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Anti-Phishing Working Group Inc

EIN 71-0968853 · Lexington, MA

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What it says it does

The mission of APWG is to eliminate internet scams and fraud and to protect consumers by providing a clearinghouse for information.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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

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

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (2)

$193,238 spent. The APWG eCrime eXchange: Automated clearance of cybercrime event machine data related to phishing campaigns and corruption of Internet infrastructure for cybercrimes that is employed for security applications-blocking consumers from reaching criminally controlled points on the Internet and Web and various forensic routine by industrial cybercrime internet interveners law enforcement officials regulators; government agencies including the Internal Revenue Service; and multilateral treaty organizations.
$10,000 spent. The APWG Phishing Trends Report is produced on a quarterly basis to statistically describe different dimensions of phishing and common cybercrimes and the disruptions and corruptions of Internet infrastructure that attend the development and prosecution of those crimes by criminal organizations. The statistics from Trends Report is reported worldwide and provides baseline statistics for industry and policy discussions related to the management of common cybercrimes like phishing.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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 2024.
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 March 2006.
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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