Editing Mozilla (section)

==Critiques of excessive executive pay==

Mozilla has been losing market share consistently for 15 years.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#/media/File:BrowserUsageShare.png</ref> Despite Mozilla’s continuous decline, executive compensation at both the Mozilla non-profit and Mozilla for-profit are disproportionately high.  

===Industry examples===

{| class="wikitable"
|+Executive Compensation vs. Revenue Comparison
!Year!!Company!!Executive!!Compensation!!Total Revenue!! % of Revenue!!Source
|-
|2018||Google||Sundar Pichai||$1,881,066||$136,819,000,000||0.0014%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Sec.gov_Archives_edgar_data_1652044_000130817918000222_lgoog2018-def14a.htm.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:20180204_alphabet_10K.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 10-K Filing]</ref>
|-
|2023||Google||Sundar Pichai||$8,802,824||$307,394,000,000||0.0029%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Google_def-14a_2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Goog-10-k-2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 10-K Filing]</ref>
|-
|2018||Mozilla (Foundation + Corporation)||Mitchell Baker||$2,458,350||$450,860,000||0.55%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-2018-form-990.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Financial Statement]</ref>
|-
|2023||Mozilla (Foundation + Corporation)||Mitchell Baker||$6,223,660||$653,012,000||0.95%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>
|-
|2023||Mozilla Foundation (Non-Profit only)||Mark Surman||$661,886||$64,660,933||1.02%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>
|}

Google far surpasses Mozilla in both revenue and market share, yet Google pays its executives a much lower percentage of overall revenue. In 2018, for instance, Google CEO Sundar Pichai earned $1.88 million, which was only 0.0014% of Google’s $136.8 billion in revenue.<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Sec.gov_Archives_edgar_data_1652044_000130817918000222_lgoog2018-def14a.htm.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:20180204_alphabet_10K.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 10-K Filing]</ref> By 2023, his compensation had increased to $8.8 million, yet it still amounted to just 0.0029% of Google’s staggering $307.4 billion in revenue.<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Google_def-14a_2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Goog-10-k-2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 10-K Filing]</ref>  

In stark contrast, Mozilla’s leadership has consistently taken home a much larger percentage of the organization's revenue, despite its financial struggles and crushing defeat in browser market share. In 2018, Mitchell Baker received $2.46 million, amounting to 0.55% of Mozilla’s total combined revenue of $450.9 million.<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-2018-form-990.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Financial Statement]</ref> By 2023, as Mozilla’s total combined revenue increased to $653 million, executive compensation stayed disproportionately high: Baker received $6.22 million (0.95% of total revenue).<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref> Meanwhile, Mark Surman, who only works for the Mozilla Foundation (non-profit), earned $661,886, which accounted for 1.02% of the Foundation’s $64.7 million in revenue.<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>

The disparity between Mozilla’s executive pay and its financial performance is shocking. Google, a company with far more market success, compensates its CEO at a fraction of its revenue, while Mozilla, a failing browser in terms of market share, provides a much higher percentage of its limited revenue to executive salaries of individuals that contribute no code.

===Investment Income===

Mozilla Foundation's revenue comes from investments more so than donations. In 2023, Mozilla reported $37,574,982 in investment income, accounting for over 58% of the non-profit’s total revenue for the year.<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:501c3_2023_990_Mozilla_Foundation_-_Full_Filing_-_Nonprofit_Explorer_-_ProPublica.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref> 

The investment income comes from three primary sources:
*Publicly traded securities and other investments: Mozilla maintains a portfolio of investments that generate annual returns.
*Program-related investments and royalties: The Foundation earned $18,639,553 in royalties from licensing its intellectual property to support open-source projects.<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:501c3_2023_990_Mozilla_Foundation_-_Full_Filing_-_Nonprofit_Explorer_-_ProPublica.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref>
*Dividends and interest: Mozilla also earns investment income from dividend-paying stocks and interest-bearing assets.

Mozilla's reliance on investment income rather than direct contributions has raised questions about how responsive Mozilla Foundation is to the viability and market share of Mozilla software and its mission, given its ability to survive & continue paying high executive compensation regardless of whether work towards the core mission is being performed in a competent fashion.