EIN 46-0503801

The Linux Foundation

Name: The Linux Foundation financials for 2022
Creator: Cause IQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

IRS 501(c) type

501(c)(6)

Num. employees

312

City

San Francisco

State

California

Year formed

2003

Most recent tax filings

2022-12-01

NTEE code, primary

S41: Promotion of Business

Description

The Linux Foundation supports, promotes, protects, and standardizes Linux and other open source software and technologies. It also provides financial and intellectual resources, infrastructure, events, training, and supporting programs to progress open innovation. Working together with its members, it is dedicated to building sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and industry adoption.

Total revenues

$177,124,787

2022

Total expenses

$160,082,276

2022

Total assets

$172,988,189

2022

Num. employees

312

2022

Program areas at The Linux Foundation

Projects and events: we facilitated events for over 85k+ attendees and 3k+ speakers from 15k+ organizations across 190+ countries participated in 265 events either physically or virtually and added 79 new projects to The Foundation in 2022.

Training: our training program surpassed 2 million trainees on our e-learning platforms with a 15% increase in revenue, 26 new courses, 50+ major updates, and 50,000 certificates issued.

Who funds The Linux Foundation

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits

Grantmaker	Grantmaker tax period	Description	Amount
LF Charities	2022-12	To Support the Linux Foundation's Project, Os-Climate.	$500,000
Open19 Foundation	2020-12	To Support Future Activities of Open19 Project and Other Open Source Software and Technologies.	$346,620
FinOps Foundation	2020-12	General Support	$116,988
...and 1 more grant received

Personnel at The Linux Foundation

Name	Title	Compensation	Date of data
Stephanie Wigle Haddow	Chief Financial Officer	$522,160	2022-12-31
Nirav Patel	Chief Technology Officer	$439,443	2022-12-31
Michael Woster	Chief Revenue Officer / Chief Operating Officer	$538,700	2022-12-31
Heather Kirksey	Vice President, Community and Ecosystem		2022-10-12
Angela Brown	Senior Vice President and GM of Events / Senior Vice President / General Manager , Events / Vice President of Events / Senior Director of Events / Events Director	$553,956	2022-12-31
...and 21 more key personnel

Financials for The Linux Foundation

Revenues	FYE 12/2022	FYE 12/2021	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0	-
Program services	$176,561,235	$139,476,668	26.6%
Investment income and dividends	$561,424	$494,956	13.4%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0	-
Royalty revenue	$0	$0	-
Net rental income	$0	$0	-
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$0	$0	-
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0	-
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0	-
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0	-
Miscellaneous revenues	$2,128	$2,642	-19.5%
Total revenues	$177,124,787	$139,974,266	26.5%

Form 990s for The Linux Foundation

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2022-12	2023-11-15	990	View PDF
2021-12	2022-11-15	990	View PDF
2020-12	2021-11-12	990	View PDF
2018-12	2020-01-15	990	View PDF
2017-12	2018-12-22	990	View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

Organizations like The Linux Foundation

Organization	Type	Location	Revenue
CompTIA	501(c)(6)	Downers Grove, IL	$144,834,551
American Chemistry Council (ACC)	501(c)(6)	Washington, DC	$149,402,320
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)	501(c)(6)	Washington, DC	$103,185,175
IAPMO Research and Testing	501(c)(6)	Ontario, CA	$50,566,669
Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)	501(c)(6)	Washington, DC	$47,870,561
Amt-The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)	501(c)(6)	Mclean, VA	$45,995,050
Semi	501(c)(6)	Milpitas, CA	$62,669,515
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)	501(c)(6)	Washington, DC	$70,308,249
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)	501(c)(6)	Lake Mary, FL	$64,245,574
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)	501(c)(6)	Schaumburg, IL	$103,800,078

Data update history

January 7, 2024

Posted financials

Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022

January 6, 2024

Updated personnel

Identified 12 new personnel

December 31, 2023

Received grants

Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $500,000 from LF Charities

July 26, 2023

Posted financials

Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021

July 5, 2023

Used new vendors

Identified 8 new vendors, including , , , , , , , and

Nonprofit Types

Business and community development organizationsResearch centersHeadquarter / parent organizations

Issues

Science and technologyBusiness and industry

Characteristics

MembershipsConducts researchOperates internationally

General information

Address: 548 Market St PMB 57274; San Francisco, CA 94104
Metro area: San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
County: San Francisco County, CA
Website URL: linuxfoundation.org/
Phone: (415) 723-9709
Facebook page: TheLinuxFoundation
Twitter profile: @linuxfoundation

IRS details

EIN: 46-0503801
Fiscal year end: December
Taxreturn type: Form 990
Year formed: 2003
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78): No

Categorization

NTEE code, primary: S41: Promotion of Business
NAICS code, primary: 5112: Software Publishers
Parent/child status: Central organization

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