Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENSURE FREE ACCESS, IN PERPETUITY, TO THE SOFTWARE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT. PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES COME AND GO, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE SOURCE CODE FOR THESE PROJECTS WILL SURVIVE BEYOND THE CURRENT CONTRIBUTOR BASE, THAT WE MAY CREATE A STABLE PLATFORM FOR WEB PUBLISHING FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
TO ENSURE FREE ACCESS, IN PERPETUITY, TO THE SOFTWARE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT.
DOACTION CHARITY HACKATHONS ARE COMMUNITY-ORGANIZED EVENTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON USING WORDPRESS TO GIVE DESERVING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THEIR OWN ONLINE PRESENCE. EACH DOACTION EVENT INCLUDES PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LOCAL WORDPRESS COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO BUILD BRAND NEW WEBSITES FOR A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN ONE DAY. THE GOAL OF DOACTION IS TO SUPPORT THESE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS BY GIVING THEM A FRESH AND DYNAMIC ONLINE PRESENCE. THIS ENABLES THEM TO GET ON WITH THE WORK THAT THEY ALREADY DO SO WELL WITHOUT BASIC WEBSITE MANAGEMENT GETTING IN THE WAY OF THEIR PRODUCTIVITY. DURING 2020, THERE WERE 4 DOACTION EVENTS NIGERIA, INDIA, JAPAN, AND PERTH. IN TOTAL THERE WERE 510 PARTICIPANTS IN DOACTION EVENTS DURING THE YEAR, AND 91 NON-PROFITS RECEIVED WEBSITES THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SOURCE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS THE PURPOSE OF THESE WORKSHOPS IS TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPEN WEB AND OPEN SOURCE THROUGH TWO-HOUR TRAINING EVENTS, STAFFED AND ORGANIZED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE WORDPRESS FOUNDATION. WORDPRESS FOUNDATION IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN FUNDING EVENTS HELD IN REGIONS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE LESS AWARENESS, OR SUPPORT FOR, OPEN SOURCE. WORDPRESS FOUNDATION PROVIDES A SMALL GRANT AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT EACH EVENT, TO DEFRAY THE COSTS OF AN EVENT VENUE, REFRESHMENTS, AND/OR VIDEOGRAPHY. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT EACHEVENT BE FREE OF COST AND OPEN TO ANYONE. DURING 2019, EVENTS WERE HELD IN VADODARA, INDIA LAHORE, PAKISTAN THIMPHU, BHUTAN MEDELLIN, COLUMBIA BOGOTA, COLUMBIA AND LUANDA, ANGOLA. TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTENDEES ACROSS ALL 6 EVENTS WAS APPROXIMATELY 100.
WORDPRESS FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT, IN THE FORM OF ANNUAL GRANTS, TO NON-PROFITS WITH MISSIONS SUPPORTING OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS AND BENEFITTING MINORITY AND UNDERPRIVELEDGED GROUPS
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Matt Mullenweg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Ghosh | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Chele Chiavacci Farley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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