GNOME is built by people. People who are passionate about what they’re doing and care about everyone using, studying, and modifying the technology they are making. The GNOME community is a collection of amazing, inspiring people who come together to do amazing things, to push the project forward, raise awareness, teach, learn, share, organize events, and create the place we call our home within free software. Our community includes millions of people using GNOME as a desktop environment, bringing ideas into the world with GTK, and packaging their apps to Flathub.
GNOME is also supported by our generous network of donors—our one-time donors, sponsors, and Friends of GNOME. Whether someone donates $5 or $5,000, we value those contributions just as much as any merge request. Donations build up GNOME, provide necessary infrastructure, and power new initiatives.
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One-time donations and our monthly Friend of GNOME donors sustain GNOME. Any amount helps and you can make a donation or sign up at any time.
Donations are used for:
In 2020, donations supported:
Our plans for 2021 are even more ambitious and involve sustaining our ongoing work while building up new initiatives and support for the growing GNOME project and community. In the upcoming year, we will:
In order to build the future of GNOME, we need people to join us and become Friends of GNOME. To help support our 2021 initiatives, we’re looking for 50 new Friends of GNOME to join by January 5, 2021. Every donation helps grow the GNOME project and our community.
Companies can sponsor events, donate services, or join the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board. If you are interested in this, please contact the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors for more details.