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CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION

EIN 04-3585301 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,439,364
Expenses 2024
$3,912,384

Program services were 64.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B70
Classification
1000
Street
211 HOPE ST UNIT 1866

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOPS LEGAL AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DIGITAL CREATIVITY, SHARING, AND INNOVATION.

  • OPEN SCIENCE: WE WORK WITH RESEARCHERS, LIBRARIANS, CONSORTIA, POLICY MAKERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION TO EQUIP THEM WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING ABOUT OUR LICENSES SO THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES AND INCREASE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES THE RAPID DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS VIA PREPRINTS. WE PUBLISHED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTER SHARING OF SCIENTIFIC DATA, WORKING WITH NATIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO ADOPT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

    Expenses $1,080,360 · Grants $8,375

  • OPEN CULTURE: WE BUILD A THRIVING ECOSYSTEM OF OPEN CULTURE AMONG CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR USERS. WE GATHERED NEARLY 50 EXPERTS FROM EVERY CONTINENT AT THE OPEN CULTURE STRATEGIC WORKSHOP IN LISBON, PORTUGAL. WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE TOWARDS A RECOMMENDATION ON OPEN CULTURAL HERITAGE (TAROCH) COALITION, WHICH NOW HAS 62 MEMBERS. BY MAY 2026 WE INTEND TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A STATEMENT ON OPEN ACCESS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR SIGNATURE BY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND WIDELY IMPLEMENT AN ADVOCACY STRATEGY AND DISSEMINATE ADVOCACY TOOLS AND MATERIALS TO PROMOTE THE WIDER RECOGNITION OF OPEN ACCESS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE.

    Expenses $666,692 · Grants $21,056

  • LICENSES AND STEWARDSHIP: WE'RE ENSURING CC'S EXISTING LICENSES AND LEGAL TOOLS REMAIN RELEVANT, USER-FRIENDLY, AND AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN SERVICE OF CREATORS AND REUSERS. WE EXPANDED THE OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE CIRCLE (OIC) TO 30 MEMBERS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT FUNDING FOR THIS WORK.

    Expenses $311,836

  • WE OFFER A TEN-WEEK CC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM TAILORED TO THE EDUCATION AND LIBRARY SECTORS, AS WELL AS GALLERIES, LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS. BY THE CLOSE OF 2024, WE CERTIFIED 1,890 GRADUATES ACROSS 68 COUNTRIES. WE PROVIDED 35 SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS TO THE CC CERTIFICATE TRAINING AND PARTNERED WITH BCCAMPUS TO SUPPORT SUBSIDIZED CC CERTIFICATE TRAINING FOR 25 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND 21 PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA; AND US MIDWEST HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT (MHEC), ENABLING SUBSIDIZED CC CERTIFICATE TRAINING FOR FACULTY AND STAFF FROM HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN 48 US STATES. IN 2024, WE FACILITATED 31 TRAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, JOURNALS, LIBRARIANS, CULTURAL HERITAGE PROFESSIONALS, WEB DEVELOPERS, HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY AND STAFF, AS WELL AS OPEN ADVOCATES, SPANNING AT LEAST SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. WE FUNDED FIVE OPEN EDUCATION PLATFORM PROJECTS, SPANNING BRAZIL, GHANA, NEPAL, AND NIGERIA. WE ALSO SERVED ON UNESCO'S OER ADVISORY GROUP, WHERE WE HELPED TO DRAFT THE DUBAI DECLARATION ON OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER) AND ATTENDED THE HEWLETT EDUCATION GRANTEE CONFERENCE WITH UNESCO IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WE ALSO ZEROED IN ON A POSSIBLE INTERVENTION, PREFERENCE SIGNALS, A FRAMEWORK THAT EMPOWERS CREATORS TO INDICATE THE TERMS BY WHICH THEIR WORK CAN BE USED FOR AI TRAINING. ON THE COMMUNITY FRONT, WE CONDUCTED AN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK USING HISTORICAL DATA, COMMUNITY SURVEYS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH CHAPTER LEADS.

    Expenses $474,122 · Grants $19,935 · Revenue $291,195

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • ANGELA ODUOR LUNGATI

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DELIA BROWNE

    CHAIR (THRU 10/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GLENN BROWN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILAL RANDEREE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENI TENNISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTA BELCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUIS VILLA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES GRIMMELMANN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEK TARKOWSKI

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNA TUMADOTTIR

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $254,431
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,431
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,931
    Filer's total
    $254,431

  • KATHLEEN WALSH

    LICENSING/COPYRIGHT COUNSEL/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $172,657
    From this org
    $155,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,836
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,324
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $12,497
    Deferred
    $7,166
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,670
    Filer's total
    $172,657

  • ERIKA DRUSHKA

    COO

    Total calculated
    $110,997
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $105,426
    Other
    $5,571
    Hours/week
    40

  • SARAH HINCHLIFF PEARSON

    GENERAL COUNSEL/SEC.

    Total calculated
    $75,666
    From this org
    $71,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,136
    Hours/week
    40

  • CABLE GREEN

    DIRECTOR OF OPEN EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $237,445
    From this org
    $196,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,667
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,778
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,686
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,981
    Filer's total
    $237,445

  • MARLENA REIMER

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $156,883
    From this org
    $134,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,145
    Filer's total
    $156,883

  • JENNRYN WETZLER

    DIRECTOR OF TRAINING/LEARNING

    Total calculated
    $152,973
    From this org
    $144,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,598
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,375
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,380
    Filer's total
    $152,973

  • BRIGITTE VEZINA

    DIRECTOR OF OPEN CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $144,485
    From this org
    $144,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MONICA GRANADOS

    DIRECTOR OF OPEN SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $127,443
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,021
    Other
    $8,422
    Hours/week
    40

  • CATHERINE STIHLER

    CEO (THRU 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $131,440
    From this org
    $115,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,780
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $115,660
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,780
    Filer's total
    $131,440

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
    $2,439,364
    Expenses
    $3,912,384
    Contributions
    $2,009,806
    Grants paid
    $49,366
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,891,109
    Expenses
    $4,758,015
    Contributions
    $4,880,570
    Grants paid
    $476,947
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,655,908
    Expenses
    $4,273,672
    Contributions
    $7,330,744
    Grants paid
    $663,166

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
    $9,853,619
    Expenses
    $3,127,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,584,245

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,784
    Expenses
    $4,129,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,939,542

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,267,812
    Expenses
    $4,211,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,607,538

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,006,658
    Expenses
    $4,137,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,699,274

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,639,408
    Expenses
    $3,600,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,958,034

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,563,767
    Expenses
    $3,342,546
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,820,243

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,702,944
    Expenses
    $2,746,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,562,336

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,915,456
    Expenses
    $4,492,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,664,337

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,238,850
    Expenses
    $5,927,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,628,846

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,961,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,058,282

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
SAMANTHA PHENGSAVANH
Mailing address
211 HOPE ST UNIT 1866MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 940428817

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • 0941176 BC LTD

    C · TO EMPLOY CANADIAN EMPLOYEES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $397,736 · share of assets $117,857 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.