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Nonprofit · EIN 82-5457558

CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC

Tax-exempt · ATLANTA, GA 30309

Financials

$940K$938K2023$1M$869K2024$826K$940K2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$826,000$940,476-$114,476$406,482$0$406,482
December 31, 2024990$1,025,000$869,085$155,915$520,958$0$520,958
December 31, 2023990$940,000$937,702$2,298$356,883$0$356,883
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$826,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$28,000
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$28,000
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$3,513
Travel
$20,441
Program services (functional)
$918,541
Management and general (functional)
$21,935

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$520,958
Total assets, end of year
$406,482
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$406,482
Net assets without donor restrictions
$406,482
Gross receipts
$826,000
Employees
0
Volunteers
5
Year formed
2018
State of legal domicile
GA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
James HarveyPresident
Officer
4$15,000
Kenesa AhmadSecretary/Treasurer
Officer
1$13,000
Norman BarbosaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Robyn GreeneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Anitha IbrahimDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Lanah Kammourieh DonnellyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Peter SwireDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 7 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
James HarveyPresident
Officer
4$12,000
Kenesa AhmadSecretaryTreasurer
Officer
1$10,000
Norman BarbosaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Robyn GreeneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Katelyn RingroseDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Anitha IbrahimDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Peter SwireDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Sandy HughesFormer SecretaryTreasurer
Officer
4$13,000
James HarveyPresident
Officer
4$10,000
Anitha IbrahimDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Peter SwireDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael RoseFormer Director
Trustee or director
1$0
Norman BarbosaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Robyn GreeneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Katelyn RingroseDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kenesa AhmadSecretaryTreasurer 2024
Officer
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1201 W PEACHTREE ST, ATLANTA, GA 30309-3449
In care of
% KENESA AHMAD
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
Kenesa Ahmad, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Signed the 990
Kenesa Ahmad, Secretary/Treasurer
Phone
(513) 706-7405
Return prepared by
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Mission

The mission of CBDF is to provide a forum for well-researched and well-written discussion of cross-border data issues.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • The Cross Border Data Forum works to promote and achieve four key goals: (1) Fulfill legitimate government requests for content, associated meta-data, and user-identifying information, notably for law enforcement and national security purposes; (2) Protect and promote privacy, cybersecurity, human rights, and democracy as essential to new legal approaches and the confidentiality, integrity and availability of communications and other sensitive personal data; (3) Provide a workable regime for private-sector actors that process data from multiple jurisdictions. Efforts to promote national or supranational data sovereignty should address conflicts of law and other issues that arise when multiple governments claim jurisdiction over user data and private-sector actors and their services; and (4) Facilitate robust cross-border flows of data in order to further the purposes listed in Goal 2 and other relevant purposes such as economic growth and the appropriate development of artificial intelligence. In 2025, the Cross Border Data Forum worked to promote and achieve these goals through the publication of scholarship and promotion of dialogue regarding the design, implementation, and reform of legal regimes that impact cross-border transfers. This included publication of more than a dozen articles on relevant topics and engaged in discussion and analysis of those and related topics at conferences across the globe. The archive for articles from 2025 can be found at www.crossborderdataforum.org/article-archive/.
    Expenses $918,541

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
82-5457558
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(4): Social welfare organization
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
2019
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$406,482
Income (IRS master file)
$826,000

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$826,000$940,476$406,482IRS
990December 2024$1,025,000$869,085$520,958IRS
990December 2023$940,000$937,702$356,883XML
990December 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990May 2019–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 82-5457558).

Questions about CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC

What is the EIN of CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC is 82-5457558.
Is CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(4) since 2019.
Are donations to CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Kenesa Ahmad.
Who are the officers and directors of CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $15,000 (James Harvey, President).
How much revenue does CROSS BORDER DATA FORUM INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $826,000, expenses of $940,476 and total assets of $406,482 at year end.

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