Distributed Management Task Force Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931120631
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032201655
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$954,350
Expenses
$935,147
Assets
$1,721,554
Liabilities
$428,619

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF HILLAND (PRESIDENT)
  • KES WOLD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • HEMAL SHAH (SENIOR VP OF TECHNOLOGY)
  • JEFF HILLAND (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHELLE AHLVERS (VP OF ALLIANCES)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dmtf (formerly known as the distributed management task force) creates open manageability standards spanning diverse emerging and traditional it infrastructures including cloud, virtualization, network, servers and storage. Member companies and alliance partners worldwide collaborate on standards to improve the interoperable management of information technologies.nationally and internationally recognized by ansi and iso, dmtf standards enable a more integrated and cost-effective approach to management through interoperable solutions. Simultaneous development of open source and open standards is made possible by dmtf, which has the support, tools, and infrastructure for efficient development and collaboration. Dmtf spans the globe with member companies and alliance partners from varied industry sectors led by a diverse board of directors from broadcom inc.; cisco; dell technologies; hewlett packard enterprise; intel corporation; lenovo; positivo tecnologia s.a.; and verizon.

What it reported doing in 2024

Dmtf standards provide common management infrastructure components for instrumentation, control, and communication in a platform-independent and technology neutral way. Dmtf standards include the common information model (cim), systems management architecture for server hardware (smash), desktop and mobile architecture for system hardware (dash), redfish (secure management for converged, hybrid it and the software defined data center), platform management communications infrastructure (pmci), and security protocol and data model (spdm). By providing vendors with a standard vehicle for incorporating management capabilities into hardware and software products, dmtf is fostering an environment that provides enhanced manageability, ease of use and increased control for end-users, developers, and standards bodies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $683K reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.