UNICODE INC

EIN: 770269756 501(c)(3) Science & Technology

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Total Revenue
$923,831
Total Expenses
$813,640
Total Assets
$1,682,538
Net Assets
$1,680,172
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Organization Details

Formation Year
1991
Legal Domicile
CA
Principal Officer
TORAL D COWIESON
Phone
4084018915
Tax Period
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31

UNICODE INC, founded in 1991, is a small nonprofit in the Science & Technology sector that reported $924K in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue grew 15% year-over-year, indicating healthy expansion. Expenses of $814K left a modest 12% surplus.

Mission

THIS CORPORATION IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION AND IS NOT ORGANIZED FOR THE PRIVATE GAIN OF ANY PERSON. IT IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION LAW FOR PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES. THIS CORPORATION'S SPECIFIC PURPOSE SHALL BE TO ENABLE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO USE COMPUTERS IN ANY LANGUAGE, BY PROVIDING FREELY AVAILABLE SPECIFICATIONS, LIBRARY CODE, AND DATA TO FORM THE FOUNDATION FOR SOFTWARE INTERNATIONALIZATION IN ALL MAJOR OPERATING SYSTEMS, SEARCH ENGINES, APPLICATIONS, AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB. AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS PURPOSE IS TO STANDARDIZE, MAINTAIN, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT, MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, PROMOTE, AND DISSEMINATE TO THE PUBLIC A STANDARD CHARACTER ENCODING THAT PROVIDES FOR AN ALLOCATION FOR MORE THAN A MILLION CHARACTERS.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $212,090 Revenue: $177,850

CLDR - AS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPOSITORY OF LOCALE DATA, THE UNICODE COMMON LOCALE DATA REPOSITORY (CLDR) PROVIDES SOFTWARE COMPANIES AND MANY OTHERS WITH KEY LANGUAGE DATA TO SUPPORT...

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CLDR - AS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPOSITORY OF LOCALE DATA, THE UNICODE COMMON LOCALE DATA REPOSITORY (CLDR) PROVIDES SOFTWARE COMPANIES AND MANY OTHERS WITH KEY LANGUAGE DATA TO SUPPORT THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES AND THEIR USAGE.DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND CULTURES HAVE DIFFERENT PREFERENCES FOR THE FORMATTING OF TIMES AND DURATIONS, DATES, NUMBERS, CURRENCIES, NAMES, AND MORE. THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT WORDS FOR LANGUAGES, COUNTRIES, SCRIPTS, TIME ZONES, AND EMOJI - AND DIFFERENT CONVENTIONS FOR SORTING LISTS, WHICH MEASUREMENT UNITS TO USE, WHICH CALENDARS TO USE, AND MUCH MORE. CLDR DATA AND SPECIFICATIONS ENSURE THAT THESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES ARE FOLLOWED FULLY FOR MORE THAN 90 LANGUAGES. THIS DATA IS MADE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS VIA SOFTWARE LIBRARIES, SUCH AS ICU4J, ICU4C, AND ICU4X; VIA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SUCH AS JAVA AND JAVASCRIPT; AND VIA OPERATING SYSTEMS SUCH AS ANDROID, IOS, WINDOWS, MACOS.2023 CLDR HIGHLIGHTS (RELEASES 43 & 44)FORMATTING PERSON NAMES. ADDED FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS (DATA AND STRUCTURE) FOR FORMATTING PEOPLE'S NAMES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHY THIS FEATURE IS BEING ADDED AND WHAT IT DOES, SEE BACKGROUND.EMOJI 15.1 SUPPORT. ADDED SHORT NAMES, KEYWORDS, AND SORT-ORDER FOR THE NEW UNICODE 15.1 EMOJI.UNICODE 15.1 ADDITIONS. MADE THE REGULAR ADDITIONS AND CHANGES FOR A NEW RELEASE OF UNICODE, INCLUDING NAMES FOR NEW SCRIPTS, COLLATION DATA FOR HAN CHARACTERS, ETC.DIGITALLY DISADVANTAGED LANGUAGE COVERAGE. WORK BEGAN TO IMPROVE DDL COVERAGE, WITH MANY DDL NOW WITH HIGHER COVERAGE LEVELS: 95 AT MODERN - SUITABLE FOR FULL UI INTERNATIONALIZATION 13 MODERATE - SUITABLE FOR "DOCUMENT CONTENT" INTERNATIONALIZATION, EG. IN SPREADSHEET 50 BASIC - SUITABLE FOR LOCALE SELECTION, EG. CHOICE OF LANGUAGE ON MOBILE PHONE

Program 2
Expenses: $99,915 Revenue: $52,850

UTC - THE WORLD RELIES ON DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH CONSISTS OF NEARLY 150,000 CHARACTERS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS. EACH CHARACTER-LETTER, SYMBOL, EMOJI, AND FUNCTION-IS...

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UTC - THE WORLD RELIES ON DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH CONSISTS OF NEARLY 150,000 CHARACTERS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS. EACH CHARACTER-LETTER, SYMBOL, EMOJI, AND FUNCTION-IS REPRESENTED BY A UNIQUE CODE THAT DICTATES HOW IT BEHAVES IN THE WORLD'S DIVERSE WRITING SYSTEMS. THE UNICODE STANDARD ENABLES BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SEAMLESSLY COMMUNICATE WITH ONE OTHER ACROSS PLATFORMS AND DEVICES.THE UNICODE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (UTC) COLLABORATES WITH LINGUISTS, EDUCATORS, ACADEMICS, SOFTWARE PROGRAMMERS, INTERNATIONALIZATION EXPERTS, AND OTHERS IN GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OVERSEE, DEFINE, MODIFY, AND APPROVE THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DATA THAT ALLOW ANY COMPUTER, SMARTPHONE, OR DEVICE TO CONSISTENTLY DISPLAY TEXT IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD. 2023 HIGHLIGHTSUNICODE 15.1 ADDS SOURCE CODE SECURITY MECHANISMS, IMPROVES LINE BREAKING FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN SCRIPTS, AND ADDS IMPORTANT CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPHS.

Program 3
Expenses: $74,916 Revenue: $27,850

INTERNATIONAL COMPONENTS FOR UNICODE (ICU) IS THE WAY SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONALIZATION OPERATIONS. IT IS A TRUSTED AND WIDELY USED SET OF LIBRARIES IN C/C++ AND JAVA PROGRAMMING...

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INTERNATIONAL COMPONENTS FOR UNICODE (ICU) IS THE WAY SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONALIZATION OPERATIONS. IT IS A TRUSTED AND WIDELY USED SET OF LIBRARIES IN C/C++ AND JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES. DEVELOPERS USE ICU TO FACILITATE MULTILINGUAL SOFTWARE, ENSURING ENCODED TEXT CAN BE UNIVERSALLY INTERCHANGED, THAT DATES AND NUMBERS ARE FORMATTED TO LOCAL CUSTOMS, AND THAT TEXT MESSAGES CONFORM TO NATIVE GRAMMAR RULES.FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, ICU HAS BEEN BUILT INTO EVERY OPERATING SYSTEM AND BROWSER. YET, AS SOFTWARE IS EVER EVOLVING, THE ICU COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSIDERING FUTURE REQUESTS AND INVESTIGATING ANY WEAKNESSES AND BUGS. 2023 ICU HIGHLIGHTSICU 73 IMPLEMENTS THE IMPROVEMENTS IN CLDR 43, IMPROVES JAPANESE AND KOREAN SHORT-TEXT LINE BREAKING, REDUCES C++ MEMORY USE IN DATE FORMATTING, AND PROMOTES THE JAVA PERSON NAME FORMATTER FROM TECH PREVIEW TO DRAFT.ICU 74 IMPLEMENTS THE IMPROVEMENTS IN UNICODE 15.1 AND CLDR 44, ADDS NEW C APIS FOR LOCALE HANDLING, ADDS A PLUG-IN API FOR WORD SEGMENTATION, AND SWITCHES THE JAVA BUILD SYSTEM TO MAVEN.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $587,164
Program Service Revenue $301,646
Investment Income $35,021
Other Revenue $0
TOTAL REVENUE $923,831

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $473,911
Fundraising Expenses $52,687
Program Expenses $468,658
Other Expenses $339,729
TOTAL EXPENSES $813,640

Year-over-Year Comparison

2023 2022 Change
Revenue $923,831 $805,760 +0.1%
Expenses $813,640 $782,814 +0.0%
Net Income $110,191 $22,946 +3.8%
Key Indicators
Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
9
Independent Members
9
Employees
3
Volunteers
95

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
6
$261,685
Total Directors
9
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
1
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
TORAL COWIESON CEO 50.00
Officer
$229,500 $32,185 $261,685
RICK MCGOWAN VP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 30.00
Highest
$119,675 $9,794 $129,469
MARK DAVIS DIRECTOR, CHAIR OF THE BOARD 20.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
IRIS ORRIS DIRECTOR & TREASURER 0.20
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
GREG WELCH DIRECTOR & VP OF MARKETING 2.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
AYMAN ALDAHLEH DIRECTOR & CORPORATE SECRETARY 1.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
TIM BRANDALL DIRECTOR 0.20
Director
$0 $0 $0
BRENT GETLIN DIRECTOR 0.20
Director
$0 $0 $0
BOB JUNG DIRECTOR 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
TERESA MARSHALL DIRECTOR 0.20
Director
$0 $0 $0
DAVID SINGER DIRECTOR 0.20
Director
$0 $0 $0
ANNE GUNDELFINGER VP & GENERAL COUNSEL 20.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2025 No data No data No data No data
2024 No data No data No data No data
2023 $923,831 $813,640 $1,682,538 $110,191
2022 $805,760 $782,814 $1,520,664 $22,946
2021 $636,698 $741,615 $1,666,439 $-104,917
2020 $493,527 $523,537 $1,700,223 $-30,010
2019 $620,995 $529,404 $1,627,352 $91,591
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