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ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC

ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$65k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$125k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Erlang Ecosystem Foundation Inc does

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.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The EEF has a mandate to help improve the document, code libraries and tooling of the Erlang BEAM ecosystem. Development or enhancement projects are funded under the guidance of several of the foundation's working groups.

    $2,429 spentof which $27,299 as grants
    4% of program spending
  2. The EEF invests funds to provide and expand a web forum of Erlang, Elixir and other BEAM language programmers to exchange news, ideas, project co-development, help-wanted requests and events coordination. This aids all developers using code and tools in the ecosystem.

    $54,165 spentof which $550 as grants
    92% of program spending
  3. 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.

    $2,429 spentof which $11,532 as grants
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,023.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($165k) Expenses 100 ($2k) Net assets 100 ($163k)2020 Revenue 21 ($34k) Expenses 2266 ($45k) Net assets 93 ($152k)2021 Revenue 86 ($142k) Expenses 4554 ($91k) Net assets 125 ($204k)2022 Revenue 40 ($66k) Expenses 4393 ($88k) Net assets 111 ($182k)2023 Revenue 72 ($119k) Expenses 7115 ($142k) Net assets 97 ($159k)2024 Revenue 39 ($65k) Expenses 4925 ($98k) Net assets 76 ($125k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (39)Expenses (4925)Net assets (76)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $152k to $206k (+35%).

$163k
$152k
$206k
$182k
$159k
$125k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (89% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 835 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$163k
’19
−$11k
’20
$51k
’21
−$22k
’22
−$23k
’23
−$33k
’24
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 61% between 2019 and 2024.

Operating margin−52% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 660 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ERLANG ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing