Covesa
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What it says it does
COVESA IS AN OPEN, COLLABORATIVE AND IMPACTFUL TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE; ACCELERATING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF CONNECTED VEHICLES.
- Income
- $1.8 million
- Spending
- $1.4 million
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 250
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- COVESA CONTINUED TWO MEMBER-DRIVEN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN THE AREAS OF ANDROID AUTOMOTIVE AND VEHICLE SIGNAL SPECIFICATION (VSS). THESE PROJECTS BROUGHT TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 35 MEMBERS AND 10 NON-MEMBERS TO DISCUSS AND DELIVER STANDARD APPROACHES FOR AUTOMAKERS AND THEIR SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS. THE VSS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR ADVANCED TO VERSION 4 OF THE SPECIFICATION AND ENJOYED SIGNIFICANT ADOPTION BY SEVERAL AUTOMOTIVE AND FLEET MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS. BOTH OF THE PROJECTS REQUIRED DELIVERABLES TO BE ACCESSIBLE IN PUBLIC PROJECTS WHERE INNUMERABLE ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE COVESA MEMBERSHIP (IN AUTOMOTIVE AND NON-AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES) ALSO BENEFITTED.
- COVESA CONTINUED ITS SEMI-ANNUAL ALL MEMBER MEETINGS IN APRIL AND OCTOBER OF 2024. THESE EVENTS RESULTED IN ROUGHLY 80 ORGANIZATIONS AND AN AVERAGE OF 275 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT EACH. BOTH BUSINESS-LEVEL AND TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE FROM ROUGHLY 70 SPEAKERS. WHILE THE EVENT WAS NOT EXECUTED UNTIL JANUARY 2025, COVESA ALSO PREPARED FOR A SIGNIFICANT SHOWCASE AND RECEPTION EVENT AT THE CES 2025. THIS INVOLVED CONTACTING ROUGHLY 120 ORGANIZATIONS FOR PARTICIPATIOIN AND SPONSORSHIP. ROUGHLY 85 ORGANIZATIONS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE AND/OR SPONSOR THE EVENT.
- COVESA CONTINUED TO ACTIVELY ALIGN WITH OTHER STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING W3C, AUTOSAR, SOAFFE, JASPAR, AND ECLIPSE SDV. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS COLLABORATION WAS TO PUSH ADOPTION OF THE VSS OPEN STANDARD INTO OTHER AUTOMOTIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSORTIA. THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION, THE BENEFITS OF A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VSS WERE REPRESENTED TO ROUGHLY 1000 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY PARTICPANTS, MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS, AND STANDARDS-SETTING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE US, JAPAN, AND EUROPE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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