The world’s first endowment fund dedicated exclusively to open source software. We are building the foundation for truly sustainable funding for OSS maintainers

Joined January 2025
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1/5 Today we're launching the Open Source Endowment (OSE) β€” the world's first endowment fund dedicated to sustainably funding critical open source software. 🌱 $750K raised. 60 founding donors. Built to last forever. endowment.dev 🧡
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4/5 OSE is governed by its donor community. Core team: board members Konstantin Vinogradov (founding chairman), @chadwhitacre, Maxim Konovalov; executive director Jonathan Starr; advisors Amy Parker and Vlad-Stefan Harbuz Everyone who donates $1K become Members with a real vote
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5/5 Open source runs the modern world. It's time we built something to sustain it. Two ways to help: β†’ Donate at endowment.dev (any amount welcome) β†’ Nominate critically underfunded OSS projects on our Funding page Let's build this together. 🌱
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