Dataplaneorg Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882177476
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3124930305
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Science and Technology N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,125
Expenses
$66,585
Assets
$115,721

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOHN KRISTOFF (DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW KEMP (DIRECTOR)
  • WILLIAM EAHEART (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education purpose whereby the organization collects and analyzes interent data, which is not commonly known to the public, for the purpose of disseminating the collected and analyzed information to the public so that the public can understand, discover, maintain, improve, and protect the public internet and its underlying subsystems.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 55.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.2% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.