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The Linux Foundation

Fiscal year ending 2018. Filed on November 13, 2019.

1 Letterman Drive No D4700
San Francisco, California 94129

The Linux Foundation (EIN: 46-0503801) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2018 IRS Form 990 filing, The Linux Foundation, a 501(c)(6) business league, reported compensation for 20 out of 230 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $525,785. The highest compensated employee at The Linux Foundation is Linus Torvalds with fiscal year 2018 compensation of $1,608,158.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$96,582,653

Expenses

$97,314,914

Employee compensation

$41,193,012
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Linus Torvalds
Fellow
$1,608,158
$619,472 No related comp$988,686
James Zemlin
Executive Director
$874,951
$644,300 No related comp$230,651
Arpit Joshipura
General Manager, Networking and Orchestration
$599,428
$525,000 No related comp$74,428
Mike Woster
Chief Revenue Officer
$588,620
$526,192 No related comp$62,428
Chris Aniszczyk
Vice President Strategic and Developer
$585,437
$530,000 No related comp$55,437
Abigail Kearns
Executive Director
$517,492
$460,417 No related comp$57,075
Brian Behlendorf
Executive Director
$512,085
$450,000 No related comp$62,085
Daniel Kohn
Executive Director
$508,851
$469,700 No related comp$39,151
Jerry Childers
CTO, Cloud Foundry
$498,323
$435,833 No related comp$62,490
Angela Brown
General Manager, Events
$487,358
$431,000 No related comp$56,358
Michael Dolan
Vice President of Strategic Programs
$437,085
$375,000 No related comp$62,085
Lisbeth McNabb
Chief Finance and Operating Officer
$431,769
$372,061 No related comp$59,708

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Alan Clark
Director
Brandon Jung
Director
Chris Dibona
Director
Chris Mason
Director
Chris Rice
Director
Daniel Park
Director
David Marr
Director
David Ward
Director
Dirk Hohndel
Secretary
Eileen Evans
Director
Erica Brescia
Director
Frank Fanzilli
Treasurer

Contractors

Vulk Cooperative
Consulting
$1,417,344
Two Bulls LLC
Consulting
$917,500
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Legal
$505,289
Globant LLC
Consulting
$182,510

Mission Statement

THE LINUX FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF SUSTAINABLE OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEMS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE, EVENTS, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTING PROGRAMS TO PROGRESS OPEN INNOVATION. WORKING TOGETHER WITH ITS MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES OF OPEN SOURCE ENGINEERS, THE LINUX FOUNDATION AND ITS PROJECTS FORM THE MOST AMBITIOUS AND SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT IN THE CREATION OF SHARED TECHNOLOGY.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 15, 2025:
2024 The Linux Foundation 990 filed
November 14, 2024:
2023 The Linux Foundation 990 filed
November 15, 2023:
2022 The Linux Foundation 990 filed

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