Apache Software Foundation

General

Used as filename or fragment reference: asf
Common Name: Apache Software Foundation
Legal Name: Apache Software Foundation
Website: https://www.apache.org/
Founding Date: 1999
Location: US
Accepts new projects?: yes
Software Types: various
Wikidata ID: Q489709

Governance

Board Size: 9
Board Type: elected
Board Website: http://www.apache.org/foundation/
Bylaws Website: https://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html
Approx Number Of Paid Staff: 7
Governance Description: The Apache Way, with open and independent governance is required, and the ASF board oversees quarterly project reports directly.
Example Projects Hosted: Hadoop, OpenOffice, Lucene, Maven
Project List Website: https://projects.apache.org
Services Provided: Core infrastructure, legal, branding, and press services are provided by the ASF to all projects; some level of directed sponsorship under Apache-wide policies is allowed.
Nonprofit Type: Nonprofit501c3
Governance documentation (when available): Search for docs on FOSS Governance

Funding

Tax Authority ID: 47-0825376
Budget in USD: 1.3M
Budget Website: https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Budget.html
Funding Sources: sponsors, donations
Sponsor List Website: https://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html
Example Sponsors: Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Leaseweb, Microsoft, Pivotal, Yahoo!
Sponsorship Model(s): asf

Policy

Licenses Used: Apache-2.0
CLA Policy: CLA
Code Of Conduct Website: https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html
Source Of Code Of Conduct: Apache CouchDB CoC
Where Code Of Conduct Linked: navbar, footer
Diversity Policy Website: https://lists.apache.org/list.html?diversity@apache.org
Description Of Diversity Policy: Mailing list

Trademark

Primary Brand Name: Apache
Secondary Brand Name(s): various projects - 200+
Is Primary Brand Registered?: yes
Trademark Policy Website: https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/
Trademark Usage Website: https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/guide
Trademark Policy Description: Consistent policy requires use of full *Apache ProjectName* form, and allows free use of Powered By format.
Official Logo Link: https://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/asf_logo.svg
Is Logo Registered?: no

Tax Financial Data

IRS determination date: 2001-01-01
NTEE Code: U41

Approximate financial status from ProPublica JSON data
Tax Period: 2022-04-01
Assets EOY: 4279071
Revenue: 1765183

The ASF exists to serve the many like-minded project communities who join, and to ensure all software developed is preserved permanently.