Grant applications and fundraising #48

songtech-0912 commented 2026年04月08日 08:03:16 +02:00

This is an extended issue documenting our fundraising efforts. We make these public, which is particularly essential for a nonprofit. Whenever we receive a new grant or complete a successful fundraiser, we should leave a comment saying "received grant X with amount $Y" or "completed fundraiser X and raised $Y".

Grants received so far

None at the moment :( but hopefully that'll change with time.

Grants

• Open-source charity/nonprofit-based funds:
  • OpenCollective funds:
    • LibreCube fund
    • FundOSS
  • FLOSS fund - view application online here
  • Awesome Foundation grant
  • Green web fund
  • NLnet funds
  • Prototype Fund Hardware (requires a member with German citizenship to apply on our behalf)
  • Sovereign Tech Fund (requires Project Elara’s software to be more widely-used before subject to approval)
  • ARDC grant (requires that we have more extensive RF tech developed to qualify for their grants)
• RPI-based grants:
  • RPI Giving Day
  • RPI GrantForward Database
• Scientific/engineering funds:
  • NumFOCUS small development grant
  • NASA F.14 Open-Source Science Fund
  • NASA NSSC grants
  • IEEE Student Awards (requires a member with IEEE membership to apply)
  • PowerUp NetZero Open Call for Business Innovation and Technology Adoption Services
• Private foundation grants:
  • Cowles charitable trust
  • Sloan foundation grants
  • Sloan open-source grants
  • Moore foundation grants
  • Kavli Foundation grants
  • Community foundation for Greater Capitol Region grants

Fundraisers

None at the moment.

Funders/sponsors

These are donors/organizations/private foundations that can help provide us financial support or financial sponsorship.

• LibreCube - they are an organization for open-source space hardware which is literally perfect
• All for Climate
• Aspiration Tech and its NOSI program
• NumFOCUS (for our scientific computing library & ecosystem)
  • See requirements here. Note that their requirements are quite strict and only our scientific computing libraries will qualify, not the Project as a whole.
• Capital Region Center for Economic Growth

Resources/notes

• For an overview of different NASA tech grants see https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nasa-grants-programs-and-resources.pdf
• We could attempt to attract ethical investors who give to projects that do public-benefit work, but this we must do cautiously since people can be insincere

This is an extended issue documenting our fundraising efforts. We make these public, which is particularly essential for a nonprofit. Whenever we receive a new grant or complete a successful fundraiser, we should leave a comment saying "received grant X with amount $Y" or "completed fundraiser X and raised $Y". ## Grants received so far None at the moment :( but hopefully that'll change with time. ## Grants - Open-source charity/nonprofit-based funds: - OpenCollective funds: - [x] [LibreCube fund](https://opencollective.com/librecube-fund) - [x] [FundOSS](https://opencollective.com/fundoss) - [x] [FLOSS fund](https://floss.fund/) - [view application online here](https://dir.floss.fund/view/@elaraproject.org) - [x] [Awesome Foundation grant](https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/) - [ ] [Green web fund](https://opencollective.com/greenweb-collective) - [ ] [NLnet funds](https://nlnet.nl/funding.html) - [ ] [Prototype Fund Hardware](https://hardware.prototypefund.de/) (requires a member with German citizenship to apply on our behalf) - [ ] [Sovereign Tech Fund](https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund) (requires Project Elara’s software to be more widely-used before subject to approval) - [ ] [ARDC grant](https://www.ardc.net/) (requires that we have more extensive RF tech developed to qualify for their grants) - RPI-based grants: - [ ] [RPI Giving Day](https://givingday.rpi.edu/) - [ ] [RPI GrantForward Database](https://research.rpi.edu/funding-opportunities) - [ ] Scientific/engineering funds: - [ ] [NumFOCUS small development grant](https://numfocus.org/programs/small-development-grants) - [ ] [NASA F.14 Open-Source Science Fund](https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/nasa-open-science-funding-opportunities/) - [ ] [NASA NSSC grants](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/grants-2/) - [ ] [IEEE Student Awards](https://students.ieee.org/membership-benefits/ieee-benefits/funds-and-awards/) (requires a member with IEEE membership to apply) - [ ] [PowerUp NetZero Open Call for Business Innovation and Technology Adoption Services](https://www.grantforward.com/grant?grant_id=1198802&offset=15) - Private foundation grants: - [ ] [Cowles charitable trust](https://cowlescharitabletrust.org/) - [ ] [Sloan foundation grants](https://sloan.org/grants-database) - [ ] [Sloan open-source grants](https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/open-source-in-science) - [ ] [Moore foundation grants](https://moore.org/grants) - [ ] [Kavli Foundation grants](https://www.kavlifoundation.org/) - [ ] [Community foundation for Greater Capitol Region grants](https://cfgcr.org/grant-opportunities/) ## Fundraisers None at the moment. ## Funders/sponsors These are donors/organizations/private foundations that can help provide us financial support or financial sponsorship. - [LibreCube](https://opencollective.com/librecube-fund) - they are an organization for [open-source space hardware](https://librecube.org/) which is literally perfect - [All for Climate](https://allforclimate.earth/) - [Aspiration Tech](https://aspirationtech.org/services/fiscalsponsorship/) and its [NOSI](https://aspirationtech.org/programs/nosi) program - [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/projects-overview) (for our scientific computing library & ecosystem) - See [requirements here](https://numfocus.org/projects-overview#requirements). Note that their requirements are quite strict and only our scientific computing libraries will qualify, not the Project as a whole. - [Capital Region Center for Economic Growth](https://www.ceg.org/grow-here/support-for-entrepreneurs/) ## Resources/notes - For an overview of different NASA tech grants see https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nasa-grants-programs-and-resources.pdf - We could attempt to [attract ethical investors](https://www2.fundsforngos.org/articles/the-best-ways-to-attract-ethical-investors-to-social-enterprise-initiatives/) who give to projects that do public-benefit work, but this we must do cautiously since people can be insincere

songtech-0912 commented 2026年04月18日 08:23:48 +02:00

Note: I strongly recommend applying for the OpenCollective grants (especially the LibreCube grant) rather than the other ones, since right now, we don't yet have a nonprofit bank account and thus we are limited in the types of grants we can receive.

Note: I strongly recommend applying for the OpenCollective grants (especially the LibreCube grant) rather than the other ones, since right now, we don't yet have a nonprofit bank account and thus we are limited in the types of grants we can receive.

songtech-0912 commented 2026年05月13日 01:14:28 +02:00

Useful places to find grants:

• GitHub list of open-source grants
• US Federal Grants
• GW University Open Source Program Office
• Scientify Research Grants List
• RPI research funding opportunities

Useful places to find grants: - [GitHub list of open-source grants](https://github.com/ralphtheninja/open-funding) - [US Federal Grants](https://www.grants.gov/) - [GW University Open Source Program Office](https://ospo.gwu.edu/funding-opportunities-open-source) - [Scientify Research Grants List](https://www.scientifyresearch.org/all-funding-chemistry-physics-engineering-research/) - [RPI research funding opportunities](https://research.rpi.edu/funding-opportunities)

songtech-0912 commented 2026年06月05日 00:28:27 +02:00

Update: submitted grant application for LibreCube. We'll see once we get a response.

Update: submitted grant application for LibreCube. We'll see once we get a response.

songtech-0912 commented 2026年06月11日 04:01:10 +02:00

Update: submitted Awesome Foundation grant. We'll likely get a response in early July.

Update: submitted Awesome Foundation grant. We'll likely get a response in early July.

songtech-0912 commented 2026年06月11日 17:20:03 +02:00

Update: the NGI Zero Commons Fund is no longer available so it has been taken off the list of grants to apply to.

Update: the [NGI Zero Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/) is no longer available so it has been taken off the list of grants to apply to.

abdullah-uz007 commented 2026年06月17日 21:03:03 +02:00

https://entry.zayedsustainabilityprize.com/ check this out it may be able to help us 22 june is last date

(The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises outstanding solutions across six categories (click the hyperlink to view that Category’s brochure):

Health
Food
Energy
Water
Climate Action
Global High Schools
Winners in the Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Climate Action categories are awarded US 1ドル million each to support the expansion and long-term development of their solutions.)

https://entry.zayedsustainabilityprize.com/ check this out it may be able to help us 22 june is last date (The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises outstanding solutions across six categories (click the hyperlink to view that Category’s brochure): Health Food Energy Water Climate Action Global High Schools Winners in the Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Climate Action categories are awarded US 1ドル million each to support the expansion and long-term development of their solutions.)

songtech-0912 commented 2026年06月17日 23:30:01 +02:00

@abdullah-uz007 wrote in #48 (comment):

https://entry.zayedsustainabilityprize.com/ check this out it may be able to help us 22 june is last date

(The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises outstanding solutions across six categories (click the hyperlink to view that Category’s brochure):

Health Food Energy Water Climate Action Global High Schools Winners in the Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Climate Action categories are awarded US 1ドル million each to support the expansion and long-term development of their solutions.)

Thanks! We will likely apply for the prize at a later date.

@abdullah-uz007 wrote in https://codeberg.org/elaraproject/project-issues/issues/48#issuecomment-17635028: > https://entry.zayedsustainabilityprize.com/ check this out it may be able to help us 22 june is last date > > (The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises outstanding solutions across six categories (click the hyperlink to view that Category’s brochure): > > Health Food Energy Water Climate Action Global High Schools Winners in the Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Climate Action categories are awarded US 1ドル million each to support the expansion and long-term development of their solutions.) Thanks! We will likely apply for the prize at a later date.

TaxemicPlace81 commented 2026年06月18日 00:11:50 +02:00

Update: Added PowerUp NetZero Open Call for Business Innovation and Technology Adoption Services

Update: Added PowerUp NetZero Open Call for Business Innovation and Technology Adoption Services

songtech-0912 commented 2026年06月18日 02:38:31 +02:00

Update: Added Cowles charitable trust.

Update: Added [Cowles charitable trust](https://cowlescharitabletrust.org/).

songtech-0912 commented 2026年07月01日 21:23:39 +02:00

Update: submitted FundOSS grant request.

Update: submitted FundOSS grant request.

songtech-0912 commented 2026年07月06日 00:06:45 +02:00

Might be useful: https://codeberg.org/delightful-commons/delightful-funding

Might be useful: https://codeberg.org/delightful-commons/delightful-funding