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World Wide Web Foundation

Not to be confused with the World Wide Web Consortium or the unrelated Open Web Foundation.

World Wide Web Foundation
FormationNovember 17, 2009 (2009-11-17)
Founder
Founded atWashington, D.C.
DefunctSeptember 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)
Type501(c)(3), charitable organization
26-2852431[1]
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Location
Key people
Websitewebfoundation.org

The World Wide Web Foundation, also known as the Web Foundation, was a US-based international nonprofit organization advocating for a free and open web for everyone. It was cofounded by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and Rosemary Leith.[2] Announced in September 2008[3] in Washington, D.C., the Web Foundation launched operations in November 2009 at the Internet Governance Forum.[4]

The Web Foundation aims to expand global internet access and ensure the web is a safe, empowering platform for everyone to use freely and beneficially.[5] One of its former board members was Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.[6]

On 27th September 2024, Tim Berners-Lee announced that the World Wide Web Foundation was shutting down,[7] which was also announced on their home page.[8]

  1. ^ "Ways to Give". World Wide Web Foundation. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Craig. "Internet founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee to deliver prestigious Adam Smith Lecture in Fife". The Courier. March 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Warning sounded on web's future". September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ Staff, Ars (November 17, 2009). "Tim Berners-Lee launches "WWW Foundation" at IGF 2009". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Delivering Digital Equality: The Web Foundation's 2017 – 2022 Strategy". World Wide Web Foundation. February 10, 2017. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Gordon's Future: Ex-PM Reveals His Big Plans, Sky News, September 2, 2010
  7. ^ Berners-Lee, Tim (September 27, 2024). "An Update on the Future of the Web Foundation" (PDF). World Wide Web Foundation.
  8. ^ "World Wide Web Foundation".

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