SCHEDULE O
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2019
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
GNOME Foundation Inc
 
Employer identification number

04-3572618
Return Reference Explanation
Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services We created a challenge with some grant money. It is a competition to come up with an actionable plan to engage and retain developers in free software.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders Members of the Foundation elect the Board of Directors. In addition, changes to the bylaws require a vote from the membership.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form is sent via email to the Board of Directors and Executive Director for review. Advice and guidance on key areas provided to Board of Directors to aid review.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Policy is reviewed annually by the Board of Directors, with a report on conflicts that arose and actions that have been taken to prevent a conflict of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board of Directors established a Compensation Committee. This committee obtains annual figures to benchmark the salary of the ED and other Key Staff against comparable roles in other similar organizations; no less than annually, agrees the Executive Director's high-level goals with them and their line manager; assesses the ED's performance against these goals, in line with the Foundation's normal employee processes wherever possible; makes recommendations to the board for the salary of the ED and other Key Staff; and maintains detailed records of what data was used to arrive at these decisions and the people involved. The Board of Directors takes the recommendations to decide on the compensation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available All documents are available onwiki.gnome.org. Financial statements are published publicly in an annual report.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2019


Additional Data


Software ID: 19009920
Software Version: 2019v5.0