Public Charity

SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC

SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC, of Brooklyn, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.2M in revenue, $3.8M in expenses, $5.4M in total assets. 63 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 412203632 Brooklyn, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$3.8M
Total Assets$5.4M
Grant Records63
Funding Total$2.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) promotes, improves, develops, facilitates & defends Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) & the right to software repair. SFC advocates for the public's software rights & freedoms. SFC provides a home & infrastructure to FOSS initiatives. SFC helps volunteers focus on improving FOSS for the public. Projects include: creation of FOSS for general public, copyleft licensing advocacy, & internships for contributors subject to systemic bias who are underrepresented in FOSS.

Officers & Directors

Board Chairperson, Vice President, and Director Allison Randal
Director Anthony K Sebro Jr
Director Bdale Garbee
Director, Policy Fellow, Outgoing Treasurer Bradley M Kuhn
Director Jeremy Allison
President and Executive Director Karen M Sandler

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$653,911 9 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$229,607 7 grants
TO SUPPORT WORK TO FURTHER MISSION.
$202,000 3 grants
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$171,700 4 grants
GRANT FOR SUPPORT OF OUTREACHY INTERNS
$128,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2M $3.8M $5.4M
2024 $2.5M $4.5M $5.3M
2023 $4.2M $3.7M $7.2M
2022 $4.4M $3.2M $6.6M
2021 $3.2M $2.6M $5.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $3.2M, with total assets most recently reported at $5.4M.

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