Risc-v International Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
981550155
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
4157239709
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Business and Industry

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,584,520
Expenses
$7,610,343
Assets
$9,140,603
Liabilities
$3,609,924

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LU DAI (CHAIR)
  • STEFAN WALLENTOWITZ (VICE CHAIR)
  • PHILIPP TOMSICH (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

Risc-v international is the current maintainer of the risc-v open industry standard instruction set architecture (isa) specification, a non-profit organization incorporated in switzerland in 2020 and constituted by more than 200 profit companies, 200 academia and thousands of individual members with the mission to support and promote the adoption of the risc-v architecture specifications as industry standards, organize public events, train developers.any entity or individual may become a member, and membership is currently free for individuals.risc-v is governed by its board of directors. The technical steering committee (tsc) is the technical governance body within risc-v and organizes the technical specification work through standing committees, which guide the work done by task groups and technical special interest groups (sigs).

What it reported doing in 2024

Meeting planning / hostingin 2024 risc-v international directly organized three major public events - risc-v summit north america, risc-v summit europe and embedded world - to gather all members and prospective new members of the association, review the progress of the evolution and standardization of the risc-v instruction set architecture, promote wider adoption of the architecture via invited keynotes by industry thought leaders, organize an expo hall for members and partners of the association. Risc-v summit north america in santa clara, California, hosted about 930 delegates with 8 industry keynotes and about 30 technical talks in october 2024. (see continuation on schedule o)risc-v summit europe in munich, germany, hosted about 700 delegates with a similar number of keynotes and technical talks in june 2024. At embedded world in nuremberg, germany, in april 2024 risc-v international organized a public booth hosting 6 member companies, 14 pavilion presentations, 25+ meetings, 230+ contacts established, one full day conference track dedicated to risc-v.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • 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: 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $5.4M reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.