Llvm Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471136085
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Altos Hills, CA, USA
Phone
4085477502
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,064,793
Expenses
$1,047,183
Assets
$1,272,928
Liabilities
$16,118

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TANYA LATTNER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TANYA LATTNER (PRESIDENT): $62,569 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The llvm foundation's mission is to support education and advancement of the field of compilers and tools through educational events and materials, grants and scholarships, and increasing diversity within the field of compilers, tools, and the llvm project. Our most significant activities are the llvm developers' meetings which are large educational conferences in both the USA (California bay area) and europe.

What it reported doing in 2024

<educational outreach> the educational outreach program is our largest program and includes educational materials and events related to the llvm project, compiler technology, and tools. We held two llvm developers' meetings; one in glasgow, scotland and one in santa clara, ca.a llvm developers' meeting is an educational and technical conference that focuses on compiler and tools development, current uses, and future potential applications. The slides and video recordings are posted on the public website and made available for free to anyone.our european llvm developers' meeting was held in april 2024 in vienna, austria. We had hosted 235 llvm developers with sessions over 2 days. This event featured talks, tutorials, student talks, posters, and round tables. The recordings of the talks and tutorials were made available for free on our website after the event.in october 2024, we hosted our llvm developers' meeting in santa clara, ca. At this event, we had 475 attendees over 2 days and a pre-conference day of workshops. This event featured networking sessions, technical talks, tutorials, lightning talks, posters, and a student research competition. All talks and tutorials were recorded and the videos and presentation slides were made available for free on the public website.the llvm foundation continued its participation with the google summer of code (gsoc) program through the organization of mentors. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the mentor summit was virtual. The gsoc program helps students become involved in the llvm project by assigning each a mentor who can provide guidance during the three month project. This year we had over 20 students participating. This program is a key piece in ensuring the long term health and growth of the llvm project community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $979K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.