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Crowdfunding makes it easy for individuals and organizations to donate, providing a neutral and trusted platform managed by the Linux Foundation. Projects receive 100% of donations and manage their own funds.
Browse through projects to learn about their fundraising goals, donations, expenses, and security vulnerabilities.
Project Maintainers can submit an application for financial support from individuals and companies to grow their open source communities. The donations help projects pay developers for their contributions, sponsor project related meetups, or other project expenses, such as documentation or marketing.
Project administrators can also apply to have their projects offer a mentorship program to help aspiring developers learn while they contribute to their open source project. Projects can utilize raised funds to pay mentee stipends and provide travel funds for events and project summits.
Backers and sponsors donate money to open source community projects and events.
Backers are individuals who donate a minimum of $5.
Sponsors are companies that donate a minimum of $200.
Designated beneficiaries get reimbursed for their work efforts by submitting expenses via Expensify Reports.
You can participate by applying and submitting your open source project, project related travel fund or event to raise money through crowdfunding, as well as by donating to projects, and sponsoring events and travel funds.
You must have an LF SSO account to sign in to crowdfunding to participate. For Sign In details, view sign in to your account. Note: If you already have an LF SSO account, you can sign in using your SSO credentials.
As an individual/project administrator, **** you can submit an application to list your category on crowdfunding and raise funds for your Git-based open source project. After your fund is approved by the Linux Foundation, it will be publicly visible on the crowdfunding dashboard. You can also apply for event crowdfunding or travel funds by submitting an Event Application Form or a Travel Fund application form.
As an individual you can donate to projects and/or travel fund, and sponsor events. For details, see Donate as an Individual, and Sponsor Events.
As an organization you can donate to projects and/or travel funds, and sponsor events. For details, see Donate as an Organization, and Sponsor Events.
Events page displays the project related events that are organized for specific reasons. You can to the events that you want to support, and also to attend an event.
Navigate to .
From tab, select an event to navigate to the event's dashboard.
Select one of the following tabs to view details:
The overview shows some or all of the following items depending on the data that is available:
View an example of an event overview section:
Dashboard shows various aspects of the event.
View an example of an event dashboard section:
The Financial tab lists all transactions with details in chronological order. Click the icon beside Fees to see the see distribution of applicable fees.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Donations
The amount of money that has been donated to the project.
Expenses
The amount of money spent or costs incurred for the project, which indicate the cost of doing business.
Event Sponsorship Distribution
Shows how the event funds are distributed and their dollar amount.
Goals Breakdown
The financial goal and progress towards it by individual goal.
Recent Transactions
Lists recorded financial transactions in chronological order. Click View all transactions to see a log of transactions.
View Website
Opens the associated website.
Location
The location of the event..
Dates
The start date and end date of the event.
Register
Click Register to register for the event.
Sponsor
Click Sponsor to donate to the event.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Sponsor Organizations
The logos of companies that sponsor the project.
To view more information about a project, including its financials:
Navigate to Crowdfunding.
From Projects tab, select a project to navigate to the project's dashboard.
This section includes the following information depending on the available data:
forks
The number of repository copies. Forking a repository lets developers propose changes to another project or use another project as a starting point for an idea.
stars
The number of developers who saved the project repository to their list of Starred Repos. Stars indicate popularity in that developers like or want to follow a repository.
issues
The number of bugs, enhancements, or other requests in a repository. The number of issues can indicate the activity in a project.
View Repository
Opens the project repository in GitHub.
View Site
Opens the associated website.
Donate
View Mentorship
Lets you toggle to Mentorship platform to view mentorship program details for the project.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Sponsor Organizations
The logos of companies that sponsor the project.
Code of Conduct
Following is an example of a project overview section:
The Dashboard tab includes the following project details:
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Donations
The amount of money that has been donated to the project.
Expenses
The amount of money spent or costs incurred for the project, which indicate the cost of doing business.
Project Funding Distribution
Shows how project funds are distributed and their dollar amount
Goals Breakdown
Shows the annual financial goal and progress towards it by individual goal.
Stacks
Security Report
Mentorship Program
This section is displayed only when the project in enrolled to mentorship program. Click View Mentorship to view mentorship program details.
Recent Transactions
Lists recorded financial transactions in chronological order. Click View all transactions to see a log of transactions.
Funding is integrated with Security and Stacks. You can view additional details about the project based on these integrated services. For more information, see Integrated Services for a Project.
The Financial tab lists all transactions with details in chronological order. Click the icon next to Fees to see the see distribution of applicable fees.
Travel Funds provide financial assistance to need-based individuals for travel expenses such as travel to a Linux Foundation conference or an open source project-related technical summit. You can donate to the travel funds that you want to support.
Navigate to Crowdfunding.
From Travels Funds tab, and select a travel fund to navigate to the dashboard.
The overview shows some or all of the following items depending on the data that is available.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Sponsor Organizations
The logos of the companies that sponsor the project.
Visit Website
Opens the associated website.
Donate
View an example of a travel fund overview section:
The Dashboard shows various aspects of the fund depending on the data that is available.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Donations
The amount of money that has been donated to the project.
Expenses
The amount of money spent or costs incurred for the project, which indicate the cost of doing business.
Travel Fund Funding Distribution
Shows how meet-up funds are distributed and their dollar amounts.
Goals Breakdown
The financial goal and progress towards it by individual goal.
Recent Transactions
Lists recorded financial transactions in chronological order. Click View all transactions to see a log of transactions in the Financial tab.
View an example of a travel fund dashboard section:
The Financial tab lists all transactions with details in chronological order.
View an example of a travel fund financial tab section:
Security Audit page displays the projects that are currently enrolled for security audit performed by .
Navigate to .
From tab, select a project to navigate to the project's dashboard.
Select one of the following tabs to view details:
The overview shows some or all of the following items depending on the data that is available:
Dashboard shows various aspects of the project.
The Financial tab lists all transactions with details in chronological order. Click the icon next to Fees to see the see distribution of applicable fees.
Integrated services for a project lets you see additional information about a project.
Note: Integrated services are not available for Events and Travel Funds.
To view integrated services:
Navigate to .
From tab, select a project to navigate to the project's dashboard.
Funding integrates with the following independent Linux Foundation services:
Note: Integrated service is displayed on a project dashboard if the project is enrolled for the service.
Stacks shows the total number of companies and users with their company logos and profile images as well as company and individual apps the project uses as part of their stack. It gives an overview about the adoption of the project, and its impact across the industry at large.
Security provides a scanning service to detect vulnerabilities in your project by severity of vulnerabilities discovered in the project repositories. Hover mouse over a severity level to log in to Security and view details.
Click Donate to to the project.
CII Badge
A CII Badge indicated that a project participates in the .
Link to the project's code of conduct. If the project doesn't have its own code of conduct, the link will default to code of conduct.
Shows crowd-sourced usage metrics about the project. For details, see .
Shows the security report card for the project. For details, see .
Click Donate to to a travel fund.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Donations
The amount of money that has been donated to the project.
Expenses
The amount of money spent or costs incurred for the project, which indicate the cost of doing business.
Recent Transactions
Lists recorded financial transactions in chronological order. Click View all transactions to see a log of transactions.
Donate
Click Donate to donate to the project.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Sponsor Organizations
The logos of companies that sponsor the project.
View Repository
Opens the project repository in GitHub.
View Website
Opens the associated website.
A CII Badge indicated that a project participates in the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Badge Program.
Code of Conduct
Link to the project's code of conduct. If the project doesn't have its own code of conduct, the link will default to Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
General Funds page displays the project initiatives that are currently submitted for raising funds.
Navigate to Crowdfunding.
From General Funds tab, select a project to navigate to the project's dashboard.
The overview shows some or all of the following items depending on the data that is available:
Donate
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Sponsor Organizations
The logos of companies that sponsor the project.
View Website
Opens the associated website.
Dashboard shows various aspects of the project.
Current Balance
The total amount of funds available in the account.
Donations
The amount of money that has been donated to the project.
Expenses
The amount of money spent or costs incurred for the project, which indicate the cost of doing business.
Recent Transactions
Lists recorded financial transactions in chronological order. Click View all transactions to see a log of transactions.
The Financial tab lists all transactions with details in chronological order. Click the icon next to Fees to see the see distribution of applicable fees.
You can donate/sponsor the open source projects or events that you want to support. Donating/Sponsoring lets you:
Provide financial support to the projects that make up critical parts of your technology stack
Get public recognition for funding the project community
Ensure transparency as to how funds are being spent
Before donating, please ensure you meet the following criteria:
Compliance with Laws:
You must be able to donate under the applicable laws and regulations.
Sanctioned Countries:
You must not reside in a country or jurisdiction subject to sanctions programs, where the donation would be prohibited under applicable laws.
If you're donating on behalf of an organization, please note:
Authorization Required: You must have authorization from the organization to make a donation.
Before donating, please take note of the following:
Tax-Deductibility: Donations to The Linux Foundation are not tax-deductible under United States federal taxation laws unless otherwise specified.
Transparency: A record of each donation will be retained indefinitely and made public in the project's ledger.
Funding Options: You can fund on a one-time or recurring monthly basis.
Here's what you need to know about fees:
Underwriting: The Linux Foundation will cover all platform fees for the first USD 10M donated to projects, plus any fees charged by third-party payment processors.
Subsequent Donations: For donations above $10M, a 5% platform fee will be applied, plus any fee charged by the third-party payment processor.
To ensure a smooth donation process, please be aware:
Donation Records: A record of each donation will be retained indefinitely and made public in the project's ledger.
Platform Fees: Fees will be applied as described above.
You cannot raise a fund or donate until you give your consent by checking the checkbox that you are not from the restricted countries.
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.
Each crowdfunding card is visible on both Crowdfunding and Mentorship for the following reason:
Financial Information The Crowdfunding platform displays a project's financial information, including the total amount of funds donated to the project and how the funds are distributed.
Mentorship Program By offering paid mentorships, projects are able to provide mentees with opportunities to learn from experienced open source contributors as a segue to get internship and job opportunities after successful completion of the mentorship program.
You can toggle between Crowdfunding and Mentorship to gain an insight into the project's financial and mentorship details.
**To toggle between Crowdfunding and Mentorship:**
Select a project you would like to view.
From Crowdfunding project details page, click on View Mentorship CTA, and vice versa, from mentorship program details page, click on View Crowdfunding CTA.
You can 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
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
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.
Click Apply from the navigation bar, and then select an option.
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
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
to .
Click Apply from top right of the page, **** and **** Select ADD GIT PROJECT.
Complete a ; 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.
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, or SVG format with a maximum size of 2 MB
A list of names and email addresses of the individuals who you want to benefit from the fund
to .
Click Apply and select ADD GENERAL FUND.
Complete the . 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.
You can submit an application to (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 form.
to .
Click Apply and select ADD SECURITY AUDIT.
Complete the . 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.
Have these items handy 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
to .
Click Apply and select ADD TRAVEL FUND.
Complete the . Red asterisks indicate required fields.
Click Submit Application.
(Optional) Click My Projects tab to view your pending project. Note: You can edit your fund at any time. Select the fund that you want to update and click Edit Fund.
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
to .
Click Apply and select ADD EVENT.
Complete the . 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.
CII badge field
Click Donate to to the project.
to .