Small Public Charity

IETF Trust

IETF Trust, of Reston, VA, is a Small Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $6K in revenue, $6K in expenses, $2K in total assets. 6 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $528K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 266028540 Reston, VA Engineering & Technology NTEE: U40 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6K
Total Expenses$6K
Total Assets$2K
Grant Records6
Funding Total$528K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The advancement of education and public interest by acquiring, holding, maintaining and licensing certain existing and future intellectual property and other property used in connection with the Internet standards process and its administration, for the advancement of the science and technology associated with the Internet and related technology.

Where $100 goes at IETF Trust

How IETF Trust divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 7 years.

$62 Programs the work itself
$38 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $62 for programs

$62
In the prior year, funded IETF Intellectual Property Management Corporation, a sister corporation that is taking over the activities of the Trust
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Chairman Glenn Deen
Trustee Victor Kuarsingh
Treasurer Wendy Seltzer

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Top Grant Purposes

Research & Policy
$238,500 2 grants
General Support
$129,696 2 grants
Education
$94,893 1 grant
Unspecified
$65,258 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6K $6K $2K
2024 — $287K $2K
2023 $335K $93K $292K
2022 $96K $90K $60K
2021 $81K $96K $46K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $81K to $6K (-93%), with total assets most recently reported at $2K.

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