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+title: "Sugar Labs announces nonprofit status, new executive director"
+date: 2024-05-08
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+[PDF](/press/Sugar-Labs-nonprofit-announcement.pdf)
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+**CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA -- May 8, 2024 -- Sugar Labs today announced its
+  501(c)(3) nonprofit status as well as its pick for executive
+  director, long-time contributor Devin Ulibarri.**
+
+## Sugar Labs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
+
+In 2019, the Sugar Labs oversight board [voted to incorporate as its
+own entity][1] and apply for nonprofit status. After that vote, the
+members of the board began efforts to leave the [Software Freedom
+Conservancy][2], incorporate as Sugar Labs Inc., and applied for 501(c)(3)
+nonprofit status. In the spring of 2021, Sugar Labs Inc. was granted
+nonprofit status from the IRS.
+
+[1]: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2019-05-03
+[2]: https://sfconservancy.org/
+
+## Devin Ulibarri hired as executive director
+
+In January 2024, the board agreed to hire long-time Sugar Labs
+contributor Devin Ulibarri as their first full-time executive
+director. Prior to stepping into this role, he worked as the outreach
+& communications coordinator for the [Free Software Foundation
+(FSF)][3].
+
+Ulibarri has been a part of the Sugar Labs community for ten
+years, primarily working together with Walter Bender on [Music Blocks][4]
+development. Devin has been an advocate of the work and philosophy of
+Sugar Labs, giving talks and leading workshops internationally. As a
+former board member, he also played a major role in helping the
+organization achieve its current nonprofit status.
+
+[3]: https://fsf.org
+[4]: {{ site.baseurl }}/music-blocks
+
+Of the hiring, Sugar Labs board member and founder Walter Bender said,
+"Devin is a dedicated colleague, with deep roots in both Free/Libre
+Software and the pedagogy of Constructionism. We're thrilled to have
+Devin in this new role." Ulibarri responded: "I'm excited to serve
+within this capacity, to help Sugar Labs grow to bring all of its good
+work to more teachers, parents, and students across the US and,
+ultimately, around the globe."
+
+## Current leadership
+
+The [officers][5] of Sugar Labs Inc. are currently: Devin Ulibarri,
+executive director; Claudia Urrea, treasurer; and Walter Bender,
+secretary. The [current board][5] is Samson Goddy, Lionel Laské,
+Claudia Urrea, Walter Bender, and Alex Perez.
+
+[5]: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board
+
+## About Sugar Labs
+
+Sugar Labs® is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a
+global mission to create educational opportunities in technology to
+youth around the world. Volunteer mentors and contributors work
+together to develop activity-focused software for children. All
+software is developed with learning as the primary goal, necessitating
+the need for source code to be published publicly for study, licensed
+under a Free/Libre license for explicit permission to share and remix,
+and openly worked upon within a community where students are invited
+to make contributions, under guidance of experienced mentors.
+Donations to support the work of Sugar Labs can be made at
+<https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate>.