Who we are
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international public-interest non-profit organization where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Founded by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and led by President & CEO Seth Dobbs and a Board of Directors, the Web Consortium's Read the W3C history
W3C Community
W3C's global standards constitute the toolkit for web solutions that scale, enabling innovators to solve hard problems, providing the proper foundations to meet requirements for accessibility, internationalization, privacy, and security on the web.
Standards that meet the varied needs of society are created not by one company but through the work of the Web Consortium community:
- Members: More than 350 Members from around the world lead the development and implementation of standards.
- Staff: W3C is a public-interest non-profit organization whose revenues come primarily from Membership dues. These and some grants support a staff of about 50 people who are direct employees or employees of W3C Partners (former Hosts): ERCIM (Europe), Keio University (Japan), Beihang University (China).
- Developers: Over 14,700 developers worldwide participate in the standards development.
"The Web is humanity connected by technology."
W3C standard development process
The proven standards development process upheld at the Web Consortium promotes fairness and enables progress.
Our standards work is accomplished in the open, under the mission.
Funding model
W3C sources of revenue include: