THE LINUX FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

06

NTEE code

S41

Classification

2000

Street

2810 N CHURCH ST PMB 57274

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

9 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• JOINT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

  EIN 47-1122212

• LF CHARITIES INC

  EIN 84-1730246

• LF SUMMITS INC

  EIN 81-0852571

• LINUX FOUNDATION EUROPE

  EIN 98-1665203

• LINUX KERNEL ORGANIZATION

  EIN 74-3183459

• OPENJS FOUNDATION

  EIN 47-1491876

• OPENPOWER FOUNDATION

  EIN 46-4627734

• R CONSORTIUM INC

  EIN 47-4118387

• RISC-V INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION VEREIN

  EIN 98-1550155

Mission and programs · 2024

• EVENTS: OUR EVENTS TEAM FACILITATED 219 IN-PERSON EVENTS WITH OVER 70,000 ATTENDEES FROM 162 COUNTRIES REPRESENTING OVER 9,000 DISTINCT ORGANIZATIONS, MARKING THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES EXCEEDED THE NUMBER WHO ATTENDED PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. WE PROVIDED OVER $1.6M IN TRAVEL FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO THESE EVENTS. OUR PROJECTS ALSO HOSTED 88 VIRTUAL WEBINARS ATTENDED BY OVER 12,800 ATTENDEES.

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

• PROJECTS: WE HOST MORE OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS THAN ANY OTHER ENTITY IN THE WORLD, PROVIDING THE SUPPORT SERVICES THEY NEED IN ORDER TO FUNCTION. WE SURPASSED 1,000 ACTIVE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND STANDARDS PROJECTS IN 2024, WITH IMPACTFUL PROJECTS IN NEARLY EVERY TECHNOLOGY NICHE.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $220,730,594

  Expenses

  $204,369,300

  Contributions

  $6,640,334

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $196,026,148

  Expenses

  $185,212,266

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $177,124,787

  Expenses

  $160,082,276

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $139,974,266

  Expenses

  $113,740,753

  Assets (EOY)

  $142,044,874

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $106,429,200

  Expenses

  $95,550,838

  Assets (EOY)

  $108,874,172

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $124,492,699

  Expenses

  $111,490,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $89,518,144

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $96,582,653

  Expenses

  $97,314,914

  Assets (EOY)

  $71,057,383

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $81,616,265

  Expenses

  $68,997,604

  Assets (EOY)

  $62,264,124

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $61,085,552

  Expenses

  $51,733,209

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,714,654

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $39,283,385

  Expenses

  $35,564,166

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,690,067

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $31,452,792

  Expenses

  $29,315,659

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,915,947

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,119,066

  Expenses

  $19,645,584

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,819,349

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $16,195,531

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,731,225

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• LF CHARITIES INC

  $6,207,591

  2024 · TO SUPPORT CERTAIN PROJECTS OF THE LINUX FOUNDATION.

• LF CHARITIES INC

  $600,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT CERTAIN PROJECTS OF THE LINUX FOUNDATION.

• LF CHARITIES INC

  $500,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT THE LINUX FOUNDATION'S PROJECT, OS-CLIMATE.

• WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

  $236,359

  2023 · REVERSE RAPID DEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEMS

• WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

  $26,262

  2024 · REVERSE RAPID DEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEMS

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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