 2591633 2591633 true Central America/Caribbean 0 1 Program Services I 4000 East Asia and the Pacific 0 12 Program Services I, D, C, H 53402 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Grants 6000 Europe 0 38 Program Services I, D, C, H, F 672501 Europe 0 0 Grants 36000 Middle East and North Africa 0 10 Program Services I 39000 North America 0 7 Program Services I, E 44911 North America 0 0 Grants 1426 Russia and Neighboring States 0 11 Program Services I 26500 South America 0 25 Program Services I, D 212922 South Asia 0 83 Program Services I, D 257825 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 41 Program Services I, D 140000 228 228 1494487 1494487 hardware purchase grant Europe 3 6000 wire transfer FMV software development grant East Asia/Pacific 1 6000 wire transfer FMV software development grant Europe 4 30000 wire transfer FMV software development grant North America 1 1426 wire transfer FMV false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US Organization establishes volunteer committees to coordinate each of our projects and initiatives. The committee evaluates all grant requests based on various factors, including but not limited to whether the activity will have educational and public benefit impact. All grantees must submit reports of their work which are reviewed by the committee and staff. Travel assistance is always carried out in accordance with the written organization travel policy which is published on our website at https://sfconservancy.org/projects/policies/conservancy-travel-policy.html Prior to payment, the reports and expenditures are reviewed by at least one volunteer board member. Part I, Line 3f - Investments and Expenditures All expenses for the tax were included in expenditures. Organization has no foreign investments. Part III, Line 1 - Estimated Number of Recipients Number of recipients is counted exactly. true 0 0 software development 5 27000 Additional Supplemental Information Organization requires a written agreement with all grantees that explain the work expected under the grant. Grant period is clearly defined in that agreement. At the end of the grant period or annually (whichever is shorter), the grantee must provide a written report of work accomplished. At the end of the grant period, grantees must publicly publish either (a) a report about the grant, or (b) the work completed under the grant. Usually, that work is freely licensed software available for the public. X X X false false false false false false false false false Karen M Sandler PRES & ED 155805 16724 43380 215909 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Facilitating and Participating in FOSS conferences: During the tax year of 2020, Conservancy planned, organized and/or ran a few conferences early in 2020. Historically, we ran and organized many events and conferences for the FOSS community throughout the year, and sent staff and volunteers to many other events. Due to the global pandemic, we indefinitely curtailed this activity beginning in March 2020. We did participate in onilne events. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Finance Subcommittee meets directly with the auditors to review the audit report and the 990. The Finance Subcommittee immediately files a report of that meeting by email to the full Board. Before Conservancy staff file the 990, a final draft is submitted to the Directors. The Directors review the 990 at that time, and can raise any urgent issues immediately with each other and staff by email or telephone. Formal approval of the 990 and audit report occurs at the next regular meeting of the Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Board of Directors formally adopted and consented to the organization's Conflict of Interest, Whistleblower, and Document Retention policy on 16 March 2012. The polices are available for public inspection and comment. The organization's policy is to remind the Board annually that the Conflict of Interest policy is in effect and any written conflicts disclosures are collected annually by a Director.Volunteers who help the organization select contractors are required to adhere to the Conflict of Interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management All full-time employees (including any key employees or full-time compensated officers) are equally eligible for the same benefits package, which includes paid-time-off, 403(b) (including matching funds), medical, vision and dental benefits package. That benefits package, and changes thereto, are discussed and approved by the Board of Directors. Any employee serving on the Board of Directors or present at the meeting recuse themselves from that vote and the Board considers benefits package changes only in executive session without any employees present.Karen Sandler, the current President and Executive Director, negotiated her compensation package with an outside director and Board Chairperson, Mark Galassi, when hired. That compensation package was then discussed and approved by the outside Directors. Changes to Sandler's compensation policy are made only with executive-session discussion by outside Directors. Sandler's substantial salary increase in the 2017 tax year was again negotiated with Galassi and discussed in executive session by outside Directors. Sandler receives now and has always received the same benefits package as all other employees (described above), and receives COLAs using the same formula as other employees. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees All full-time employees (including any key employees or full-time compensated officers) are equally eligible for the same benefits package, which includes paid-time-off, 403(b) (including matching funds), medical, vision and dental benefits package. That benefits package, and changes thereto, are discussed and approved by the Board of Directors. Any employee serving on the Board of Directors or present at the meeting recuse themselves from that vote and the Board considers benefits package changes only in executive session without any employees present.Bradley M. Kuhn, Policy Fellow, is also an officer and Director. His original compensation package (in 2010) was negotiated with Galassi and approved in executive session by the Board, using data from Form 990s of similar organizations and other salary research data Kuhn receives COLAs using using the same formula as other staff, since that time. Kuhn receives the same benefits package (described above) as all other employees. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Conservancy's Form 990s, auditor reports, articles of incorporation & by-laws areavailable on Conservancy's website at: https://sfconservancy.org/about/filings/Other key policy documents are developed in public at: https://k.sfconservancy.org/policies