The Symbian Foundation is a non-profit organisation with an operational budget provided by the phone manufacturer companies which are member of the board.
See http://www.symbian.org/about-us/legal-stuff/legal-faqs
Q: What companies are members of the board?
A: The initial members are Nokia Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, AT&T Mobility LLC NTT DoCoMo, Inc Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc ST Microelectronics NV Texas Instruments, Incorporated and Vodafone Group Services Limited.
Q: Are the Symbian Foundation board members also the funding members?
A: The foundation operating expenses are shared equally among the three device manufacturers on the board.
The info in this later answer is however outdated though, since by joining the foundation, Fujitsu became the 4th manufacturer in the board so the operational expenses are now split among the 4 companies.
See http://www.symbian.org/about-us/legal-stuff/legal-faqs
Q: What companies are members of the board?
A: The initial members are Nokia Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, AT&T Mobility LLC NTT DoCoMo, Inc Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc ST Microelectronics NV Texas Instruments, Incorporated and Vodafone Group Services Limited.
Q: Are the Symbian Foundation board members also the funding members?
A: The foundation operating expenses are shared equally among the three device manufacturers on the board.
The info in this later answer is however outdated though, since by joining the foundation, Fujitsu became the 4th manufacturer in the board so the operational expenses are now split among the 4 companies.