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Grant recipient EIN 41-2203632Science and technology

Who funds Software Freedom Conservancy Inc?

7 private foundations gave Software Freedom Conservancy Inc in Brooklyn, NY $3.1 million across 40 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

40 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2025

    Continuation of GPL compliance and enforcement.

    $175,000
  2. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $225,000
  3. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2024

    #1391 the SFC leverages copyleft licensing for the advancement of software freedom. This grant funds copyleft and GPL enforcement efforts.

    $150,000
  4. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2024

    A double-entry bookkeeping computer language that lets you define financial transaction records in a text file, read them in memory, generate a variety of reports from them, and provides a web interface.

    $2,500
  5. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2024

    A linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Provides the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

    $2,500
  6. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2024

    A free and open source distributed version control system

    $1,000
  7. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    Bring open-source high frequency digital voice mainstream by improving speech quality of current systems and build new digital voice modes.

    $420,000
  8. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    Utilize novel litigation and administrative action strategies to gain release of complete, corresponding source (CCS) for copylefted works on strategically selected embedded computing products.

    $319,000
  9. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $225,000
  10. The Encantado FoundationAlbuquerque, NM 2023

    The sole purpose of the Grant program is to support nonprofit effortsto strengthen the STEM workforce and technology ecosystem in our target markets.

    $5,000
  11. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  12. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  13. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  14. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  15. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    General operating

    $1,000
  16. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2023

    General operating

    $1,000
  17. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $796
  18. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $225,000
  19. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2022

    Provide 100 internships for free and open source software developers from underrepresented backgrounds.

    $200,000
  20. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Core support for the outreachy program to provide fellowships to underrepresented people in public interest-free and open-source software development

    $100,000
  21. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $1,277
  22. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2021

    Expand outreachy internship program, sustainability of program operations, develop strategic partnerships

    $150,000
  23. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2021

    Maintain momentum around reproducible builds various projects, such as diffoscope.

    $115,000
  24. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Core support for the outreachy program to provide fellowships to underrepresented people in public interest-free and open-source software development

    $100,000
  25. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $1,359
  26. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2020

    Firmware liberation project

    $150,000
  27. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for the Outreachy program to provide fellowships to underrepresented people in public interest free and open source software development

    $125,000
  28. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2020

    Strategic GPL enforcement initiative

    $100,000
  29. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2020

    Outreachy: paid mentored internships countering systemic bias and underrepresentation in tech

    $100,000
  30. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 2020

    Reproducible builds: deterministic protection against attacks in free software

    $75,000
  31. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support grant for the Reproducible Builds 20200 program to help create a more secure and trusted open source software ecosystem

    $50,000
  32. The Colava FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    To continue the mission of the Colava Foundation

    $10,000
  33. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $996
  34. The Clements Family Charitable TrustKey West, FL 2020

    General funding

    $500
  35. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $100
  36. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Core support for the Outreachy program to provide fellowships to underrepresented people in public interest free and open source software development

    $75,000
  37. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    For the planning and facilitation of the Reproducible Builds Summit to be held in Morocco in December 2019 convening public interest technologists to discuss projects ideas and strategies to secure and standardize the worlds

    $15,000
  38. The Clements Family Charitable TrustKey West, FL 2019

    General funding

    $500
  39. The Clements Family Charitable TrustKey West, FL 2018

    General funding

    $500
  40. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    $50,000 To provide three month internships to encourage members of groups historically underrepresented in the technology industry to explore to document processes required to administer the internship program G12916

    $0

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other science and technology organizations in Brooklyn, NY and are not among Software Freedom Conservancy Inc’s funders above.

  1. Malchus FoundationBrooklyn, NY 2 grants Preselected only $72,000 to similar organizations
  2. The Hackerman Foundation IncTowson, MD 1 grant Preselected only $55,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Tzedakah FundBaltimore, MD 1 grant Preselected only $5,800 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 41-2203632 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.