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Mozilla Foundation Independent Auditors' Report [pdf] (2019)

31 points by quakeguy 6y ago

firebaze 6y ago
(2018)?
- sciurus 6y ago
  Right. 2019 should be out later this year. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/11/21/state-of-mozilla-2018-annual-report/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/11/21/state-of-mozilla-20...
- floatingatoll 6y ago
  (2019). The report was released mid-2019 covering 2017 and 2018, based on the title and second page date stamp. This year’s report, assuming one is released, would be posted without any (20xx) at all, even if it covers 2019. I would have corrected the title for this post as: State of Mozilla 2018: Annual Report (2019) Which is a bit hilarious, but complies perfectly with the guidelines!
albertzeyer 6y ago
$202M for software development, and $82M for management and administration.
- tptacek 6y ago
  So, more tilted towards engineering than most tech companies. ("Management and administration" on the breakout you're citing is every job not in development or IT).
  - gvjddbnvdrbv 6y ago
    Don't worry they've rebalanced recently. Next year they should have wasted significantly less on technical staff and about the same invested on management and advocacy. It hard to see why more folk don't donate really.
    - elcritch 6y ago
      The CEO shouldn’t be asked to without at least a 5 digit bonus next year. Think of her family. Ugh, I donated a random $5 to Mozilla and regret even that little bit now.
  - ssivark 6y ago
    Interesting. Could you elaborate more on what the typical distribution is, and possibly explain why such distributions are expected/reasonable (not just for Mozilla, but for tech companies in general)?
- k__ 6y ago
  How many managers and engineers do they have?
- The_rationalist 6y ago
  They got $450M per year. What happened to the missing ~$200M?
- zo1 6y ago
  I'd be very curious to see the breakdown of that $202M. E.g. Which or what kinds of projects did those developer-hours get spent on? That would be my main curiosity.
mjw1007 6y ago
An interesting thing to look for in the 2019 report when it comes out is whether any money changed hands when they settled the lawsuit with Yahoo!/Oath/Verizon.
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31 points by quakeguy 6y ago

firebaze 6y ago

(2018)?

sciurus 6y ago
Right. 2019 should be out later this year. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/11/21/state-of-mozilla-2018-annual-report/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/11/21/state-of-mozilla-20...
floatingatoll 6y ago
(2019). The report was released mid-2019 covering 2017 and 2018, based on the title and second page date stamp. This year’s report, assuming one is released, would be posted without any (20xx) at all, even if it covers 2019. I would have corrected the title for this post as: State of Mozilla 2018: Annual Report (2019) Which is a bit hilarious, but complies perfectly with the guidelines!

albertzeyer 6y ago

$202M for software development, and $82M for management and administration.

tptacek 6y ago
So, more tilted towards engineering than most tech companies. ("Management and administration" on the breakout you're citing is every job not in development or IT).
- gvjddbnvdrbv 6y ago
  Don't worry they've rebalanced recently. Next year they should have wasted significantly less on technical staff and about the same invested on management and advocacy. It hard to see why more folk don't donate really.
  - elcritch 6y ago
    The CEO shouldn’t be asked to without at least a 5 digit bonus next year. Think of her family. Ugh, I donated a random $5 to Mozilla and regret even that little bit now.
- ssivark 6y ago
  Interesting. Could you elaborate more on what the typical distribution is, and possibly explain why such distributions are expected/reasonable (not just for Mozilla, but for tech companies in general)?
k__ 6y ago
How many managers and engineers do they have?
The_rationalist 6y ago
They got $450M per year. What happened to the missing ~$200M?
zo1 6y ago
I'd be very curious to see the breakdown of that $202M. E.g. Which or what kinds of projects did those developer-hours get spent on? That would be my main curiosity.

mjw1007 6y ago

An interesting thing to look for in the 2019 report when it comes out is whether any money changed hands when they settled the lawsuit with Yahoo!/Oath/Verizon.

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