Open Source Foundations: Names, URLs and financials

This information doesn't appear easy to find at present, so I have developed an archive/directory of open source organisations with references to their board, minutes and financial statements. I trust it is of assistance to others seeking this information :-) Feel free to contact me to offer suggestions, corrections or comments. Thanks!

Notes:

• This is currently in no particular order
• This is currently incomplete

Sakai Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Executive Director: Dr Charles Severance
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): ~US$900K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): ~US$900K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): ~US$50K
  • Cash reserves (2005): ~US$50K(?)
• Major market: Higher education and research institutions
• Major income source: Partner subscriptions

Mozilla Foundation

• (For financial reasons, effective product management and other activities are carried out by the subsidarary, Mozilla Corporation, on which the below information reports)
• Board (minutes)
• Executive Director: Mitchell Baker
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): ~US$30M+(?)
  • Annual expenditure (2005): ~US$30M+(?)
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): ~US$100K+(?)
  • Cash reserves (2005): ~US$5M+(?)
• Major market: Consumer desktops
• Major income source: Advertising sponsorships (search engine referrals)

Jabber Software Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2006): US$36K
  • (3 x Platinum ($10K) = $30K + 0 x Gold ($5K) = $0K + 6 x Silver ($1K) = $6K
  (http://www.jabber.org/sponsors/JSF_Sponsorship_Definition.pdf and http://www.jabber.org/sponsors/)
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$6K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2006): US$30K?
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$14K
• Major market:
• Major income source: Support sponsorships (supporting/partner organisations)

NetBSD Foundation, Inc.

• Board (no minutes?)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$47K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$25K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$22K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$31K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

Open Bioinformatics Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

The Cyc Foundation (knowledge base/decision system)

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

openEHR (electronic health records)

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

The Perl Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source: Donations (mostly personal?)

Python Software Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

Open Source Applications Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements (see also http://www.osafoundation.org/presos/OSAF_BoD_09-21-04.ppt, slides 5-6)
  • Annual income (2004): US$1,300K
  • Annual expenditure (2004): US$3,255K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2004): US$1,906K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$1,573K (based on FAQ17 + slide 8, http://www.osafoundation.org/presos/OSAF_BoD_09-21-04.ppt)
• Major market:
• Major income source: Endowment (from Mitch Kapor) and partner investment (from higher ed partners)

Shuttleworth Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market: Education research and development
• Major income source: Endowment (from Mark Shuttleworth)

The R Foundation for Statistical Computing

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2006): EUR14K
  • (8 x Benefactors (EUR500) = EUR4K + 24 x Supporting Institutions (EUR250) = EUR6K + 165 x Supporting Members (EUR25) = EUR4K (+ 27 x ? donations)
  (http://www.r-project.org/foundation/membership.html and http://www.r-project.org/nosvn/foundation/memberlist.html)
  • Annual expenditure (2006): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2006): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2006): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source: Sponsors (organisations and individuals)

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements and Budget
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

The Plone Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$50K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$50K
  (http://plone.org/foundation/board/minutes/membermtg2005/)
• Major market:
• Major income source:

X.Org Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

Firebird Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

Apache Software Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

Annodex Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

The GNOME Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market:
• Major income source:

JA-SIG Foundation

• Board (minutes)
• Financial statements
  • Annual income (2005): US$?K
  • Annual expenditure (2005): US$?K
  • Net income (shortfall) (2005): US$?K
  • Cash reserves (2005): US$?K
• Major market: Higher education administrative systems
• Major income source: