The Linux Foundation today published their 2025 Annual Report where they offer a glimpse into the finances of the organization for this year.
The Linux Foundation Annual Report is largely used for highlighting their various accomplishments and announcements for the year. In 2025 the Linux Foundation launched the Agentic AI Foundation, the open-source Newton engine was contributed to the Linux Foundation, Essedum 1.0 released for AI-native network apps, The Developer Relations Foundation was formed, the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers Fund was launched by Google and the Linux Foundation, and more.
The Linux Foundation 2025 Annual Report also offers a look into their finances for the year. The Linux Foundation forecasts revenues of over $310 million USD for 2025. They are anticipating gross revenue to be around $311,343,021 for the year thanks to $133M in membership dues and donations, $83M in project services, $29M in training and certification courses, and $58M from event sponsorships and registrations.
Meanwhile they are forecasting expenses to be around $299M for the year. That comes from $193M in project support, $18M in corporate operations, $6.7M for the Linux Kernel Project, $22M for project infrastructure, $23M in training, and more.
This $310M in revenue is a nice jump from the $292M in revenue during 2024 while having $299M in expenses. Or back in 2023 was $262M in revenue with $269M in expenses. As far as I know, this has been the first time for the Linux Foundation to break 300 million USD in revenue in a calendar year.
Those wanting to view the 2025 Linux Foundation Annual Report in full can find it on LinuxFoundation.org.
