Public Charity

Internet Archive

Based in San Francisco, CA, Internet Archive operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $23.7M in revenue, $27.8M in expenses, $9.7M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 105 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $70.8M.

EIN: 943242767 San Francisco, CA Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$23.7M
Total Expenses$27.8M
Total Assets$9.7M
Grant Records105
Funding Total$70.8M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format including texts, audio, movies, images, software and web pages.

Where $100 goes at Internet Archive

How Internet Archive divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $89 for programs

$89
The Archive continues growing our digital library collections to provide more material for researchers, historians, scholars and the general public; improving the website for a better user experience…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 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

Board Chair Brewster Kahle
Board Member David Rumsey
Dir, Web Archiving Jefferson Bailey
Secretary Jessica Ovbiagele From 11125
Dir. Philanthropy Joy Chesbrough
Board Member Kathleen Burch

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$61,371,643 65 grants
Education
$8,308,062 22 grants
Human & Social Services
$928,263 8 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$105,000 3 grants
Research & Policy
$12,912 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $23.7M $27.8M $9.7M
2024 $26.8M $23.5M $10.7M
2023 $23.7M $32.7M $16.6M
2022 $30.5M $25.8M $7.3M
2020 $21.8M $20.0M $9.2M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $21.8M to $23.7M (+9%), with total assets most recently reported at $9.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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