California · Nonprofit
Packet Clearing House Inc
Packet Clearing House Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,998 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($70,123). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $504k
What Packet Clearing House Inc does
Mission
Non profit research institute that supports operations & analysis in the areas of internet traffic exchange, routing economics, global network development & internet security..
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
PCH provides equipment, training, data & operations support to organizations & indivdual researchers seeking to improve the quality,robustness & accessibility of the internet. Current & on-going PCH projects include the construction of internet exchange points through out the developing world; support for globally distributing domain names systems' resources; implementation of network research data collection initiatives in more than three dozen countries & the development & presentation of educational materials to foster a better understanding of internet architectural principles & their policy implementation among policy makers.PCH along with Cleanerdns (dba Quad9), IBM and Cyber Security Alliance have worked to bring free, cybersecurity benefits to a worldwide consumer base. Any internet user may utilize protection tools against. malware, phishing & other cyber-risks at no cost.
$769,345 spent$680,100 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $769,345.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $117k to $504k (+331%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 22% · 2021 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of Packet Clearing House Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
William E Woodcock
Exec Dir./Sec.
Board chair
Steve Feldman
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $4k → $44.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Packet Clearing House Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Packet Clearing House Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Packet Clearing House Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
91% of Packet Clearing House Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Packet Clearing House Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Packet Clearing House Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $223k on record.
- Department of Defense$223k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Packet Clearing House Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Cleanerdns Inc · exempt
- Quad9 · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Packet Clearing House Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Packet Clearing House Inc?
- Packet Clearing House Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,998 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($70,123). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Packet Clearing House Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $76,998 in grants to Packet Clearing House Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Packet Clearing House Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $70,123 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Packet Clearing House Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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