[srvmshr]

A user like me would be willing to idea of some monthly donation when Mozilla restructures its expenses.

If memory serves right, the biggest slice of expenses were in C-level compensations & shortlived pet projects. The organization has to focus on growing a cadre of good engineers and product teams for their core offerings (just like the ones who rewrote large chunks of Netscape code into a fledgling Firefox ~22y ago).

One can't be expected to donate just to eventually subsidize a penthouse purchase for the CEO or their swanky McLaren.

[ryandrake]

You can look at their most recent annual report[1].

Their total expenses were ~$40M, and their CEO made over $6M in compensation. So out of a $100 donation, $16 goes directly into the CEO's pocket.

The total compensation for their top 10 employees is close to $10M. They all are President of this and VP of that and Director of thus--my strong guess is none of them write Firefox code. So $24 of your $100 go into their pockets.

1: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2024/b200-mozilla-fo...

[altairprime]

This link is a tax form for the Foundation, which doesn’t do any development on Firefox at all. So, 0% of all donations would go towards Firefox, even after your proposal.

[sshine]

I’ve tolerated them being in the gray zone for years with their neglect of Firefox. After their latest stunt they’re out for me. I would not donate to an org that openly neglects a social responsibility of this magnitude.