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+## FOSS Backstage 2024: Who Funds FOSS Foundations?
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+Welcome - this is a page of notes and references for my [FOSS Backstage](https://24.foss-backstage.de/about/) talk in Berlin about "[Who Funds FOSS Foundations?](https://24.foss-backstage.de/sessions/?id=WNHFDT)"  Most links here are to open source sites that appreciate your contributions!
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+**Questions?**  I'm @ShaneCurcuru on social media.
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+## Session Topics
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+I'll be covering *three* topics in my talk, and while I know it will be informative, I hope to leave attendees with a number of much more focused questions for them to think about around sustainability.
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+### Aspects of Sustainability
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+Reading about people talking about sustainability, I was struck by how conversations felt very siloed depending on the experience and role of the person writing.  I wonder: is there some way we can [quantify or categorize the different roles of people](https://fosssustainability.com/aspects/) in the software ecosystem, so that when we talk about sustainability, we can translate larger frameworks into the context of that person's role?
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+I've proposed set of roles or groups - like contributors, maintainers, or software companies - is provided.  Being able to map the concerns from each group *in their own terms* into some larger taxonomy of sustainability terms can help both with research efforts, and with education.  I call these [Aspects Of Sustainability](https://fosssustainability.com/aspects/).
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+I'm really hoping to get feedback across the ecosystem of how to make this valuable.
+
+### Modeling Foundation Sponsorship Programs
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+Most hosting foundations have sponsorship models, where corporations can donate a certain amount, and get some benefits.  The benefits and amounts different foundations 'charge' vary widely.  I've built a [model of sponsorship programs](https://github.com/Punderthings/fossfoundation/blob/main/_data/p990/foundations_990_common.csv), and mapped actual sponsorship prospectuses to the model for a number of popular foundations.
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+### Comparative Financials of US Nonprofit Foundations
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+US nonprofits all file 990 tax forms, meaning we have consistent, if high-level, income and expense data for them all.  Let's go on a journey of a handful of the major FOSS Foundations that host multiple projects, and see both what they do for projects, and how much the make and spend.
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+Note that US 990 tax filings take a long time to show up publicly, so data is always a year or so back.  Also, I'm still looking for effective ways to evaluate EU charities' finances.
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+Current [raw data as CSV](https://github.com/Punderthings/fossfoundation/blob/main/_data/p990/foundations_990_common.csv).
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+## Thanks and Credits
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+This presentation is based on my [Who Pays For FOSS Foundations?](https://shaneslides.com/2023/10/FOSS-Foundation-Funding/) slide deck, but is completely reworked with new data and concepts for the FOSS Backstage crowd.
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+Thanks to all the open source communities that have helped out along the way!