GNOME Foundation
The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization that believes in a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust. We do this by building a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem.
GNOME Foundation at a glance
In short: GNOME Foundation gave $8K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $8K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $8,000
- -80.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $8,000
- -80.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $8,000
- Total assets
- $3,162,187
- +186.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who GNOME Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Software Freedom Conservancy ($8K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How GNOME Foundation gives
- Giving grew 23% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2022) to $40K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $8K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Software Freedom Conservancy Brooklyn, NY | Outreachy Internship Program | $8,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,162,187 | $2,892,213 | $934,099 | $8,000 | 1 | $-14,316 |
| 2024 | $1,103,792 | $1,943,051 | $1,683,137 | $40,024 | 1 | $202 |
| 2023 | $860,822 | $556,136 | $653,737 | $10,548 | 1 | $230 |
| 2022 | $909,107 | $363,380 | $677,474 | $6,500 | 1 | $307 |
| 2021 | $1,316,598 | $298,297 | $850,347 | $26,000 | 1 | $1,846 |
| 2020 | $1,884,935 | $967,204 | $828,421 | $13,000 | 1 | $6,194 |
| 2019 | $1,719,877 | $876,871 | $638,267 | $20,500 | 1 | $20,543 |
About GNOME Foundation
Based on IRS filings
GNOME Foundation is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in San Francisco, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $8K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
GNOME Foundation is led by Richard Littauer, Int. Executive Director on the 2025 filing; 3 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Richard Littauer
Int. Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$33K (2025)
Allan Day
President
Board Chair → Chair & Vice President, 2024
Chair & Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven Deobald
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maria Majadas
Board Chair
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julian Sparber
Director
Secretary → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
30 hrs/week
$17K (2024) → $65K (2025)
Rosanna Yuen
Director of Operations
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$101K (2024) → $105K (2025)
Philip Chimento
Director
Director → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erik Albers
Director
Chair & Director → Board Chair, 2024
Board Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Downey
Director
Secretary & Director → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Sandler
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pablo Correa
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert McQueen
Co-Vice President
President & Director → President, 2024
President → Co-Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Federico Mena Quintero
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arun Raghavan
Co-Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cassidy Blaede
Vice Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deepa Venkatraman
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lorenz Wildberg
Vice Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Federico Mena (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jeremy Allison (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Regina Nkenchor (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Sammy Fung (2023–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Sonny Piers (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Holly Million (2024) — Executive Director
- Former: Pablo Correa Gomez (2024) — Director
- Former: Thibault Martin (2021–2023) — Chair & Director
- Former: Martin Abente (2022–2023) — Chair & Director
- Former: Ekaterina Gerasimova (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Neil McGovern (2019–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Felipe Borges (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Regina Nkemchor Adejo (2020–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Shaun McCance (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Chun Wah Sammy Fung (2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Alberto Ruiz (2021) — Director
- Former: Britt Yazel (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Carlos Soriano (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Tristan Van Berkom (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Nuritzi Sanchez (2019) — Board Chair
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $105K, to Rosanna Yuen (Dir. of Operations). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about GNOME Foundation
How much does GNOME Foundation give each year?
GNOME Foundation gave $8K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $40K across 1 grant.
How large is GNOME Foundation?
GNOME Foundation reported $3.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.9M.
What is GNOME Foundation?
GNOME Foundation is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in San Francisco, CA. It holds $3.2M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does GNOME Foundation operate?
GNOME Foundation has awarded grants in New York.
What is GNOME Foundation's EIN?
GNOME Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-3572618. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 10, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 30, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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