San Francisco, CA

WORDPRESS FOUNDATION

EIN 20-5498932

Community & Economic Development Technology, Research & Civic Innovation

Mission

To democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software—ensuring WordPress and related open-source projects remain freely available, protected, and accessible to the public.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About WORDPRESS FOUNDATION

The WordPress Foundation is a California-based 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 20-5498932) founded to further the mission of the WordPress open-source project: to democratize publishing through open-source, GPL-licensed software. The EIN 20-5498932 has been confirmed against public nonprofit records and the organization is listed as tax-exempt since June 2009. The Foundation acts as a steward of the WordPress and WordCamp trademarks, supports community-facing programs (including scholarships and educational workshops), and maintains published annual reports and audited financial statements. In recent years the Foundation has actively funded community and preservation work, including a $100,000 donation to the Internet Archive (October 17, 2024) and new scholarship initiatives announced in 2024–2025.

Notable achievements

Trademark stewardship & open-source preservation

The Foundation holds and enforces the WordPress and WordCamp trademarks and works to preserve the WordPress codebase and project freedoms under the GPL, ensuring long-term public access to the software.

Scholarship programs expanded

The Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship program was expanded to cover WordCamp Asia and WordCamp Europe (announced in 2024), and the Foundation launched the Open Horizons Scholarship (announced May 28, 2025) to help contributors from underrepresented regions attend flagship WordCamp events.

Major philanthropic contribution to digital preservation

The Board approved a $100,000 donation to the Internet Archive on October 17, 2024 to support web preservation and public access to digital cultural heritage.

At a glance

Total assets: $827K
Annual revenue: $55K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 20-5498932
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: wordpressfoundation.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Charity Navigator profile: earned a Three-Star rating (76% beacon score) with reporting from fiscal year 2024 on accountability and finance.

Listed in public nonprofit databases and filings (IRS/Form 990 summaries and ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization since 2009.

Publishes audited financial reports and annual reports (most recently a 2023 annual report and multi-year financial reports available on its website), demonstrating a practice of financial transparency.

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