Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Something off? Claim to add context
Who runs it and what they're paid
19 people listed on the 990; $3.7M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Mark Surman’s $611K as President, Director is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 139 $10–100M science & technology nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Surman | $610,704 | $661,886 | $344,483 | $337,714 | $299,228 |
| J Bob Alotta | $434,746 | $417,327 | $314,036 | $294,489 | $285,514 |
| Angela Plohman | $363,756 | $415,549 | $246,486 | $242,929 | $214,755 |
| Ashley Boyd | $309,984 | $368,445 | $304,915 | $266,262 | $246,817 |
| Nabiha Syed | $310,566 | — | — | — | — |
| Lainie Decoursy | $281,271 | $200,137 | $169,846 | $132,925 | — |
| Jessica Keating | $260,056 | — | — | — | — |
| David Walker | $230,654 | $219,117 | $212,153 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Mozilla Foundation executive salaries →Programs and updates
Supports global leaders and projects through grants and fellowships to ensure the internet remains a safe, open, and trustworthy public resource.
Questions for Mozilla Foundation
Your first name shows with your question. Mozilla Foundation answers here, for everyone.
Movement building Mozilla fuels the movement for a better internet, building bridges between digital rights activists, open-source champions, and other communities. In 2024, Mozilla published our * privacy not included guide with a focus on privacy in dating apps, as well as ai chatbots, published a range of petitions and open letters…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-0097189) · Dispute this lineLeadership development Mozilla supports people and projects making ai more trustworthy and the internet healthier. In 2024, Mozilla welcomed several new fellows and awardees working at the intersection of ai and climate justice, public policy, ethics, art, and a range of other topics.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-0097189) · Dispute this lineAgenda setting Mozilla researches issues at the intersection of technology and society and then propels them into the public conversation. In 2024, Mozilla provided research, commentary, and analysis on topics like openness in ai, the environmental impacts of ai, protecting consumer privacy, and upholding online information integrity on…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-0097189) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
Download 990
| Line | FY24 |
|---|---|
| Gross | $2.1M |
| Net | $2.1M |
| Tax | $365K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 | $37.2M | $41.2M | −$4.0M | $117.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $64.7M | $39.8M | $24.8M | $118.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $49.7M | $30.3M | $19.5M | $89.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 | $30.7M | $23.3M | $7.3M | $74.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $26.5M | $18.2M | $8.4M | $64.5M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit
The names, titles, and financial information shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records. More
Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown. A filing can only be corrected by the organization filing an amended return with the IRS; the corrected information appears here at our next update.
We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing, and less than the filing contains. Our pages do not display home addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.
Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.
If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.
Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.
If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, contact the filing organization or the IRS directly.