Public Charity

OPERATOR FOUNDATION

Based in AUSTIN, TX, OPERATOR FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $867K in revenue, $948K in expenses, $602K in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 9 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.5M.

EIN: 473655644 AUSTIN, TX Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: S05 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$867K
Total Expenses$948K
Total Assets$602K
Grant Records9
Funding Total$1.5M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE INTERNET FREEDOM, OPEN COMMUNICATION AND GLOBAL INTERNET SECURITY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION. WE DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO CREDIBLE AND RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OPEN COMMUNICATION AROUND THE WORLD.

Where $100 goes at Operator Foundation

How Operator Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $89 for programs

$89
Operator Foundation created software and hardware tools to help real people and communities through project collaborations aimed to solve human problems with technology
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT Adelita C Schule
VICE PRESIDENT Corie Johnson
SECRETARU Donald Jackson
PRESIDENT/SENIOR SYSTEMS ARCHI Dr Brandon Wiley
HARDWARE ENGINEER Jeremy L Zunker
TREASURER Steven Hazel

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$79,408 2 grants
Unspecified
$1,415,844 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $867K $948K $602K
2023 $1.2M $1.1M $831K
2022 $1.3M $1.1M $769K
2020 $437K $399K $199K
2019 $352K $304K $112K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $352K to $867K (+146%), with total assets most recently reported at $602K.

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