Submission + - Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla (locals.com) 1
quantic_oscillation7 writes: "Payments to nonexistent companies? Funding politics? Reliance on a single customer? And that's just for starters."
"As of 2021, Mozilla (including the Foundation and the wholly owned For-Profit Corporations), had total assets worth over $1.1 Billion USD. That’s Billion. With a B."
"The head of Mozilla earned roughly $5.6 Million during 2021. The rest of the executive team ranged, more or less, from $100k to $300k.
Interesting to note that the Mozilla CEO earned nearly as much ($5.6 M) as Mozilla received in donations ($7 M)."
"Where, exactly, does all that money go?"
"Mckensie Mack is a public speaker who regularly discusses her anger at “White Colonialism” and her dislike of “CIS” men and women. The “Mckensie Mack” company website blog primarily discusses abortion and Trans related issues.
Why would a company that develops a web browser want to pay her close to half a million dollars (in one year)? That remains unclear. It is, however, worth noting that this is a far larger expense than any of the executive team of Mozilla earn in salary (other than the CEO)."
"That founder, Neil Lewis Jr., appears to have focused his career on “vaccine acceptance”, problems with “white” people, and his theory that “white people” can not be victims of discrimination.
What does this “Action Research Collaborative” actually do? Why would Mozilla need their services and be willing to pay $100,000 for it?"
"So many questions
The deeper we dig into Mozilla and their financials, the more questions come up.
Why does Mozilla give so much money to political speakers that have no relationship to their core business?
Why does Mozilla seem unconcerned with alienating a large portion of their user base (which is already shrinking)?
Why do some of the recipients of Mozilla money appear to be nothing more than empty shells of companies — not even having a simple website?
Why does Mozilla continue to take donations if it doesn’t need them?
Where does Mozilla spend those donated dollars? Do they go to the strange discretionary spending or political organizations?
With the 70%+ reliance on Google (a competitor) for revenue, why is Mozilla spending money on projects that have no goal of being profitable (and have no relation to their core business)?
What happens when the Google funding goes away? Mozilla appears certain that it never will (based on their spending). why is that?
Why is Mozilla decreasing software development funding when development of Firefox is the cash cow?"
"As of 2021, Mozilla (including the Foundation and the wholly owned For-Profit Corporations), had total assets worth over $1.1 Billion USD. That’s Billion. With a B."
"The head of Mozilla earned roughly $5.6 Million during 2021. The rest of the executive team ranged, more or less, from $100k to $300k.
Interesting to note that the Mozilla CEO earned nearly as much ($5.6 M) as Mozilla received in donations ($7 M)."
"Where, exactly, does all that money go?"
"Mckensie Mack is a public speaker who regularly discusses her anger at “White Colonialism” and her dislike of “CIS” men and women. The “Mckensie Mack” company website blog primarily discusses abortion and Trans related issues.
Why would a company that develops a web browser want to pay her close to half a million dollars (in one year)? That remains unclear. It is, however, worth noting that this is a far larger expense than any of the executive team of Mozilla earn in salary (other than the CEO)."
"That founder, Neil Lewis Jr., appears to have focused his career on “vaccine acceptance”, problems with “white” people, and his theory that “white people” can not be victims of discrimination.
What does this “Action Research Collaborative” actually do? Why would Mozilla need their services and be willing to pay $100,000 for it?"
"So many questions
The deeper we dig into Mozilla and their financials, the more questions come up.
Why does Mozilla give so much money to political speakers that have no relationship to their core business?
Why does Mozilla seem unconcerned with alienating a large portion of their user base (which is already shrinking)?
Why do some of the recipients of Mozilla money appear to be nothing more than empty shells of companies — not even having a simple website?
Why does Mozilla continue to take donations if it doesn’t need them?
Where does Mozilla spend those donated dollars? Do they go to the strange discretionary spending or political organizations?
With the 70%+ reliance on Google (a competitor) for revenue, why is Mozilla spending money on projects that have no goal of being profitable (and have no relation to their core business)?
What happens when the Google funding goes away? Mozilla appears certain that it never will (based on their spending). why is that?
Why is Mozilla decreasing software development funding when development of Firefox is the cash cow?"
