Free Software Supports

There are lots of free software and many of them need donation and support to continue their works. There are some foundations to support these free software, and many organizations support these foundations. Knowing about these foundations and organizations might help in spending money in the right way and advancement of free software movement.

## Foundations that support free software

Foundation  | Mission  | Annual Budget (million dollars)  | Supported Projects  | Notes

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Apache Software Foundation  |  |  | List of Apache Software Foundation projects |
Free Software Foundation |  |  | GCC, Binutils, ...  |
Linux Foundation |  | 8  | Linux kernel, Node.js, Xen, ...[1] | [2][3]
Mozilla Foundation | keeping the Web open, free and accessible[4] | 329.5  | Firefox, Thunderbird | [5]
OpenBSD Foundation |  | 0.25  | OpenBSD, OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, OpenSMTPD, LibreSSL and Mandoc[6] | [7]
Software in the Public Interest |  |  | 0 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, ...[8] |

## References

1. ↑ "Projects | The Linux Foundation". Linux Foundation. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects.
2. ↑ "Members | The Linux Foundation". https://www.linuxfoundation.org/members/corporate.
3. ↑ "Bylaws | The Linux Foundation". https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws#schedulea.
4. ↑ "The State of Mozilla: 2014 Annual Report | Frequently Asked Questions" (in en-US). https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2014/faq/.
5. ↑ "Mozilla Foundation and Subsidiary: 2014 Independent Auditors' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements". Mozilla Foundation. https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Financials_2014.pdf.
6. ↑ "The OpenBSD Foundation". http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/.
7. ↑ "The OpenBSD Foundation 2015 Fundraising Campaign". http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2015.html.
8. ↑ "projects". http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/.

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