Supports global leaders and projects through grants and fellowships to ensure the internet remains a safe, open, and trustworthy public resource.
Leadership
Mark Surman · President & Executive Director · $344K
Money in and out
$49.7M revenue, $30.3M expenses
Bottom line
72% program efficiency
Supports global leaders and projects through grants and fellowships to ensure the internet remains a safe, open, and trustworthy public resource.
For fiscal year 2022 it reported $49.7M in revenue, $30.3M in expenses, and $89.4M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2022
Total revenue
$49.7M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$30.3M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$89.4M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $19.5M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
72%
22%
Program services $0.72 Management & general $0.22 Fundraising $0.06
Program efficiency
72%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
30.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+39%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2022 · Form 990
Revenue
$49.7M
FY2022▲ +62%
$64.7M$32.3M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$30.3M
FY2022▲ +30%
$41.2M$20.6M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$95.6M
FY2022▲ +24%
$124.2M$62.1M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$6.2M
FY2022▲ +149%
$6.2M$3.1M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$49.7M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$30.3M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$89.4M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$19.5M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$95.6M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B72%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 37
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 45
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $21.9M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
01
Leadership developmentmozilla provides fellowships and awards to people on the front lines of the internet health movement, adding much-needed momentum while also building a global community of like-minded thinkers. We launched the mozilla tech fund to reduce bias and increase transparency in ai.
$14.0Mprogram expense
02
Movement buildingmozilla rallies millions of internet users together to hold big tech companies accountable and champion individual agency online. In 2022, we published multiple editions of our *privacy not included buyer's guide, empowering consumers to choose apps, gadgets, and other connected products that respect their privacy and…
$6.6Mprogram expense
03
Agenda settingmozilla investigates and amplifies issues at the intersection of technology and society, introducing vital topics into the public discourse. In 2022, we released our annual internet health report, which interrogated how artificial intelligence (ai) is impacting healthcare, labor, and other domains.
Mark Surman’s $611K as President, Director
is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 140 $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
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.
Individual Mark Surman · Reported title PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $344K · Total expenses $30.3M
1%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $14.1M · Total expenses $30.3M
46%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
72%
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Overhead ratio
22%
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Fundraising cost ratio
20%
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Revenue growth
62%
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Legal fee ratio
1%
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Accounting fee ratio
1%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2022IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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