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CrossRef Financial Review
1. Financial Review
Linda Beebe, Treasurer
Thursday, November 12, 2009
2. Financial Achievements
• Business model: balanced and sustainable
• Generating a surplus for re-investment
• No debt: all start-up loans repaid May 2007
• Clean 2008 audit - Audit Committee
working well
• Policies and procedures have grown with
the organization
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3. Financial Achievements
• Major investment in System Rewrite
• Membership & Fees Committee
undertook complete fee review
• Book deposit fees revised
• Affiliate and CrossRef Metadata
Services fees revised
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4. Financial Goals
• Sustain and invest in core
services – capital expenses for
operations.
• Invest in new services.
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5. Financial Goals
• Retain a minimum of 2 months operating
cash plus next year’s capital spending on
hand at all times.
• Maintain a credit line of $250,000 to support
current operations.
• Establish a cash reserve fund ($.5 million) for
future improvements to the core services.
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6. Revenues: Key Components
$2,993,000 - 2009 YTD
Membership (27%)
Deposits (61%)
Hos6ng, Metadata, Other (12%)
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8. Expenses: Key Components
$2,555,000 – 2009 YTD
Staffing (51%)
Administra6on (25%)
Data/SoBware (15%)
Travel/Mee6ngs (6%)
New Ini6a6ves / Other (3%)
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9. Expenses: Key Components
$2,555,000 – 2009 YTD
$78,000
$158,000
$382,000
$1,305,000
$632,000 Staffing (51%)
Administra6on (25%)
Data/SoBware (15%)
Travel/Mee6ngs (6%)
New Ini6a6ves / Other (3%)
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10. 9-Month 2009 Highlights
• Revenue: $2,993,000
• $177,000 (6%) over Budget
• $322,000 (12%) over same period
2008
• Expenses: $2,555,000
• $55,000 (2%) under Budget
• $121,000 (5%) over from same
period 2008
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26. Safe Cash Investments
• Cash spread across 8 financial institutions
• Spare cash in money market accounts
and Certificates of Deposits (CDs) in the
US and a Treasury bond in the UK
• CD maturity dates are laddered
• No stocks or Subprime mortgages
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27. 2010 Draft Budget
• Revenue - $4,315,000 (6% growth over 2009LE)
• Membership growth leveling off/most new
members in lowest tier
• Expenses - $3,827 (9% growth over 2009LE)
• Investments in metadata quality and System Rewrite
• Two new staff positions – tech support and part-
time bookkeeper
• Cash balances remain within Board cash policy
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28. Strategic Issues
• Ensure long term viability of CrossRef
through prudent policies and long term
planning
• Define broad principles for investment in
start up initiatives (i.e., innovations)
• Regularly monitor all fees and adjust as
necessary
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29. Strategic Issues - Risks
• Decline of Backfile deposits and leveling off
of growth of Current deposits
• Impact of general economic downturn
• Costs going up due to growth in members,
metadata quality efforts and new services
• Not completing System Rewrite in a timely
manner
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30. Strategic Issues - Risks
• Collection on member & affiliate
billings has become much more
difficult and time consuming
• More invoices go over 90 days
past due
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31. Summary
• Excellent financial performance
• Major investment in System Rewrite
including IP ownership
• Risks being addressed
• CrossRef can expand and remain a viable
non-profit for industry innovations.
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