Onvif Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263412083
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Ramon, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9252756621
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,720,119
- Expenses
- $1,532,206
- Assets
- $5,093,936
- Liabilities
- $1,082,560
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEONID LEVIT (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- LEONID LEVIT (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
- RUDOLF SPIELBERGER (SECRETARY AND TREASURER)
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
Our tax-exempt purpose is four-fold:(1) to serve as an open industry forum for the development of a global standard for the interface of ip-based physical security products;(2) to develop standards to ensure interoperability between ip-based physical security products regardless of manufacturer of origin;(3) to provide for a common protocol for the exchange of information between ip-based physical security devices including automatic device discovery, video streaming and intelligence metadata; and(4) to improve conditions in the ip-based physical security products industry and, ultimately, to benefit consumers.
What it reported doing in 2024
Held two plugfest events where individual member companies demonstrated interoperability of their products using the onvif specification; presented onvif specifications at several industry events and conferences through speaking /presentations/panels, webinars, and exhibition. Ongoing education of onvif specifications and interoperability through public relations, media coverage, social media, and the onvif blog.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% 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: 50
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 60
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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.7%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.32; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.