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Codes Of Conduct

Code of Conduct Use By Foundations and Cited Inspirations.

Dataset Size Nonprofit Type Inspiration

Dataset Size

  • Total foundations: 85
  • Dissolved foundations: 5
    • biobricks, fsfse, idcommons, kuali, ocf
  • Active foundations: 80
    • With a COC: 59 (74%)
    • Without COC: 21 (26%)

COC Use By Nonprofit Status

Comparison of US-based c3 versus c6 foundation uses of COCs.

501(c)(3) Foundations count: 53

501(c)(3) With a COC: 35 (66%)

  • Apereo, inspired by: Mozilla; Ubuntu; ViewSource
  • Apache Software Foundation, COC linked from: navbar, footer, event-specific COC: https://communityovercode.org/conduct/, inspired by: Apache CouchDB CoC
  • Creative Commons, inspired by: various
  • Django Events, COC linked from: header, event-specific COC: https://2025.djangocon.us/conduct/, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • Django, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: SpeakUp
  • Drupal, COC linked from: footer, event-specific COC: https://events.drupal.org/code-conduct, inspired by: Ubuntu
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant
  • FreeBSD, inspired by: Django; SpeakUp
  • Free Software Foundation
  • F# Software Foundation, COC linked from: nav, inspired by: Ada; Python; Django; SpeakUp
  • GNOME, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • Haskell
  • ISC, COC linked from: footer
  • LF Charities
  • Linux Kernel, COC linked from: About section, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4
  • LLVM, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.0
  • Mozilla, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Ubuntu; Citizens
  • NetBSD, COC linked from: about nav, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • NumFOCUS, COC linked from: footer; nav, event-specific COC: https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct, inspired by: various
  • OASIS, COC linked from: Policies page
  • Open Information Security Foundation
  • Open Molecular Software Foundation, inspired by: Apache Software Foundation
  • Open Source Initiative, COC linked from: false
  • OWASP
  • Perl, event-specific COC: https://perlconference.us/tpc-2018-slc/standards-of-conduct/, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.1
  • Plone, COC linked from: footer
  • PostgreSQL.US
  • Python, COC linked from: footer, event-specific COC: https://github.com/python/pycon-code-of-conduct/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md, inspired by: GeekFeminism; various
  • Ruby Central, event-specific COC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OBF15i76xc-bsVTOIgBZeB6vpTo-Bsg3/view, inspired by: Contributor Covenant
  • Sahana Foundation
  • SCALE, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • Wikimedia
  • WordPress, event-specific COC: https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer/planning-details/code-of-conduct/, inspired by: OSBridge
  • Xiph.org

501(c)(3) Without COC: 18 (34%)

  • Benetech
  • Haiku
  • OEGlobal
  • OLPC
  • Open Robotics
  • OpenTechFund
  • Open Transit
  • OSET
  • Participatory Culture Foundation
  • Processing Foundation
  • Raspberry Pi NA
  • Software Freedom Conservancy
  • Software Freedom Law Center
  • Signal
  • SPI
  • Tech Matters
  • TeX Users Group
  • Jabber XMPP

501(c)(6) Foundations count: 14

501(c)(6) With a COC: 13 (93%)

501(c)(6) Without COC: 1 (7%)

  • OCF

All other foundations count: 13

COCs By Inspiration Documents

Codes of Conduct are often inspired by existing docs like the Contributor Covenant. This section lists COCs when an organization specifically lists an inspiration.

Inspired by Contributor Covenant: (15)

  • Bytecode Alliance, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.0
  • Clojurists Together, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.0
  • Commonhaus, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4
  • .Net Foundation, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.0
  • Eclipse, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4
  • Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant
  • Foundation for Public Code, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4
  • Linux Kernel, COC linked from: About section, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4
  • LLVM, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.0
  • The Matrix.org Foundation, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4
  • Open Compute, inspired by: Contributor Covenant
  • OpenJS Foundation, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.0
  • Perl, event-specific COC: https://perlconference.us/tpc-2018-slc/standards-of-conduct/, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 2.1
  • Ruby Central, event-specific COC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OBF15i76xc-bsVTOIgBZeB6vpTo-Bsg3/view, inspired by: Contributor Covenant
  • The Document Foundation, COC linked from: menu, inspired by: Contributor Covenant 1.4; various

Inspired by Other Sources: (21)

  • AlmaLinux, inspired by: Red Hat
  • Apereo, inspired by: Mozilla; Ubuntu; ViewSource
  • Apache Software Foundation, COC linked from: navbar, footer, event-specific COC: https://communityovercode.org/conduct/, inspired by: Apache CouchDB CoC
  • Creative Commons, inspired by: various
  • Django Events, COC linked from: header, event-specific COC: https://2025.djangocon.us/conduct/, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • Django, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: SpeakUp
  • Drupal, COC linked from: footer, event-specific COC: https://events.drupal.org/code-conduct, inspired by: Ubuntu
  • FreeBSD, inspired by: Django; SpeakUp
  • F# Software Foundation, COC linked from: nav, inspired by: Ada; Python; Django; SpeakUp
  • GNOME, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • Open Source Matters, inspired by: Ubuntu
  • KDE, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Ubuntu
  • Mozilla, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: Ubuntu; Citizens
  • NetBSD, COC linked from: about nav, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • NumFOCUS, COC linked from: footer; nav, event-specific COC: https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct, inspired by: various
  • Open Molecular Software Foundation, inspired by: Apache Software Foundation
  • Open Infra, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: PyCon; Django
  • OSGeo, COC linked from: header, inspired by: Contributor Convenant; Berlin Code of Conduct
  • Python, COC linked from: footer, event-specific COC: https://github.com/python/pycon-code-of-conduct/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md, inspired by: GeekFeminism; various
  • SCALE, COC linked from: footer, inspired by: GeekFeminism
  • WordPress, event-specific COC: https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer/planning-details/code-of-conduct/, inspired by: OSBridge

No Inspiration Mentioned: (23)

More resources: Open Source Codes of Conduct review.