Post #687703
2026-02-26 19:19 UTC
The Open Source Endowment recently went public with their goal to help fund critical OSS projects. Looks like we have another option to the EU's Sovereign Tech Fund, Tidelift, GitHub Sponsors, and similar efforts. I'm happy to see more options in this space.
https://endowment.dev/
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@bmitch@fosstodon.org 2026-02-26 19:22
My only critique is that it appears focused on short term grants for one-off projects, rather than providing a long term source of income for OSS maintainers. That's financially responsible for the endowment, but leaves quite the gap for OSS maintainers that need to maintain a day job to pay the bills.