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0 pointserr4nt5y ago0 comments

I wonder what percentage of their bottom line comes from goodwill donations from individuals, versus the millions they get each year from Google and various other search companies they have contracts with - in some recent past years Google has been funding like 90%+ of their budget haven't they?

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konaraddi5y ago

There's Mozilla Foundation and there's Mozilla Corporation (the corporation is a subsidiary of the foundation). For Mozilla Corporation:

> In CY 2018, Mozilla Corporation generated $435.702 million from royalties, subscriptions and advertising revenue compared to $542 million in CY 2017.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2018/ (I couldn't find a more up-to-date annual report)

For Mozilla Foundation:

> The Mozilla Foundation is funded by donations and 2% of annual net revenues from the Mozilla Corporation, amounting to over US$8.3 million in 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing

pjmlp5y ago

Having been disillusioned with what means to try to make money with desktop FOSS software, I would bet that goodwill donations aren't that representative.

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