2024-05-09T08:45:26-05:00 2023-12-31 390758449 WIPFLI LLP 170 N RADNOR-CHESTER RD SUITE 200 RADNOR PA 19087 990 2023-01-01 770269756 UNICODE INC UNIC 4084018915 611 GATEWAY BLVD 120 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080 TORAL D COWIESON CEO 4084018915 2024-05-08 1 TORAL COWIESON 999009999 1 SOLOMON MARDAKHAEV P01806552 6105653930 2024-05-07 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z TORAL D COWIESON 923831 0 X WWW.UNICODE.ORG X 1991 CA TO DEVELOP, EXTEND AND PROMOTE USE OF VARIOUS STANDARDS, DATA, AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LIBRARIES WHICH SPECIFY THE RESPRESENTATION OF TEXT IN MODERN SOFTWARE. THESE OFFERINGS ALLOW DATA TO BE SHARED ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, LANGUAGES AND COUNTRIES WITHOUT CORRUPTION. THESE SPECIFICATIONS AND SOFTWARE LIBRARIES FORM THE FOUNDATION FOR SOFTWARE INTERNATIONALIZATION IN ALL MAJOR OPERATING SYSTEMS, SEARCH ENGINES, APPLICATIONS, AND THE WEB. 9 9 3 95 0 0 391556 587164 375792 301646 38412 35021 0 0 805760 923831 44000 0 0 0 455666 473911 0 0 52687 283148 339729 782814 813640 22946 110191 1520664 1682538 37962 2366 1482702 1680172 X 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. 1 0 212090 0 177850 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 99915 0 52850 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. 74916 0 27850 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. 74916 0 27850 WRITTEN IN RUST, ICU4X BRINGS LIGHTWEIGHT, MODULAR, AND SECURE INTERNATIONALIZATION LIBRARIES TO LOW-RESOURCE DEVICES AND MANY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES.2023 ICU4X HIGHLIGHTSTHE OCTOBER 1.3 RELEASE PROVIDES BUILT-IN DATA, A NEW DATAGEN API, THE FIRST STABLE RELEASE OF THE CASE MAPPING COMPONENT, SUPPORT FOR MORE CALENDAR SYSTEMS, A TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW OF RULE-BASED TRANSLITERATION, AND MORE. 6821 0 15246 THE FIRST UNICODE TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP SUPPORTED IN-PERSON COMMUNITY BUILDING AMONGST STUDENTS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, AND INTERNATIONALIZATION EXPERTS AND ENTHUSIASTS AROUND THE UNICODE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES SOFTWARE WORK FOR BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THE EVENT INCLUDED TWO TRACKS WITH MORE THAN 20 SESSIONS, INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, FREE-FORM DISCUSSIONS, AND LIGHTNING TALKS CENTERED AROUND I18N LIBRARIES, LOCALE DATA FRAMEWORKS, GLOBALIZATION TOOLING, LOCALIZATION PIPELINES, INPUT METHODS, AND TEXT RENDERING. NOTES: AN ADDITIONAL $4,216 IN EXPENSES WERE INCURRED RELATED TO CONTRACTOR SUPPORT FOR EVENTS, BOOKKEEPING, AND CREDIT CARD FEES. REVENUE LINE INCLUDES $3,023 IN REGISTRATION FEES THAT WERE REFUNDED IN JANUARY 2024. 81737 0 43096 468658 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X DENISE CROTEAU 6038281633 611 GATEWAY BOULEVARD SUITE 120 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080 TORAL COWIESON CEO 50.00 X 229500 0 32185 RICK MCGOWAN VP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 30.00 X 119675 0 9794 MARK DAVIS DIRECTOR, CHAIR OF THE BOARD 20.00 X X 0 0 0 IRIS ORRIS DIRECTOR & TREASURER 0.20 X X 0 0 0 GREG WELCH DIRECTOR & VP OF MARKETING 2.00 X X 0 0 0 AYMAN ALDAHLEH DIRECTOR & CORPORATE SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TIM BRANDALL DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 BRENT GETLIN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 BOB JUNG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TERESA MARSHALL DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 DAVID SINGER DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 ANNE GUNDELFINGER VP & GENERAL COUNSEL 20.00 X 0 0 0 349175 0 41979 2 0 1 0 WENLIN INSTITUTE SPC 2500 SPRING ST EUREKA CA 95501 CLDR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 103213 1 353873 233291 587164 MEMBERSHIP DUES 519200 286400 286400 CONFERENCE EVENT 541900 15246 15246 301646 35021 35021 923831 301646 0 35021 X 261685 52337 183180 26168 172483 146611 17248 8624 1103 938 110 55 11624 9881 1162 581 27016 22963 2702 1351 11199 11199 19490 19490 9954 9954 242578 204038 25263 13277 12485 1341 11144 17614 14091 2642 881 14423 8297 4376 1750 3825 3825 8161 8161 813640 468658 292295 52687 74759 236509 87023 32109 320575 342660 1038307 1071260 1520664 1682538 37962 2366 37962 2366 X 0 0 0 0 1482702 1680172 1482702 1680172 1520664 1682538 110191 87279 0 X 0 0 0 X 250482 302380 428666 391556 587164 1960248 250482 302380 428666 391556 587164 1960248 714515 1245733 28025 33297 39832 38412 35021 174587 2134835 1345751 0.58350 0.60120 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TORAL COWIESON CEO 207000 0 22500 0 0 0 6885 0 25300 0 261685 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(II) REPORTS DISCRETIONARY INCENTIVE AMOUNTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD BASED UPON PERFORMANCE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 ICU4X - ACROSS THE GLOBE, PEOPLE ARE USING ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO GET ONLINE, SUCH AS SMARTPHONES, SMART WATCHES, AND OTHER COMPACT DEVICES. FOR PROGRAMMING CAPABILITIES BEYOND C/C++ AND JAVA, ICU4X IS A NEW RUST-BASED INTERNATIONALIZATION LIBRARY THAT ENABLES THESE PLATFORMS TO BE USEFUL IN THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES. THE ICU4X TECHNICAL COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIBRARY, WITH THE GOAL TO ENSURE THAT MOBILE DEVICES AND OTHER LOW-RESOURCE DEVICES CAN ACCESS SCALABLE INTERNATIONALIZATION SERVICES. THE FOLLOWING MAJOR RELEASES WERE MADE, ALONG WITH MANY IMPROVEMENTS TO DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE INTERNATIONALIZATION INFORMATION WIDELY AVAILABLE. 04-12 ICU4X 1.2, CLDR 43, ICU 73 06-15 ICU 73.2 & CLDR 43.1 09-12 UNICODE 15.1, SOURCE CODE HANDLING 10-06 ICU4X 1.3 11-01 CLDR 44, ICU 74 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 THE PRESIDENT MARK DAVIS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL ANNE GUNDELFINGER HAVE A FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ELECT OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE FOLLOWING GOVERNANCE DECISIONS ARE RESERVED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION: THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS CHANGING THE MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM NUMBER OF DIRECTOR SEATS; AN AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS INCREASING THE TERM OF ANY DIRECTOR; AN AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS INCREASING THE QUORUM AT A MEETING OF MEMBERS; AND AN AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS REPEALING, RESTRICTING, CREATING OR EXPANDING THE PROXY RIGHTS OF MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF. A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE STAFF, AND CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE BY THE OUTSIDE CPA. THE REVIEWED DRAFT IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT. ANY CONCERNS THAT THE MANAGEMENT HAS ARE RAISED WITH THE CPA FIRM AND A CONSENSUS IS ACHIEVED. A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION HAS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REQUIRING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT ALL OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE OFFICERS AND THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD MONITOR ANY SUCH POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO COMPENSATION WAS DEVELOPED WITH REFERENCE TO CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AT COMPARABLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND WAS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY INDEPENDENT PERSONS, NAMELY THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND POLICY STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S PUBLIC-FACING WEBSITE. OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON OUR INTERNAL WEBSITE FOR ACCESS BY OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND MEMBERS UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G TECH AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 178,675. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 178,675. OTHER CONSULTING FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 25,363. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 25,263. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 13,277. TOTAL EXPENSES 63,903.