Home › Entities › nonprofit_organization › Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla Foundation

American non-profit organization
Organization nonprofit_organization Q55672
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Mozilla Foundation

Summary

Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mozilla Foundation was a member of Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools[3].
  • Mozilla Foundation was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[4].
  • Mozilla Foundation was a member of Q105394699[5].
  • Mozilla Foundation was a member of Coalition for Independent Technology Research[6].
  • Mozilla Foundation is in the country of United States[7].
  • Mozilla Foundation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[8].
  • Mozilla Foundation followed Mozilla Organization[9].
  • Mozilla Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[10].
  • Mozilla Foundation's child organization or unit is recorded as Mozilla Messaging[11].
  • Mozilla Foundation's child organization or unit is recorded as Mozilla Corporation[12].
  • Mozilla Foundation's Commons category is recorded as Mozilla[13].
  • Mozilla Foundation's review score is recorded as 3.5[14].
  • Mozilla Foundation's chairperson is recorded as Mitchell Baker[15].
  • July 15, 2003 marks the founding of Mozilla Foundation[16].
  • Mozilla Foundation's official website is recorded as https://foundation.mozilla.org/[17].
  • Mozilla Foundation's official website is recorded as https://www.mozillafoundation.org[18].
  • Mozilla Foundation's director / manager is recorded as Mark Surman[19].
  • Mozilla Foundation's product or material produced is recorded as software[20].
  • Mozilla Foundation's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[21].
  • Mozilla Foundation's owner of is recorded as Mozilla Corporation[22].
  • Mozilla Foundation's owner of is recorded as Firefox Add-ons[23].
  • Mozilla Foundation's owner of is recorded as Mozilla Messaging[24].
  • Mozilla Foundation's owner of is recorded as Mozilla Taiwan[25].
  • Mozilla Foundation's different from is recorded as Q9661[26].
  • Mozilla Foundation's different from is recorded as Mozilla Corporation[27].

Body

Founding

July 15, 2003 marks the founding of Mozilla Foundation[16].

Identity

Mozilla Foundation followed Mozilla Organization[9].

Leadership

Mozilla Foundation's chairperson is recorded as Mitchell Baker[15]. Its board member is recorded as Brian Behlendorf[28]. Its director / manager is recorded as Mark Surman[19].

Operations

Mozilla Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[10]. Subsidiaries include Mozilla Messaging[11], a business[29], founded in 2008[30], headquartered in Mountain View[31] and Mozilla Corporation[12], a business[32], in United States[33], founded in 2005[34], headquartered in San Francisco[35].

Ownership

Mozilla Foundation's product or material produced is recorded as software[20].

Why It Matters

Mozilla Foundation ranks in the top 2% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Works attributed to it include Mozilla Public License[38], a license scheme[39] and Public Suffix List[40], a catalogue[41].

Related Entities

Abeba Birhane Andrew Sliwinski Ben Goodger Brian Behlendorf Daniel Stenberg Firefox OS Frank Hecker Gervase Markham Leon Derczynski Mark Surman Mitchell Baker Mozilla Corporation software United States XML User Interface Language Zachary Weinberg

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mozilla-foundation
MLA “Mozilla Foundation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 1 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mozilla-foundation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mozilla-foundation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mozilla Foundation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mozilla-foundation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Mozilla Foundation — https://4ort.xyz/entity/mozilla-foundation (retrieved 2026-10-01)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mozilla-foundation · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official shop url → https://shop.mozilla.com/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10225]]: https://shop.mozilla.com/"
  2. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → San Francisco
    Funder → Open Society Foundations
    Follows → Mozilla Organization
    Website → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en, eo, scn, sr, be-tarask, ja, el */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+obsolete+self_stated_in+duplicate refs; remove alias=label/mul; replace property ([["
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.