Many free software projects depend on donations and other support for maintenance and development. Some foundations provide funding or organizational assistance to these projects. Information about these foundations and their donors can help people understand how free software projects are supported.
Foundations that support free software FoundationMissionAnnual Budget (million dollars)Supported ProjectsNotesApache Software FoundationList of Apache Software Foundation projectsFree Software FoundationGCC, Binutils, ...Linux Foundation8Linux kernel, Node.js, Xen, ...Mozilla Foundationkeeping the Web open, free and accessible329.5Firefox, ThunderbirdOpenBSD Foundation0.25OpenBSD, OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, OpenSMTPD, LibreSSL and MandocSoftware in the Public Interest0 A.D., Aptosid, Arch Linux, Ardupilot, Chakra, Debian, Drizzle, FFmpeg, Fluxbox, Freedesktop.org, FreedomBox, Fresco, Gallery, Glucosio, GNUstep, GNU TeXmacs, Haskell, Jenkins, LibreOffice, MadWifi , MinGW, NTPsec, OFTC, Open Bioinformatics Foundation, Open Voting Foundation, OpenEmbedded, OpenVAS, OpenWrt, OpenZFS, Open64, OSUNIX, ...
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