People everywhere aspire to improve their lives, support their families, and contribute to their communities. But often, achieving this can seem impossible. The GitLab Foundation is investing in people, and accelerating ways for individuals to gain the skills and opportunities they need to succeed. As people thrive, so will their communities and economies.
The GitLab Foundation was formed by GitLab, Inc. as part of its mission to enable everyone to contribute. The company leadership felt it was important to support organizations that could further this goal on a global scale. When GitLab, Inc. [went public](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/being-a-public-company/#:~:text=GitLab began trading on the,part of realizing our mission.) in October 2021, it dedicated 1% of its shares to further this aim. The Foundation was officially launched in September 2022.
We are an entirely remote organization (incorporated in California) and operate on a global scale. The Foundation is an independent nonprofit entity.
GitLab Foundation’s mission is to improve people’s lifetime earnings through access to opportunities.
Our vision is a world in which one million more people can afford a better life.
We take an ROI-centric approach: our North Star is to drive at least $100 in additional lifetime earnings for every $1 we invest, or to double an individual’s lifetime income for less than $1,000.
We take impact prediction and measurement seriously, as we believe it holds us accountable to achieving results and encourages ambitious proposals from our partners. We invest in understanding how our financing is helping us to reach our goals, both to improve our own efforts and to share what we’re learning with the broader field.