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Mozilla Organizations

Mozilla is a global community of people creating a better Internet. We build public benefit into the Internet by creating free, open source products and technologies that improve the online experience for people everywhere.

There are several organizations that support the Mozilla community and Mozilla's principles. They include the non-profit Mozilla Foundation as well two wholly owned taxable subsidiaries, the Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Messaging. Mozilla considers itself a hybrid organization, combining non-profit and market strategies to ensure the Internet remains a shared public resource.

This page provides information about the various organizations and their relationships to each other. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact us.

Mozilla Foundation

The Mozilla Foundation is is a California non-profit corporation exempt from Federal income taxation under IRC 501(c)(3). The Foundation supports the existing Mozilla community, overseeing Mozilla's governance structure and managing shared resources like this web site. It also actively seeks out new ways for people around the world to recognize and steward the Internet as a critical public resource

Mozilla Corporation

The Mozilla Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, works with the community to develop software that advances Mozilla's principles. This includes the Firefox browser, which is well recognized as a market leader in security, privacy and language localization. These features make the Internet safer and more accessible.

Mozilla Messaging

Mozilla Messaging is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that develops and promotes products that people can use to communicate online in ways that align with Mozilla's principles. This includes the creation of the Thunderbird email client.

Affiliates

The Mozilla Foundation has established relationships with a number of affiliated organizations around the globe that promote and support Mozilla principles, products and community.