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Apply for Crowdfunding

You can submit an application to receive financial support from organizations and individuals to grow your community. Submitted applications are reviewed by The Linux Foundation before they're published and visible on the Crowdfunding platform. Projects are reviewed based on the following factors:

Open source status - projects must be 100% open source
Community-wide adoption
Alignment with The Linux Foundation’s support of open source initiative

Submission Guidelines

Consider the following submission guidelines before you apply:

GitHub Project and Git Project:
- Your project is 100% open source, has more than one active contributor, and is not backed solely by a single company
- Your project has at least 100 stars on GitHub (or a comparable rating on other Git-based sources)
- You own the public Git-based repository
- You are responsible for project communications
- You will be responsible for managing payments from project funds
- You can determine fundraising goals
Events and Travel Funds:
- You are responsible for fund communications
- You will be responsible for managing payments from the funds
- You can determine fundraising goals

Submit an Application

Important: The application includes information about you and your project; provide this information if you are authorized to provide it on behalf of your project.

Sign in to Crowdfunding.
Click Apply from the navigation bar, and then select an option.

Add GitHub Project
Add Git Project
Add a Project for Security Audit
Add General Fund
Add Event
Add a Travel Fund

Add a GitHub Project

The Linux Foundation requires access to your code repository to support security vulnerability scanning.

Keep these items ready before you begin:

The project ID for your Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Badge Program
The URL for your code of conduct (the rules of behavior for the members of that group or organization)
A logo file that represents your project in JPG, PNG, or SVG format with a maximum size of 2 MB
A list of names and email addresses of the individuals who will benefit from working on the project

Sign in to Crowdfunding.
Click Apply and select ADD GITHUB PROJECT.
Select your repository and Authorize LFX Crowdfunding to read-only access to your GitHub account.
Select the repository that you want to use and click Next.
Complete the project application form; red asterisks indicate the required fields.
Click Submit Application.
(Optional) Click My Projects tab to view your pending project.

Note: You can edit your project at any time. Select the project you **** that you want to update, and click Edit Project.

Add a Git Project

Linux Foundation requires access to your code repository to support security vulnerability scanning.

Keep these items ready before you begin, although they are not required:

The project ID for your Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Badge Program
The URL for your code of conduct (the rules of behavior for the members of that group or organization)
A logo file that represents your project in JPG, PNG, SVG format with a maximum size of 2 MB
A list of names and email addresses of the individuals who will benefit from working on the project

Sign in to Crowdfunding.
Click Apply from top right of the page, **** and **** Select ADD GIT PROJECT.
Complete a project application form; red asterisks indicate required fields.
Click Submit Application.
(Optional) Click My Projects tab to view your pending project.

You can edit your project at any time. Select the project that you want to update, and click Edit Project.

Add a Project for Security Audit

You can submit an application to Open Source Technology Improvement Fund(OSTIF) through Crowdfunding. OSTIF reviews your application, and if approved, it determines the funding goal amount for your project, post which you must add the funding goal in the respective field as shown in the Security Audit Application form.

Sign in to Crowdfunding.
Click Apply and select ADD SECURITY AUDIT.
Complete the security audit application form. Red asterisks indicate required fields.
Click Submit Application.
(Optional) Click My Projects tab to view your pending project.

You can edit your project at any time. Select the project that you want to update, and click Edit Project.

Add General Fund

You can submit an application to raise funds for any initiative for an open source project. In the application, add individuals' (beneficiaries) details who you want to sponsor. These beneficiaries will receive an invitation from Expensify (an expense management application)to submit reimbursements for their travel expenses.

Keep these items ready before you begin:

A logo file that represents your organization in JPG, PNG, SVG format with a maximum size of 2 MB
A list of names and email addresses for the individuals who you want to benefit from the fund

Sign in to Crowdfunding.
Click Apply and select ADD GENERAL FUND.
Complete the General Fund form. Red asterisks indicate required fields.
Click Submit Application.
(Optional) Click My Projects tab to view your pending project.

You can edit your project at any time. Select the project you want to update, and click Edit Project.

Add an Event

Have these items handy before you begin:

A logo file that represents the event in JPG, PNG, SVG format with a maximum size of 2 MB
A list of the names and email addresses for the individuals who you want to benefit from the fund

Sign in to Crowdfunding.
Click Apply and select ADD EVENT.
Complete the event application form. Red asterisks indicate required fields.
Click Submit Application.
(Optional) Click My Projects tab to view your event pending for approval. Note: You can edit your event at any time. Select the event that you want to update, and click Edit Event.

Add a Travel Fund