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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.
View an example of a travel fund overview section:
The Dashboard shows various aspects of the fund depending on the data that is available.
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:
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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
Click Donate to donate 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.
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.
Events page displays the project related events that are organized for specific reasons. You can donate to the events that you want to support, and also register to attend an event.
Navigate to Crowdfunding.
From Events tab, select an event to navigate to the event's dashboard.
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.
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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.
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.
Dashboard gives an overview of projects, events, travel funds, security audits, and general funds of Crowdfunding.
Go to Crowdfunding.
Navigate to tabs, such as Projects, Events, Travel Funds, Security Audits (OSTIF), General Funds, and to learn more about each.
Sign in to manage your crowdfunding account
Projects tab includes Git-based projects. Each project card shows the following information:
Project name and logo - click on the project title/logo to navigate to project details page
Tags - technologies the project is associated with
Funds Raised - total funds raised so far
Goal - total funding goal for the project
Funds Distributed - total expenses so far
Sponsors - images of sponsors (Individuals and Organizations) for the project
Donate - Click to donate funds to the project they want to support
Events tab shows events, such as forums or conferences. Each event card shows the following information:
Event name and logo - click on the event title/logo to navigate to event details page
Tags - technologies the event is associated with
Dates - beginning and end dates of the event
Funds Raised - total amount of funds raised for the event
Location - **** the place where the event takes place
Sponsors - images of sponsors (Individuals and Organizations) for the event
Sponsor - Click to sponsor events they want to support
Register - Click to register for an event they want to attend
Travel Funds includes diversity and need-based travel funding. Each travel fund card shows the following information:
Travel Fund name and logo - click on the travel fund title/logo to navigate to travel fund details page
Tags - technologies the travel related event or meet-up is associated with.
Dates - start date and end date of the meet up or event
Funds Raised - total funds raised so far
Sponsors - images of sponsors (Individuals and Organizations) for the travel fund.
Funds Distributed - total expenses so far for the event
Donate - Click to donate to travel funds they want to support
Security Audits (OSTF) tab includes projects that applied for a security audit performed by Open Source Technology Improvement Fund. Each Security Audit card shows the following information:
Project name and logo - click on the project title/logo to navigate to security audit details page
Tags - technologies the project is associated with
Funds Raised - total funds raised so far
Goal - **** total funding goal for the project
Sponsors - images of sponsors (Individuals and Organizations) for the project
Funds Distributed - total expenses so far
Donate - Click to donate funds to the project they want to support
General Funds section includes open-source project initiatives for which people have raised funds.
Each General Fund card shows the following information:
Fund name and logo - click on the title/logo to navigate to general funds details page
Tags - technologies the project is associated with
Funds Raised - total funds raised so far
Goal - **** total funding goal for the project
Sponsors - images of sponsors (Individuals and Organizations) for the project
Funds Distributed - total expenses so far
Donate - Click to donate funds to the project they want to support
Security Audit page displays the projects that are currently enrolled for security audit performed by Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF).
Navigate to Crowdfunding.
From Security Audits (OSTIF) 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:
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:
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.
From General Funds 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.
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From tab, select a project to navigate to the project's dashboard.
General Funds page displays the project initiatives that are currently submitted for raising funds
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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.
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.
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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. |
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:
Following is an example of a project overview section:
Dashboard tab includes the following project details:
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.
Search field lets you to find a project, event or a travel fund. Your search looks for items within the tab type. For example, after you select the Events tab, you can search for and find a specific event.
To use the search functionality, select the tab for the type of item you want to locate.
One or more results will appear and you can select the item you were searching for.
CII badge field
Click Donate to to the project.
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Type a search term for the item you want to locate. You can search by an entire or part of a name, for example:
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
Shows crowd-sourced usage metrics about the project. For details, see Stacks.
Security Report
Shows the security report card for the project. For details, see Security.
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.
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
Click Donate to donate to the project.
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.
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.
CII Badge
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.