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class="f1-mktg font-weight-medium mb-8">Open source depends on the efforts of contributions from around the world. Millions of people pitch in to write code, provide support, draft documentation, plan events, and all the other tasks that keep projects moving. </p><span class="border-top-dotted-fancy"></span><div class="markdown-body my-8"><p><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/foss-fund">Microsoft FOSS Fund</a> is one of the many ways the company supports the open source ecosystem that we all depend upon for so much. Every quarter the company's FOSS Fund typically awards $30,000 USD split across 1-5 projects in order of most-voted. Past recipients include <a href="https://llvm.org/">LLVM</a>, <a href="https://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>, <a href="https://github.com/SparcLab/OpenSERDES">serde</a>, <a href="https://yaml.org/">YAML</a>, <a href="https://mermaid.js.org/">mermaid.js</a>, and <a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/">NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access)</a>. Projects have used the funding for everything from paying for security audits to hiring graphic designers to create logos.</p> <p>In this article we'll explore:</p> <ul> <li><p>How Microsoft taps employees to identify projects to fund</p> </li> <li><p>What you should consider when building your own open source funding program</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Building bridges to the open source community</h2> <p>The FOSS Fund, inspired by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/duaneobrien/">Duane O'Brien</a>, was established by Microsoft's open source program office (OSPO) in 2019 and made its first sponsorships to open source projects in 2020.聽 Projects are identified through聽 employee nomination and voted on by employees who have contributed to open source in some way in the last few months. Microsoft is able to tap into the knowledge and passion employees have for their dependencies as both an opportunity to support those projects, but also to build awareness of impact, need and advocacy beyond any one project. Now Microsoft is one of many companies participating in the <a href="https://fossfunders.com/">FOSS Funders group</a>.</p> <p>"Microsoft's FOSS Fund helps us build connections between Microsoft employees and open source communities," says Microsoft Open Source Programs Office Principal TPM Emma Irwin. "Being able to evaluate dependencies for sponsorship, contribution, or other opportunities is a competency like any other in engineering and has to be taught and practiced."</p> <h2>How Microsoft FOSS Fund works</h2> <p>Any Microsoft employee can nominate a project used by Microsoft, but only employees who have contributed to open source in the last six months are eligible to vote on the winners. Around six thousand employees voted in the last round.</p> <p>To be considered, a project must meet the following requirements:</p> <ul> <li><p>Be used by Microsoft products and/or services.</p> </li> <li><p>Have an OSI-approved open source license.</p> </li> <li><p>Have a way to receive funds that our procurement and legal teams approve.</p> </li> <li><p>Have transparent governance about where and how funds are directed.</p> </li> <li><p>Not be owned, or primarily maintained by Microsoft employees.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Projects must have public facing details about how sponsorships are distributed, for example in the form of a FUNDING.yml file or in the GitHub Sponsors pane. The goal here is to ensure that the community is not surprised by the direction of funding.</p> <p>Irwin says GitHub Sponsors is the preferred way to handle donations because it's already established as an accepted vendor, and makes it extremely easy to make payments. "We've heard from people at other companies that they prefer to use GitHub Sponsors when possible too," Irwin says. She emphasizes that while it's a preference, it is not a requirement: The Microsoft FOSS Fund has paid projects through fiscal sponsors like NumFocus, SFI, and other means.</p> <h2>Words of advice</h2> <p>Irwin says that other organizations looking to create their own funds for open source software should start by setting goals and identifying metrics that teach employees about their dependencies and ways of investing that actually help---be that contribution, sponsorship or beyond. "You need to think about, given your budget, how many different projects聽 you are able to sponsor and what metrics you should use to find them," Irwin says. "For example if you want to focus on sponsoring single maintainer projects even one sponsorship can make a huge difference and you might be able to do more of those."</p> <p>Keep adjusting as you go. "Treat the whole process as a continual learning opportunity," she says. "Keep asking what problem or problems you're trying to solve and how the funding will help."</p> <p>Irwin also emphasizes that investment in open source is a cycle, with no beginning or end - it's important to regularly evaluate the impact of聽 these efforts on the sustainability of your dependencies over time and to look for emerging needs. "FOSS Fund is a one-time award" she says. 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value="BG">馃嚙馃嚞聽聽BG</option><option value="BH">馃嚙馃嚟聽聽BH</option><option value="BI">馃嚙馃嚠聽聽BI</option><option value="BJ">馃嚙馃嚡聽聽BJ</option><option value="BL">馃嚙馃嚤聽聽BL</option><option value="BM">馃嚙馃嚥聽聽BM</option><option value="BN">馃嚙馃嚦聽聽BN</option><option value="BO">馃嚙馃嚧聽聽BO</option><option value="BQ">馃嚙馃嚩聽聽BQ</option><option value="BR">馃嚙馃嚪聽聽BR</option><option value="BS">馃嚙馃嚫聽聽BS</option><option value="BT">馃嚙馃嚬聽聽BT</option><option value="BW">馃嚙馃嚰聽聽BW</option><option value="BY">馃嚙馃嚲聽聽BY</option><option value="BZ">馃嚙馃嚳聽聽BZ</option><option value="CA">馃嚚馃嚘聽聽CA</option><option value="CC">馃嚚馃嚚聽聽CC</option><option value="CD">馃嚚馃嚛聽聽CD</option><option value="CF">馃嚚馃嚝聽聽CF</option><option value="CG">馃嚚馃嚞聽聽CG</option><option value="CH">馃嚚馃嚟聽聽CH</option><option value="CI">馃嚚馃嚠聽聽CI</option><option value="CK">馃嚚馃嚢聽聽CK</option><option value="CL">馃嚚馃嚤聽聽CL</option><option value="CM">馃嚚馃嚥聽聽CM</option><option value="CN">馃嚚馃嚦聽聽CN</option><option value="CO">馃嚚馃嚧聽聽CO</option><option value="CR">馃嚚馃嚪聽聽CR</option><option value="CU">馃嚚馃嚭聽聽CU</option><option value="CV">馃嚚馃嚮聽聽CV</option><option value="CW">馃嚚馃嚰聽聽CW</option><option value="CX">馃嚚馃嚱聽聽CX</option><option value="CY">馃嚚馃嚲聽聽CY</option><option value="CZ">馃嚚馃嚳聽聽CZ</option><option value="DE">馃嚛馃嚜聽聽DE</option><option value="DJ">馃嚛馃嚡聽聽DJ</option><option value="DK">馃嚛馃嚢聽聽DK</option><option value="DM">馃嚛馃嚥聽聽DM</option><option value="DO">馃嚛馃嚧聽聽DO</option><option value="DZ">馃嚛馃嚳聽聽DZ</option><option value="EC">馃嚜馃嚚聽聽EC</option><option value="EE">馃嚜馃嚜聽聽EE</option><option value="EG">馃嚜馃嚞聽聽EG</option><option value="EH">馃嚜馃嚟聽聽EH</option><option value="ER">馃嚜馃嚪聽聽ER</option><option value="ES">馃嚜馃嚫聽聽ES</option><option value="ET">馃嚜馃嚬聽聽ET</option><option value="FI">馃嚝馃嚠聽聽FI</option><option value="FJ">馃嚝馃嚡聽聽FJ</option><option value="FK">馃嚝馃嚢聽聽FK</option><option value="FM">馃嚝馃嚥聽聽FM</option><option value="FO">馃嚝馃嚧聽聽FO</option><option value="FR">馃嚝馃嚪聽聽FR</option><option value="GA">馃嚞馃嚘聽聽GA</option><option value="GB">馃嚞馃嚙聽聽GB</option><option value="GD">馃嚞馃嚛聽聽GD</option><option value="GE">馃嚞馃嚜聽聽GE</option><option value="GF">馃嚞馃嚝聽聽GF</option><option value="GG">馃嚞馃嚞聽聽GG</option><option value="GH">馃嚞馃嚟聽聽GH</option><option value="GI">馃嚞馃嚠聽聽GI</option><option value="GL">馃嚞馃嚤聽聽GL</option><option value="GM">馃嚞馃嚥聽聽GM</option><option value="GN">馃嚞馃嚦聽聽GN</option><option value="GP">馃嚞馃嚨聽聽GP</option><option value="GQ">馃嚞馃嚩聽聽GQ</option><option value="GR">馃嚞馃嚪聽聽GR</option><option value="GT">馃嚞馃嚬聽聽GT</option><option value="GU">馃嚞馃嚭聽聽GU</option><option value="GW">馃嚞馃嚰聽聽GW</option><option value="GY">馃嚞馃嚲聽聽GY</option><option value="HK">馃嚟馃嚢聽聽HK</option><option value="HN">馃嚟馃嚦聽聽HN</option><option value="HR">馃嚟馃嚪聽聽HR</option><option value="HT">馃嚟馃嚬聽聽HT</option><option value="HU">馃嚟馃嚭聽聽HU</option><option value="ID">馃嚠馃嚛聽聽ID</option><option value="IE">馃嚠馃嚜聽聽IE</option><option value="IL">馃嚠馃嚤聽聽IL</option><option value="IM">馃嚠馃嚥聽聽IM</option><option value="IN">馃嚠馃嚦聽聽IN</option><option value="IO">馃嚠馃嚧聽聽IO</option><option value="IQ">馃嚠馃嚩聽聽IQ</option><option value="IR">馃嚠馃嚪聽聽IR</option><option value="IS">馃嚠馃嚫聽聽IS</option><option value="IT">馃嚠馃嚬聽聽IT</option><option value="JE">馃嚡馃嚜聽聽JE</option><option value="JM">馃嚡馃嚥聽聽JM</option><option value="JO">馃嚡馃嚧聽聽JO</option><option value="JP">馃嚡馃嚨聽聽JP</option><option value="KE">馃嚢馃嚜聽聽KE</option><option value="KG">馃嚢馃嚞聽聽KG</option><option value="KH">馃嚢馃嚟聽聽KH</option><option value="KI">馃嚢馃嚠聽聽KI</option><option value="KM">馃嚢馃嚥聽聽KM</option><option value="KN">馃嚢馃嚦聽聽KN</option><option value="KP">馃嚢馃嚨聽聽KP</option><option value="KR">馃嚢馃嚪聽聽KR</option><option value="KW">馃嚢馃嚰聽聽KW</option><option value="KY">馃嚢馃嚲聽聽KY</option><option value="KZ">馃嚢馃嚳聽聽KZ</option><option value="LA">馃嚤馃嚘聽聽LA</option><option value="LB">馃嚤馃嚙聽聽LB</option><option value="LC">馃嚤馃嚚聽聽LC</option><option value="LI">馃嚤馃嚠聽聽LI</option><option value="LK">馃嚤馃嚢聽聽LK</option><option value="LR">馃嚤馃嚪聽聽LR</option><option value="LS">馃嚤馃嚫聽聽LS</option><option value="LT">馃嚤馃嚬聽聽LT</option><option value="LU">馃嚤馃嚭聽聽LU</option><option value="LV">馃嚤馃嚮聽聽LV</option><option value="LY">馃嚤馃嚲聽聽LY</option><option value="MA">馃嚥馃嚘聽聽MA</option><option value="MC">馃嚥馃嚚聽聽MC</option><option value="MD">馃嚥馃嚛聽聽MD</option><option value="ME">馃嚥馃嚜聽聽ME</option><option value="MF">馃嚥馃嚝聽聽MF</option><option value="MG">馃嚥馃嚞聽聽MG</option><option value="MH">馃嚥馃嚟聽聽MH</option><option value="MK">馃嚥馃嚢聽聽MK</option><option value="ML">馃嚥馃嚤聽聽ML</option><option value="MM">馃嚥馃嚥聽聽MM</option><option value="MN">馃嚥馃嚦聽聽MN</option><option value="MO">馃嚥馃嚧聽聽MO</option><option value="MP">馃嚥馃嚨聽聽MP</option><option value="MQ">馃嚥馃嚩聽聽MQ</option><option value="MR">馃嚥馃嚪聽聽MR</option><option value="MS">馃嚥馃嚫聽聽MS</option><option value="MT">馃嚥馃嚬聽聽MT</option><option value="MU">馃嚥馃嚭聽聽MU</option><option value="MV">馃嚥馃嚮聽聽MV</option><option value="MW">馃嚥馃嚰聽聽MW</option><option value="MX">馃嚥馃嚱聽聽MX</option><option value="MY">馃嚥馃嚲聽聽MY</option><option value="MZ">馃嚥馃嚳聽聽MZ</option><option value="NA">馃嚦馃嚘聽聽NA</option><option value="NC">馃嚦馃嚚聽聽NC</option><option value="NE">馃嚦馃嚜聽聽NE</option><option value="NF">馃嚦馃嚝聽聽NF</option><option value="NG">馃嚦馃嚞聽聽NG</option><option value="NI">馃嚦馃嚠聽聽NI</option><option value="NL">馃嚦馃嚤聽聽NL</option><option value="NO">馃嚦馃嚧聽聽NO</option><option value="NP">馃嚦馃嚨聽聽NP</option><option value="NR">馃嚦馃嚪聽聽NR</option><option value="NU">馃嚦馃嚭聽聽NU</option><option value="NZ">馃嚦馃嚳聽聽NZ</option><option value="OM">馃嚧馃嚥聽聽OM</option><option value="PA">馃嚨馃嚘聽聽PA</option><option value="PE">馃嚨馃嚜聽聽PE</option><option value="PF">馃嚨馃嚝聽聽PF</option><option value="PG">馃嚨馃嚞聽聽PG</option><option value="PH">馃嚨馃嚟聽聽PH</option><option value="PK">馃嚨馃嚢聽聽PK</option><option value="PL">馃嚨馃嚤聽聽PL</option><option value="PM">馃嚨馃嚥聽聽PM</option><option value="PR">馃嚨馃嚪聽聽PR</option><option value="PS">馃嚨馃嚫聽聽PS</option><option value="PT">馃嚨馃嚬聽聽PT</option><option value="PW">馃嚨馃嚰聽聽PW</option><option value="PY">馃嚨馃嚲聽聽PY</option><option value="QA">馃嚩馃嚘聽聽QA</option><option value="RE">馃嚪馃嚜聽聽RE</option><option value="RO">馃嚪馃嚧聽聽RO</option><option value="RS">馃嚪馃嚫聽聽RS</option><option value="RU">馃嚪馃嚭聽聽RU</option><option value="RW">馃嚪馃嚰聽聽RW</option><option value="SA">馃嚫馃嚘聽聽SA</option><option value="SB">馃嚫馃嚙聽聽SB</option><option value="SC">馃嚫馃嚚聽聽SC</option><option value="SD">馃嚫馃嚛聽聽SD</option><option value="SE">馃嚫馃嚜聽聽SE</option><option value="SG">馃嚫馃嚞聽聽SG</option><option value="SH">馃嚫馃嚟聽聽SH</option><option value="SI">馃嚫馃嚠聽聽SI</option><option value="SJ">馃嚫馃嚡聽聽SJ</option><option value="SK">馃嚫馃嚢聽聽SK</option><option value="SL">馃嚫馃嚤聽聽SL</option><option value="SM">馃嚫馃嚥聽聽SM</option><option value="SN">馃嚫馃嚦聽聽SN</option><option value="SO">馃嚫馃嚧聽聽SO</option><option value="SR">馃嚫馃嚪聽聽SR</option><option value="SS">馃嚫馃嚫聽聽SS</option><option value="ST">馃嚫馃嚬聽聽ST</option><option value="SV">馃嚫馃嚮聽聽SV</option><option value="SX">馃嚫馃嚱聽聽SX</option><option value="SY">馃嚫馃嚲聽聽SY</option><option value="SZ">馃嚫馃嚳聽聽SZ</option><option value="TA">馃嚬馃嚘聽聽TA</option><option value="TC">馃嚬馃嚚聽聽TC</option><option value="TD">馃嚬馃嚛聽聽TD</option><option value="TG">馃嚬馃嚞聽聽TG</option><option value="TH">馃嚬馃嚟聽聽TH</option><option value="TJ">馃嚬馃嚡聽聽TJ</option><option value="TK">馃嚬馃嚢聽聽TK</option><option value="TL">馃嚬馃嚤聽聽TL</option><option value="TM">馃嚬馃嚥聽聽TM</option><option value="TN">馃嚬馃嚦聽聽TN</option><option value="TO">馃嚬馃嚧聽聽TO</option><option value="TR">馃嚬馃嚪聽聽TR</option><option value="TT">馃嚬馃嚬聽聽TT</option><option value="TV">馃嚬馃嚮聽聽TV</option><option value="TW">馃嚬馃嚰聽聽TW</option><option value="TZ">馃嚬馃嚳聽聽TZ</option><option value="UA">馃嚭馃嚘聽聽UA</option><option value="UG">馃嚭馃嚞聽聽UG</option><option value="US" selected="">馃嚭馃嚫聽聽US</option><option value="UY">馃嚭馃嚲聽聽UY</option><option value="UZ">馃嚭馃嚳聽聽UZ</option><option value="VA">馃嚮馃嚘聽聽VA</option><option value="VC">馃嚮馃嚚聽聽VC</option><option value="VE">馃嚮馃嚜聽聽VE</option><option value="VG">馃嚮馃嚞聽聽VG</option><option value="VI">馃嚮馃嚠聽聽VI</option><option value="VN">馃嚮馃嚦聽聽VN</option><option value="VU">馃嚮馃嚭聽聽VU</option><option value="WF">馃嚰馃嚝聽聽WF</option><option value="WS">馃嚰馃嚫聽聽WS</option><option value="XK">馃嚱馃嚢聽聽XK</option><option value="YE">馃嚲馃嚜聽聽YE</option><option value="YT">馃嚲馃嚬聽聽YT</option><option value="ZA">馃嚳馃嚘聽聽ZA</option><option value="ZM">馃嚳馃嚥聽聽ZM</option><option value="ZW">馃嚳馃嚰聽聽ZW</option></select></span><input type="tel" class="flex-1 form-control" style="border-color:var(--brand-control-color-border-default)" id="gated-phone-1" placeholder="12 3456 7890" name="phone1"/></div></section><section id="FormControl--:R2gpt76:" class="Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl___ZJtXy Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl--fullWidth___QyLCS"><label for=":R2gpt76:" class="Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl-label___meeuB Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl-label--large___okLn6">Company<span aria-hidden="true"> *</span></label><span class="Primer_Brand__TextInput-module__TextInput-wrapper___HgxNu Primer_Brand__TextInput-module__TextInput-wrapper--large___lga4f Primer_Brand__TextInput-module__TextInput-wrapper--fullWidth___eclO4"><input type="text" class="Primer_Brand__TextInput-module__TextInput___EtKj3 TextInput Primer_Brand__TextInput-module__TextInput--large___zpUvY Primer_Brand__TextInput-module__TextInput--fullWidth___rbllM" placeholder="Acme, Inc" aria-invalid="false" autoComplete="" id=":R2gpt76:" required="" name="company"/></span></section><section id="FormControl--:R30pt76:" class="Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl___ZJtXy"><label for=":R30pt76:" class="Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl-label___meeuB Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl-label--large___okLn6">What can we help you with?</label><span class="Primer_Brand__Textarea-module__Textarea-wrapper___A4lsG" data-testid="Textarea-outer-container"><textarea class="Primer_Brand__Textarea-module__Textarea___xmKD5 Textarea Primer_Brand__Textarea-module__Textarea--large___wCPXA Primer_Brand__Textarea-module__Textarea-resize--both___bDJp5 form-control input-block py-3 px-3 color-bg-white input-lg" placeholder="Tell us how we can help. For support questions, head to github.com/contact " aria-invalid="false" rows="7" cols="30" id=":R30pt76:" name="contactComments"></textarea></span></section><input type="hidden" class="test" name="elqCookieWrite" value="0"/><section id="FormControl--country" class="Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl___ZJtXy"><label for="country" class="Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl-label___meeuB Primer_Brand__FormControl-module__FormControl-label--large___okLn6">Country<span aria-hidden="true"> *</span></label><span class="Primer_Brand__Select-module__Select-wrapper___iV0Tg Primer_Brand__Select-module__Select-wrapper--large___Q4_2q"><select aria-invalid="false" class="Primer_Brand__Select-module__Select___Jqn1f Primer_Brand__Select-module__Select--large___A7u6F Select" name="country" required="" data-testid="countrySelect" id="country"><option value="" disabled="">Select your country</option><option value="AL">Albania</option><option value="AX">脜land Islands</option><option value="DZ">Algeria</option><option value="AS">American Samoa</option><option value="AD">Andorra</option><option value="AO">Angola</option><option value="AI">Anguilla</option><option value="AQ">Antarctica</option><option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option><option value="AR">Argentina</option><option value="AM">Armenia</option><option value="AW">Aruba</option><option value="AU">Australia</option><option value="AT">Austria</option><option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option><option value="BS">Bahamas (the)</option><option value="BH">Bahrain</option><option value="BD">Bangladesh</option><option value="BB">Barbados</option><option value="BE">Belgium</option><option value="BZ">Belize</option><option value="BJ">Benin</option><option value="BM">Bermuda</option><option value="BT">Bhutan</option><option value="BO">Bolivia (Plurinational State of)</option><option value="BQ">Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba</option><option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option><option value="BW">Botswana</option><option value="BV">Bouvet Island</option><option value="BR">Brazil</option><option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory (the)</option><option value="BN">Brunei Darussalam</option><option value="BG">Bulgaria</option><option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option><option value="BI">Burundi</option><option value="CV">Cabo Verde</option><option value="KH">Cambodia</option><option value="CM">Cameroon</option><option value="CA">Canada</option><option value="KY">Cayman Islands (the)</option><option value="CF">Central African Republic (the)</option><option value="TD">Chad</option><option value="CL">Chile</option><option value="CN">China</option><option value="CX">Christmas Island</option><option value="CC">Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the)</option><option value="CO">Colombia</option><option value="KM">Comoros (the)</option><option value="CD">Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)</option><option value="CG">Congo (the)</option><option value="CK">Cook Islands 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