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Filing year 2023

RUST FOUNDATION

Dover, Delaware·EIN 85-4376974·6
Total revenue
$2.5M
Total assets
$3.7M
Total expenses
$3.1M
Reported officers
22
Mission

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE RUST FOUNDATION IS TO: (A) SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE RUST PROJECT, WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPER OF THE RUST PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, (B) SUPPORT THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT, AND SECURITY OF THE RUST PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE AND OTHER PROJECTS SUPPORTING THE RUST LANGUAGE AND THE BROADER RUST ECOSYSTEM; (C) CULTIVATE THE RUST PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS AND USER COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING BY PRODUCING EVENTS; (D) MANAGE THE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERLYING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUST; (E) MANAGE AND STEWARD THE RUST TRADEMARK AND OTHER ASSETS OF THE FOUNDATION; AND (F) UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE APPROPRIATE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES AND ACHIEVE THE GOALS SET FORTH ABOVE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Security Engineer
highest compensated employee
$278k
$304k
Director of Technology
highest compensated employee
$258k
$281k
Director of Marketing/communications
highest compensated employee
$150k
$164k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 19 unpaid individuals.

Climbed 153%
over 2 years

From $110k in 2021 to $278k in 2023.

$110k
2021
$184k
2022
$278k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 123% in real terms$136k to $304k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

RUST FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.1M
$626k
2021
$2.8M
$1.9M
2022
$2.5M
$3.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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