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Funders to approach for The Freebsd Foundation

Boulder, Colorado$1.7M revenue13 funders on file

Provides funding for the freebsd project and community. This includes funding for conferences, developer summits, travel sponsorships to developers, and legal aid research in computer oprating systems.

Your prospects by chance and grant size

a funder to approach

Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$88k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$3k$10k$30k$100k$300kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$0–$230kover two years, from 0–2 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$10kfrom 1 new funder

Half the value is in your top funder, of 152

$0$190k$380khalf from the top 1likely range1st10thAll 152
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: Freedom Inc ($50k/yr), Code for Science & Society Inc ($1.1M/yr), Grantmakers for Education ($81k/yr)1 in 27$170k
  2. 2Alfred P Sloan FoundationSimilar grantees: The Linux Foundation ($25k/yr), Open Source Initiative ($250k/yr), The Tor Project Inc ($25k/yr)1 in 32$100k
  3. 3The Ford FoundationSimilar grantees: Freedom Inc ($130k/yr), Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation ($75/yr), Freedom for All Americans Education Fund ($250k/yr)1 in 23$37k

149 more funders on the list for The Freebsd Foundation

The full ranking, every way in, an approach plan for each funder and the CSV are included from the $75 plan up.

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