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The Linux Foundation FY2023 filing

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Wilmington, DE501(c)(6)Since 2003Community Development EIN 46-0503801Revenue $196.0M in FY2023

On file with the IRSlinuxfoundation.org2810 N Church St Pmb 57274, 19802-4447 · Wilmington, DETax-exempt since Feb 2003

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The Linux Foundation supports the creation of sustainable open source ecosystems by providing financial and intellectual resources, infrastructure, events, training, and supporting programs to progress open innovation. Working together with its members and communities ofopen source engineers, the Linux Foundation and its projects form themost ambitious and successful investment in the creation of sharedtechnology.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$8.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16.3M a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$8.7M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $6.2M
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$72.7M
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$196.0M
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$185.2M
Net assets
$124.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$196.0M
FY2023▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$106.4M
FY2021$140.0M
FY2022$177.1M
FY2023$196.0M
FY2024$220.7M
Expenses
$185.2M
FY2023▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$95.6M
FY2021$113.7M
FY2022$160.1M
FY2023$185.2M
FY2024$204.4M
Net assets
$124.9M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$72.2M
FY2021$98.5M
FY2022$113.6M
FY2023$124.9M
FY2024$144.6M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2003.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

36 people listed on the 990; $8.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
James Zemlin
Executive Director
$950,698Pt VII · Sec A
Chris Aniszczyk
VP Strategic and Developer
$819,912Pt VII · Sec A
Arpit Joshipura
Gm, Networking and Orchestration
$716,758Pt VII · Sec A
Nirav Patel
Chief Technology Officer
$626,590Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Woster
Chief Revenue Officer
$623,297Pt VII · Sec A
Gabriele Columbro
Executive Director, Finos
$618,122Pt VII · Sec A
Clyde Seepersad
General Manager, Training
$609,898Pt VII · Sec A
$601,684Pt VII · Sec A

James Zemlin’s $952K as Executive Director is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 44 $100M+ community development 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
James Zemlin$952,166$950,698$853,325$954,874$889,550
Chris Aniszczyk$651,592$819,912$819,656$773,998$648,064
Jason Storment$801,592$601,684$500,956——
Shubra Kar——$774,386$608,970$452,719
Arpit Joshipura$754,166$716,758$701,385$528,612$559,873
Linus Torvalds$524,349$522,737$700,331$645,997$623,009
Clyde Seepersad$559,806$609,898$658,221$524,294$452,593
Priyanka Sharma$562,668$537,407$657,193$458,240$232,311

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports open source ecosystems with resources, infrastructure, events, and training for shared innovation.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Events

We facilitated 256 in-person and virtual events gathering over 119k+ attendees from 10k+ organizations across 165+ countries. We provided $1.64m in community travel funding to assist open source developers and contributors in attending these events, and also recorded all conference content and made it freely available online, garnering…

Pt IX · col B
02

Training

Our training program surpassed 2.5 million trainees on our e-learning platforms. We expanded the course catalog which now has 150+ titles, both organically and by acquiring secure knowledge framework (SKF).

Pt IX · col B
03

Projects

We added 79 new projects in 2023 and are approaching 1,000 active projects.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Lf Charities INCFY2024$6.2M
World Resources InstituteFY2024$26K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$6.2M

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$196.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$195.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$185.2M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$124.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$162.7M
Total assetsLn 16$197.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$72.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
36
listed · VII A
PaidVII A14
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$195.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$196.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$145.2M
SavingsLn 2$17.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$162.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$59K
Total assetsLn 16$197.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$72.7M
Net assetsLn 32$124.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5261
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$143.6M$162.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.4M$11.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$241K$59K
Total assetsLn 16$173.0M$197.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$59.4M$72.7M
Net assetsLn 32$113.6M$124.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$7.1M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$60.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3.3M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6.6M
Payroll taxesLn 10$3.8M
Legal feesLn 11b$1.3M
Accounting feesLn 11c$122K
Investment management feesLn 11f$50K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$32.8M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5.6M
Office expensesLn 13$10.6M
TravelLn 17$6.2M
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$40.4M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.2M
Total functional expensesLn 25$185.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $220.7M$204.4M$16.4M$144.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $196.0M$185.2M$10.8M$124.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $177.1M$160.1M$17.0M$113.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $140.0M$113.7M$26.2M$98.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $106.4M$95.6M$10.9M$72.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $196,026,148 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $176,561,235$194,977,517
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $561,424$1,046,230
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,128$2,401
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $177,124,787$196,026,148
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $75,808,538$81,727,579
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $84,273,738$103,484,687
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $160,082,276$185,212,266
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $17,042,511$10,813,882
Part VI · Governance 22 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $196,026,148 across 4 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $194,977,517$194,977,517
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,046,230$1,046,230
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $2,401$2,401
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $194,977,517 · Unrelated business $2,401 · Excluded from tax $1,046,230$196,026,148
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $185,212,266 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$7,111,612
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$60,930,229
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$3,331,594
IX-9 Other employee benefits$6,586,342
IX-10 Payroll taxes$3,767,802
IX-11b Legal fees$1,300,065
IX-11c Accounting fees$121,915
IX-11f Investment management fees$50,393
IX-11g Other fees for services$32,819,322
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$5,647,433
IX-13 Office expenses$10,614,982
IX-17 Travel$6,236,917
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$40,444,184
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$6,249,476
IX-25 Total functional expenses$185,212,266
Part X · Balance sheet $197,581,716 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $126,773,109$145,222,820
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,805,868$17,462,925
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,676,430$16,530,134
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,074,379$6,990,990
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $241,166$59,435
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $10,356,100$11,289,211
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $61,137$26,201
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $172,988,189$197,581,716
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,845,260$24,594,604
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $29,642,403$36,204,828
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $9,900,459$11,881,264
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $59,388,122$72,680,696
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $113,600,067$124,901,020
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $113,600,067$124,901,020
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $172,988,189$197,581,716
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $124,901,020 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$196,026,148
XI-2 Total expenses$185,212,266
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$10,813,882
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$113,600,067
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$538,697
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$51,626
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$124,901,020

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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