2012-11-06T12:16:01-06:00 2011-12-31 Grant Thornton LLP 2010 CORPORATE RIDGE SUITE 400 MCLEAN VA 22102 990 2011-01-01 331025119 Public Interest Registry % LAWRENCE C MARTIN PUBL 7038895778 1775 Wiehle Avenue Reston VA 20190 Lawrence Martin 7038895778 2012-11-06 true Mary Torretta 7038477500 2011 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Brian Cute 1775 Wiehle Avenue Reston VA 20190 65816089 false X www.pir.org X 2002 PA Lessening the burdens of government, and supporting The Internet Society ("ISOC") as an integral part of its activity to promote and support the growth and evolution of the internet for public benefit. 5 4 19 1 0 0 0 53589184 61065446 972527 1031243 0 0 54561711 62096689 21000000 24250000 0 0 2416825 3028868 0 0 0 30431982 33961833 53848807 61240701 712904 855988 72246597 78681946 62808327 69169608 9438270 9512338 X PUBLIC INTEREST REGISTRY'S EXEMPT PURPOSES ARE LESSENING THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY (ISOC), A 501(C)(3)ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANT MISSION OF ISOC TO FACILITATE, SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE EVOLUTION AND GROWTH OF THE INTERNET AS A GLOBAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY OF NONCOMMERCIAL, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT HOW TO UTILIZE THE INTERNET MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSIONS TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC. false false 59677781 24250000 61065446 Public Interest Registry's (PIR) primary activity is to maintain the .ORG domain registry as the exemplary top level domain (TLD) registry service, by advocating for higher standards of Internet security, safety and reliability. PIR's mission is to facilitate the effective use of a global Internet among non-commercial and other Internet users worldwide. PIR is committed to supporting ISOC's goals of encouraging the evolution of the internet as a research, education and communication infrastructure equally accessible to the global Non-commercial, NGO and non-profit community. PIR's activities also include funding educational programs focused on expanding the knowledge and ability of non-commercial, NGO and non-profit organizations located in technologically deprived areas of the world to more efficiently and effectively use the internet as a tool to better accomplish their important mission. Additionally, in 2011 PIR initiated activity responding to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) initiative to expand the number of generic TLDs available in the internet in an effort to increase competition, enhance consumer choice, and enable innovation. PIR engaged in extensive conversations with members of the global NGO community about their interest in and support for a unique .NGO domain. The outreach effort was designed to seek better understanding of what the NGO community would look for in a new .NGO domain and to help develop the ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION for building such a domain. In addition, PIR explored the option to offer multiple Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) versions of .ORG in a variety of languages. Such preparatory work was essential in assessing the level of interest in these new domains as well as preparing for the development of detailed applications to ICANN, targeted for submission in April 2012. PIR has established a resource center on its various websites and launched targeted educational campaigns to make available documents and applications such as marketing tools, white papers and FAQ's on internet topics such as social media networking and internationalized domain names (IDN's). In addition, PIR, since its founding, has been an active supporter of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) within ICANN. The NCUC represents the views of non-commercial, NGO and nonprofit organizations. PIR provides webinars and forums for educational purposes within the scope of the registry industry, such as the .Org Forum and DNSSEC webinars. Managing the .ORG registry includes making sure our community has a voice in critical issues related to internet policies and procedures. To effectively represent specific and collective interests, .ORG relies on the insight and knowledge of its Advisory Council, Board of Directors and registrars. Working with the ICANN, the Internet Society (ISOC), technical engineers and various Internet leaders around the world, PIR initiates, supports and funds internet enhancements that meet the needs and goals of .ORG customers. .ORG is used by individuals, organizations and companies to educate, mobilize and empower their communities. 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No taxable unrelated business income was generated and, accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. PIR follows the accounting guidance that creates a single model to address uncertainty in tax positions and clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in its financial statements. Under the requirements of this guidance, organizations could now be required to record an obligation as the result of tax positions they have historically taken on various tax exposure items. Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Program Services See Form 990, Part III 16000 North America 0 0 Program Services See Form 990, Part III 5000 South Asia 0 0 Program Services See Form 990, Part III 107000 South America 0 0 Program Services See Form 990, Part III 9000 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 0 1 Program Services See Sch. F, Part V 72632 0 1 0 1 209632 209632 false false false false false false Form 990, Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 PIR does not generally maintain any offices outside of the United States. However, during January, 2011, PIR employed Maarten Botterman, a citizen and resident of the Netherlands, as an interim CEO on a contractual basis because of the unexpected resignation of PIR's previous CEO, Alexa Raad, on September 24, 2010. The board recognized that it would take time to identify and hire her successor, and it would be detrimental to the organization if it had no CEO during this hiatus. To assist PIR during this transition period, PIR's board chair, Maarten Botterman, stepped down from his role as Board Chair to assume the position of interim CEO until Brian Cute joined PIR as new CEO on February 1, 2011. Maarten Botterman was compensated for three roles he carried out for PIR in 2011. He was paid $26,382 for his role as Interim CEO for January 2011, $34,550 for his role as consultant to PIR regarding its outreach to the NGO community about their interest in and support for a unique .NGO domain from February to June 2011, and $12,000 for his role as Board Chairman and/ or Board Director from February - December 2011. Mr. Botterman performed most of his services as interim CEO from the office of his consulting firm. See schedule O for additional information. Form 990, Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 PIR contracted with organizations outside of the United States to conduct workshops that enabled PIR to engage in extensive conversations with members of the global NGO community about their interest in and support for a unique .NGO domain. The outreach effort was designed to seek a better understanding of what the NGO community would look for in a new .NGO domain and to help develop the ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION for building such a domain. ADDITIONALLY, THE WORKSHOPS WERE A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO FACILITATE BRINGING NGO'S ONLINE, WITH TRAINING ON REGISTERING DOMAIN NAMES, AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING WEBSITES. true INTERNET SOCIETY 1775 WIEHLE AVENUE STE 201 RESTON VA 20190 541650477 501(c)(3) 24250000 FMV SUPPORT 1 0 Procedure for Monitoring Use of Grant Funds Inside U.S. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Pursuant to its governing documents, Public Interest Registry (PIR) is a Type I supporting organization that is obligated to support the Internet Society (ISOC), a global multi-stakeholder publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization. As a result of this relationship, the IRS has classified PIR as a supporting organization. PIR maintains records to substantiate the amount of its grants to ISOC. X true true X X X X X X true false false false false false false false false Brian Cute 231223 0 40000 0 0 0 36750 0 20506 0 328479 0 0 0 David Maher 152320 0 0 0 0 0 23090 0 3240 0 178650 0 0 0 Lawrence Martin 172713 0 10000 0 0 0 26819 0 23520 0 233052 0 0 0 Lance Wolak 170203 0 0 0 0 0 24585 0 11874 0 206662 0 0 0 Kathy Kleiman 67070 0 0 0 90212 0 10378 0 9562 0 177222 0 0 0 Laura Wood 124982 0 0 0 0 0 18747 0 10754 0 154483 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 5: Mitchell Weintraub served as treasurer to PIR. PIR paid $ 25,397 to Cordia Partners for his services. Mitchell Weintraub is a 35% owner of Cordia Partners. FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A: KATHY KLEIMAN - SEVERANCE PAY = $90,212. KATHY KLEIMAN - SEVERANCE PAY - MEDICAL PREMIUM COVERAGE = $3,578. FORM 990, PART VI SECTION A, LINE 1B, INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS: With the resignation of the CEO, Alexa Raad, effective September 24, 2010, Maarten Botterman stepped in to the Interim CEO role and stepped down as Board Chair. Maarten Botterman was compensated for this role which was effective until February 1, 2011 at which time new CEO Brian Cute joined PIR . Additionally, Maarten Botterman provided consultation services to PIR in its bid to become the registry of the new top level domain .NGO. FORM 990, PART VI SECTION A, LINE 6, MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS: The Public Interest Registry is a membership corporation and its only member is the Internet Society (ISOC), which is classified as a publicly supported charitable organization under code section 501(c)(3). FORM 990, PART VI SECTION A, LINE 7A, ELECTION OF MEMBERS: The Internet Society appoints the members of the governing body. FORM 990, PART VI SECTION A, LINE 7B, BOARD APPROVAL: The following decisions of the governing body are subject to the member's approval: (1) Amendment, revocation or repeal of the bylaws; (2) Entering into, amending, terminating, assigning, or bringing any legal action with respect to, or waiving any material right under, and agreement or contract with (i) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) or (ii) Afilias Limited; and (iii) Payment, contribution or subvention of any amount in excess of $50,000 to any person, entity or organization, charitable or otherwise, other than in connection with the purchase of goods or services received by the corporation. FORM 990, PART VI SECTION B, LINE 11, BOARD REVIEW OF THE FORM 990: The supporting documents for the Form 990 are prepared by the finance team. Once prepared, the Form 990 supporting documents are reviewed by the Vice President of Finance prior to sending to the Independent Accounting Firm. The Independent Accounting Firm will then perform a review of the supporting documents for the Form 990 and prepare the Form 990. The finance team, executive team, Legal Counsel and Treasurer will complete a final review once the 990 is delivered. Once reviewed and finalized, the Form 990 is then presented at a Board meeting for the Board for review. After the Board's review, the Form 990 is filed. FORM 990, PART VI SECTION B, LINE 12C, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY: PIR's Conflict of Interest policy requires disclosure of any actual or potential conflict of interest on the part of an officer, director, manager, or member of a committee with Board-delegated powers. An interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest, and must disclose all material facts to the Board of Directors and/or the members of the committee with Board-delegated powers concerning the proposed transaction or arrangement. The disinterested members of the Board or committee will determine whether a conflict of interest exists, after considering all material facts, and after a discussion with the interested person. The interested person will be required to leave the Board or committee meeting while the Board or committee discusses the matter and votes on whether a conflict of interest exists. FORM 990, PART VI SECTION B, LINE 15B, PROCESS TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION: The CEO compensation was set by the Board who hired a compensation consultant to determine reasonable CEO compensation. Compensation for other Officers and Key Employees is determined by the CEO after review of an independent compensation consultant's report on compensation levels. FORM 990 PART VI SECTION C, LINE 18, PUBLIC INSPECTION: The 990 is distributed to Guidestar and is freely available on their website. In addition PIR makes its 990 return available to the general public upon written request. FORM 990 PART VI SECTION C, LINE 19, PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS: Public Interest Registry makes these documents available upon request. Form 990, Part VII,Section B, Comp. of Five Highest Paid Ind. Contractors: Afilias LTD. (Afilias) provides registry technical services to PIR including electronic connection to customers (registrars),to add, modify or delete domain names within the .Org database. These services include 24/7, 365 days a year, technical support to Registrars, development of registry computer software systems including customer billing, and revenue recognition in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, (GAAP). In addition, Afilias provides technical support in implementing PIR's domain name abuse policies designed to stop or reduce malware, virus or other activities. Also, Afilias collaborates with PIR on the analysis and discussion of customer and business trends both domestically and internationally. Starting in 2009, PIR commissioned a consultant to determine if the proposed contract extension in discussion with Afilias represented a Fair Market Price. The consultant concluded that the fees paid to Afilias under the proposed extension were a Fair Market Price. The study was extensive and compared the proposed fees for the services to be rendered to other similar registries that had at least 3 million domain names under management. In early 2012, PIR's board initiated an internal update of this study, and again compared the fee structure, including fees that would accrue to Afilias as a result of a price increase for domain names. PIR found that the fees paid to Afilias would still be within the range of Fair Market Value for the services rendered. Form 990,Part VII,Supplemental Information Regarding the List of Officers: Alexa Raad, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Interest Registry submitted her resignation, effective September 24, 2010, to the Board of Directors and her resignation was accepted by the Board at a scheduled Board meeting held August 31, 2010. The current Board Chair, Maarten Botterman, temporarily stepped down as Board Chair to act as Interim CEO. Erik Huizer was elected Board Chair until a new CEO was hired. A Board committee conducted a new CEO search, and on February 1, 2011, Brian Cute joined PIR as the new CEO. Effective February 1, 2011, Maarten Botterman resumed his position as Board Chair. See Schedule F for additional information. FORM 990 PART XI, LINE 2D, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTING: The Public Interest Registry issues audited financial statements on a separate basis. Additionally, PIR's financial results are included in a consolidated audited financial statement report issued by the Internet Society, PIR's sole member. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5, OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS: Unrealized gains $(811,727) Investment expenses 29,807 -------------- Total other changes in Net Assets $ (781,920) INTERNET SOCIETY 1775 WIEHLE AVENUE STE 201 RESTON VA 20190 541650477 Education DC 501(c)(3) 7 NA false false true false false false false false false false true false false true false true true false false The Internet Society b 24250000 fmv The Internet Society j 219400 fmv The Internet Society m 32461 fmv The Internet Society o 29562 fmv The Internet Society p 12000 fmv