Creative Commons
Non-profit-organization creating copyright licenses for the public release of creative works
- Founded
- January 15, 2001
- Founded by
- Headquarters
- Mountain View
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Sources- 1.creativecommons.org/about/contact/
- 2.fsf.org/news/2008_free_software_awardsRetrieved 2017-07-19
- Mountain View
- Country
- CEO
- Ryan Merkley(2014–2019)
- , Catherine Stihler(2020–2024)
- , Anna Tumadóttir(since 2024)
- Employees
- 147
- Revenue
- $4.89M(2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Nonprofit Explorer“Creative Commons Corporation - Nonprofit Explorer”projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43585301Retrieved 2025-08-31
- , $7.66M(2022)
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- , $9.85M(2021)
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- +10 more
- $4.89M(2023)
- Total assets
- $11M(2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Nonprofit Explorer“Creative Commons Corporation - Nonprofit Explorer”projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43585301Retrieved 2025-08-31
- , $12.5M(2022)
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- , $9.58M(2021)
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- +10 more
- $11M(2023)
Overview
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158 statements · 51% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Website account on
- identi.ca website username or id: creativecommons
- Awards
- Open Publishing Awards(2021)
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Sources- 1.openpublishingawards.org/results/2021/index.htmlRetrieved 2021-12-10
- FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit(March 24, 2009)
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- Prix Ars Electronica(2007)
- Open Publishing Awards(2021)
- Motto text
- Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
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Sources- 1.“Mission and Vision - Creative Commons”creativecommons.org/about/mission-and-vision/Retrieved 2025-04-27
- Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
- Search formatter URL
- https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/?search=$1&page=1&search_fields=title&search_fields=creator&search_fields=tags&per_page=20&work_types=photos&providers=500px&providers=flickr&work_types=cultural&providers=europeana&providers=met&providers=nypl&providers=rijksmuseum
- Legal form
- nonprofit organization criterion used: 501(c)(3) organization
- Short name
- CC
- 🅭
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Sources- 1.“The Unicode Standard Now Includes CC License Symbols”creativecommons.org/2020/03/18/the-unicode-standard-now-includes-cc-license-symbols/
- Social media followers
- 7,680(April 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCTwECeGqMZee77BjdoYtI2Q
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- 533,326(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17462723
- 3,010(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: creativecommons@mastodon.social
- 2,947(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: creativecommons@mastodon.social
- 2,816(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: creativecommons@mastodon.social
- 539,255(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17462723
- 552,378(January 1, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17462723
- 604,526(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17462723
- 7,680(April 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCTwECeGqMZee77BjdoYtI2Q
- Member of
- Communia
- Open Source Initiative(July 2023)
- Open Education Global
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Sources- 1.web.archive.org/web/20230322221352/https://www.oeglobal.org/about-us/members-list/Retrieved 2023-03-22
- UNESCO Global Open Science Partnership
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Sources- 1.en.unesco.org/science-sustainable-future/open-science/partnershipRetrieved 2022-06-30
- Re:Create Coalition
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- Open Heritage Coalition
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Sources- 1.web.archive.org/web/20260421132103/https://openheritagestatement.org/aboutRetrieved 2026-04-21
- Donations
- $4.51M(2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Nonprofit Explorerprojects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43585301Retrieved 2025-08-31
- $7.33M(2022)
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- $9.51M(2021)
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- $718,244(2020)
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- $2.74M(2019)
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Sources- 1.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11730&oldpageRetrieved 2022-01-29
- $1.78M(2018)
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- $1.48M(2017)
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- $12.6M(2016)
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- $1.71M(2015)
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- $2.91M(2014)
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- $4.23M(2013)
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- $1.08M(2012)
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- $9.74M(2011)
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- $4.51M(2023)
- Unicode character
- 🅭
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Sources- 1.“The Unicode Standard Now Includes CC License Symbols”creativecommons.org/2020/03/18/the-unicode-standard-now-includes-cc-license-symbols/
- 🅭
- Official name
- Creative Commons
- Phone number
- +1-415-429-6753
- Funder
- Open Society Foundations(2022) prize money: $200,000 · award rationale: to provide general support
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Sources- 1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2022-85288Retrieved 2025-01-21
- Open Society Foundations(2021) prize money: $250,000 · award rationale: to provide funding for a planning grant to create a global campaign to make climate change and biodiversity research openly available
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Sources- 1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2021-82412Retrieved 2025-01-21
- Open Society Foundations(2019) prize money: $10,000 · award rationale: to support the copyright reform track at the CC Global Summit
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Sources- 1.“Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships”opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2019-61008Retrieved 2025-01-21
- Open Society Foundations(2022) prize money: $200,000 · award rationale: to provide general support
On other databases
52 identifiers linking Creative Commons across the web's reference databases
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID14609270n
- Bing entity IDfbdecc88-d013-be8b-2de8-061c51678fd5
- Bluesky handlecreativecommons.bsky.social
- Charity Navigator ID (obsolete)11730
- Crunchbase organization IDcreative-commons
- Dictionary of Archives Terminology IDcreative-commons
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDtopic/Creative-Commons
- EU Corporate body codeCC
- EU Transparency Register ID15262256432-95
- Facebook usernamecreativecommons
- Fandom article IDlogos:Creative_Commons
- FilmPolski ID58914
- Freebase ID/m/0drb3
- GitHub accountcreativecommons
- GND ID7565402-7
- Google News topics IDCAAqJQgKIh9DQkFTRVFvSUwyMHZNR1J5WWpNU0JYQjBMVUpTS0FBUAE
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDCreative_Commons
- GRID IDgrid.497299.8
- IdRef ID158278895
- Instagram usernamecreativecommons
- Interwiki prefix at Wikimediacreativecommonswiki
- IRS Employer Identification Number04-3585301
- ISNI0000000460859474
- J9U entity ID987013316714705171
- Journalistikon.de IDcreative-commons
- Lex IDCreative_Commons
- Library of Congress Authorities IDnr2004036403
- LibraryThing author IDcreativecommons
- LinkedIn company or organization IDcreative-commons
- LittleSis organization ID43470
- Mastodon addresscreativecommons@mastodon.social
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID47089
- National Library of Korea IDKAB201729528
- NE.se IDcreative-commons
- NL CR AUT IDkn20080413020
- Open Library IDOL7819803A
- Open Library subject IDcreative_commons_(organization)
- RationalWiki IDCreative_Commons
- ROR ID02ed4cj64
- Scilit organization ID87110
- Subredditcreativecommons
- Threads usernamecreativecommons
- UIA Open Yearbook organization website ID1100037206
- VIAF cluster ID152808990
- Vikidia article IDes:Creative_Commons
- WikiKids IDCreative_Commons
- WorldCat Entities IDE39QH7JmpKK73PBRGKfpHYWwRg
- X (Twitter) usernamecreativecommons
- Yale LUX IDgroup/2bf3bca2-6a14-4809-81c4-c54a04360269
- YouTube channel IDUCTwECeGqMZee77BjdoYtI2Q
- YouTube handlecreativecommons
- Zhihu topic ID19592078
