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> They paid Firefox $300mil a year for three years Mozilla's 990 forms are public. For 2012 I see a bit more than $9 million in revenue, of which $5.4 million
by gorhill 12y ago
> They paid Firefox $300mil a year for three years
Mozilla's 990 forms are public. For 2012 I see a bit more than $9 million in revenue, of which $5.4 million came from contributions [1]. "$300mil a year" makes no sense -- unless there is something I don't know about how non-profits are supposed to report their revenue.
[1] https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/2012_Mozilla_Form_990-Public_Disclosure.pdf https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/2012_Mozilla_Form_...
- bzbarsky 12y agoThere's a difference between the Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation. The latter owns the former. Revenue for the former is not revenue for the latter, though dividend payments from the former to the latter are revenues for the latter. The Form 990 is for the Foundation. You probably want to look at https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Financials_2012.pdf https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Fi... instead, since that includes the subsidiary Mozilla Corporation. Page number 4 (sixth page of the PDF), the "Revenues and other support" table.
- gorhill 12y agoThanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware there was a for-profit subsidiary.
- fwenzel 12y agoTechnically, a not-for-profit taxable subsidiary. (That makes a difference because the company purpose of Mozilla Corporation is still not to make money/raise shareholder value, despite the fact this it is fully taxable like any other company).
- dragonwriter 12y agoIsn't the purpose of Mozilla Corporation exactly to make money which inures to the benefit of its sole shareholder (Mozilla Foundation), making it just like any for-profit company except that it happens to be owned by a nonprofit?