# OpenStreetMap Foundation

id: ent_openstreetmap-foundation  
wikidata: Q6542248  
kind: organization  
timeline: /timelines/openstreetmap-foundation.md  
page: /record/openstreetmap-foundation  

non-profit foundation aiming to support and enable the development of freely reusable geospatial data

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Craig Allan | valid 2024-11-14 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13157, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13270#Voting_for_Chairperson, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Craig Allan | valid 2024-11-14 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13157, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13270#Voting_for_Chairperson, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11
- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Guillaume Rischard | valid 2021-12-15 to 2024-11-14 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md) | [clm_1B2B8920D6B7](/claim/clm_1B2B8920D6B7.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/12327, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13157, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2021-12
- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Allan Phillip Mustard | valid 2019-12-23 to 2021-12-15 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_1B2B8920D6B7](/claim/clm_1B2B8920D6B7.md) | [clm_6176DDD46A01](/claim/clm_6176DDD46A01.md)
  sources: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-August/008084.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2019-12, https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board_Member_Bios, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/2220689
- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Steve Coast | valid 2006-01-01 to 2012-09-08 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6176DDD46A01](/claim/clm_6176DDD46A01.md) | [clm_34B3C875B16C](/claim/clm_34B3C875B16C.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/12/Minutes, https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/91, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM09/Election_to_Board

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