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Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit promoting open internet principles; tangentially relevant to AI safety through its work on internet governance, open-source development, and digital rights advocacy, which intersects with AI policy and responsible technology deployment.

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The Mozilla Foundation is an American nonprofit founded in 2003 to support the open-source Mozilla project, including Firefox and Thunderbird. It promotes openness, innovation, and public participation on the internet guided by the Mozilla Manifesto. It owns subsidiaries including Mozilla Corporation and MZLA Technologies.

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•Founded July 15, 2003, as a nonprofit to ensure Mozilla's survival after AOL scaled back Netscape involvement.
•Guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, which outlines 10 principles for the internet to benefit the public good.
•Owns Mozilla Corporation (Firefox) and MZLA Technologies Corporation (Thunderbird) as taxable subsidiaries.
•Co-announced Grant for the Web in 2019, a $100M fund supporting Interledger Protocol-based technologies.
•Laid off 30% of staff in November 2024 amid organizational restructuring.

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Entity	Property	Value	As Of
Mozilla Foundation	Founded Date	2003	—

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 Mozilla Foundation Formation July&#160;15, 2003 &#59;&#32;22 years ago &#160;( 2003-07-15 ) Founder Mozilla Organization Type 501(c)(3) Tax ID no. 20-0097189 Registration&#160;no. C2543436 Coordinates 37°47′13″N 122°23′59″W &#xfeff; / &#xfeff; 37.78694°N 122.39972°W &#xfeff; / 37.78694; -122.39972 Origins Mountain View, California Region United States Products Firefox 
 Thunderbird 
 Gecko 
 other products 
 President Mark Surman Executive director Nabiha Syed Board&#160;of directors Brian Behlendorf , Helen Turvey , Mitchell Baker , Alondra Nelson , Amy Keating , Nicole Wong , Edwin Macharia , Raffi Krikorian , Zain Habboo Subsidiaries Mozilla Corporation 
 Beijing Mozilla Online Ltd 
 MZLA Technologies Corporation 
 Revenue $441&#160;million (2020 &#91; 1 &#93; ) Staff 80 (2019) Volunteers 1000+ (2019) Website mozillafoundation.org 
 The Mozilla Foundation is an American nonprofit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern development, operates critical infrastructure, and controls Mozilla trademarks and copyrights . &#91; 2 &#93; It owns two taxable subsidiaries: the Mozilla Corporation , which employs many Mozilla developers and coordinates releases of the Mozilla Firefox web browser , and MZLA Technologies Corporation, which employs developers to work on the Mozilla Thunderbird email client and coordinate its releases. The Mozilla Foundation was founded by the Netscape -affiliated Mozilla Organization. &#91; 2 &#93; The organization is currently based in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View, California , United States.

 The Mozilla Foundation describes itself as "a non-profit organization that promotes openness, innovation and participation on the Internet". &#91; 3 &#93; The Mozilla Foundation is guided by the Mozilla Manifesto , which lists 10 principles which Mozilla believes "are critical for the Internet to continue to benefit the public good as well as commercial aspects of life". &#91; 4 &#93; 

 
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 Entrance to the former Mountain View office which was home to both the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation until January 2021 &#91; 5 &#93; 
 Former office next to the Googleplex shared by both the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation until July 2009 
 On February 23, 1998, Netscape created the Mozilla Organization to co-ordinate the development of the Mozilla Application Suite . &#91; 6 &#93; &#91; 7 &#93; When AOL (Netscape's parent) drastically scaled back its involvement with Mozilla Organiza

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