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MetaBrainz Foundation

non-profit organization that operates the MusicBrainz database and other projects
Organization 501_c_3_organization Q952204

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
501(c)(3) organization, charitable organization, nonprofit organization[3][4]
Inception
2004[8]
Founder
Robert Kaye[5]
Headquarters location
San Luis Obispo[6]
Country
United States[2]
Official website
metabrainz.org[9]
Website
metabrainz.org
Founded by
Robert Kaye
Headquarters
San Luis Obispo
Board member
Nick Ashton-Hart, Paul Bennun, Robert Kaye, Cory Doctorow, Matthew Hawn, Paula Le Dieu, Rassami Hök Ljungberg, Freso
Chairperson
Robert Kaye (2004–present)[7]
Donations
86k (65k–376k, n=13)
Product
MusicBrainz, AcousticBrainz, BookBrainz, ListenBrainz, libdiscid, Cover Art Archive, libcoverart, CritiqueBrainz, MusicBrainz Picard
Product or material produced
MusicBrainz, AcousticBrainz, BookBrainz, ListenBrainz, libdiscid, Cover Art Archive, libcoverart, CritiqueBrainz, MusicBrainz Picard[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Revenue
389k (206k–514k, n=13)
Social media followers
411 (302–411, n=4)
Total assets
457,483 USD, 480,424 USD, 415,553 USD, 107,776 USD, 71,817 USD, 106,248 USD, 137,413 USD, 128,110 USD, 146,823 USD, 219,986 USD, 357,122 USD, 406,725 USD, 391,825 USD
Total revenue
442,246 USD, 513,720 USD, 423,273 USD, 244,723 USD, 206,080 USD, 282,588 USD, 257,055 USD, 230,800 USD, 322,899 USD, 392,398 USD, 512,979 USD, 427,565 USD, 389,409 USD
🏷️ Also known as
en MetaBrainz en MetaBrainz Foundation en MetaBrainz Foundation Inc. ar مؤسسة ميتا برينز el Ίδρυμα MetaBrainz fa بنیاد متابرینز fr Fondation MetaBrainz it Fondazione MetaBrainz ja MetaBrainz財団 ja ミュージックブレインズ財団 ja メタブレインズ財団 zh MetaBrainz基金会 zh-hant MetaBrainz基金會
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Bluesky handle
metabrainz.bsky.social
Contact page URL
metabrainz.org
Domain name
metabrainz.org
Freebase ID
/m/08wvzj
GitHub account
metabrainz
Google Play developer ID
8781547177325258985
Google Play developer slug
MetaBrainz Foundation Inc
IRC channel URL
irc://irc.libera.chat/metabrainz, kiwiirc.com
IRS Employer Identification Number
20-1644586
LinkedIn company or organization ID
metabrainz
Mastodon address
metabrainz@mastodon.social
Official blog URL
blog.metabrainz.org
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Official forum URL
community.metabrainz.org
Official shop URL
www.redbubble.com
Quora topic ID
MetaBrainz-Foundation
Web feed URL
blog.metabrainz.org
X (Twitter) username
MetaBrainz

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🔗 Connections
Product or material produced 7
ListenBrainz, AcousticBrainz, BookBrainz, Cover Art Archive, CritiqueBrainz, libcoverart, libdiscid
Instance of 3
nonprofit organization, charitable organization, 501(c)(3) organization
← Developer 3
libdiscid, ListenBrainz, MusicBrainz for Android
Board member 2
Cory Doctorow, Robert Kaye
Has these parts 2
AcousticBrainz, libcoverart
← Maintained by 2
BookBrainz, Cover Art Archive
Chairperson 1
Robert Kaye
Country 1
United States
Employees / affiliates 1
Robert Kaye
Founder 1
Robert Kaye
Headquarters location 1
San Luis Obispo
Owned entities 1
ListenBrainz
← Parent organization or unit 1
CritiqueBrainz
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Summary

MetaBrainz Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization[1].

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Leadership

Board members include Nick Ashton-Hart[19], b. 1967[20]; Paul Bennun[21]; Robert Kaye[22], a programmer[23], 1970–2026[24], of Germany[25]; Cory Doctorow[26], a science fiction writer[27], b. 1971[28], of Canada[29], awarded the EFF Award[30]; Matthew Hawn[31]; and Paula Le Dieu[32].

Related Entities

charitable organization Cory Doctorow MusicBrainz for Android Robert Kaye United States

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  2. [3] ↑ . apps.irs.gov. apps.irs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . blog.metabrainz.org. blog.metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . metabrainz.org. Retrieved . metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . metabrainz.org. Retrieved . metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . metabrainz.org. Retrieved . metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . metabrainz.org. Retrieved . metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [31] ↑ . metabrainz.org. Retrieved . metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [32] ↑ . metabrainz.org. Retrieved . metabrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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