Erlang Ecosystem Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833185247
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Phone
4085309101
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Computer Science

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,943
Expenses
$98,405
Assets
$124,920
Liabilities
$35

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alistair Woodman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Alistair Woodman (President)
  • Sebastian Strollo (Secretary / Treasurer)
  • Francesco Cesarini (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education & Expansion of Erlang programming Language; its documentation and tooling plus the BEAM ecosystem of other programming languages and their development tools. The Foundation encourages diversity and novice programmers; this also includes outreach to programmers in general to facilitate inter-working with other other software technology and disciplines.

What it reported doing in 2024

The EEF has a mandate for community inclusion & diversity in the BEAM ecosystem. Propagation of the computer language and technology to all parties is encouraged. There is underrepresentation of women, minorities and non-native English speakers. The Education WG supports funding for conference attendance to increase diversity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 60%; rating input score 60

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -51.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 60% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.