Software Freedom Conservancy

The scale of what @conservancy is able to accomplish given it's resources is truly impressive. I personally really appreciate the support they provide to their member projects. I bet most people on fedi would recognize at least a few names: https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/

At the #FOSSY conference last year, I learned about the important work @conservancy does for the community.

So, I decided to be an annual sustainer this year.

They're really close to their goal this year and the matching program ends today. If you've got the spare cash, think about donating.

https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

@conservancy is very close to their fundraising goal. But only have today to reach it. Please help them reach their goal, so they can help us all get even more Software Freedom this year.

They did a fantastic job of being the fiscal sponsor of @sourceware. Thanks! And they are the fiscal sponsor of a lot of essential Free Software projects.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/nov/27/sourceware-thanks-conservancy/

#SFCdrive

I'm most proud about @conservancy that we just keep doing concrete things to improve the state of software freedom. We do a lot of advocacy and philosophy, but *talk is, as they say, cheap. We don't necessarily do the best job of promoting our work because we're so focused on the *doing*, but every month it's more and more, from writing to government agencies, to supporting our member projects, to our law suit to supporting @outreachy internships.

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
#SFCdrive

Fediverse! You've done an incredible job getting our number down to $12,233! Can we raise that today? I think we can!

We don't have tote bags or mugs, but we do have t-shirts for our Sustainers, and, most importantly, every donation is a step forward for #softwarefreedom! We are a lean organization - no development staff, just people who care so much about free software that work as hard as we can to make real incremental progress every day for this cause.

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
#SFCdrive

I could boost @karen once again today, but I want to personally endorse Software Freedom Conservancy. IMHO, it's one of the best organizations for supporting free/open software today.

I'm a proud supporter, and if you make use of FOSS (and I guess you probably do if you're reading this), and you have a little cash, this is a good way to go.

They are currently raising funds on for a matching-funds offer, and are close to their goal:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

Today is the last day of @conservancy 's match challenge and we still have about $15k to raise. I'm going to make some posts NPR style today until we make progress against our goal! At this point, all amounts help move the bar and make getting to our goal attainable! I'm using #SFCdrive so folks can skip these posts if they want to!

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
#SFCdrive

@outreachy is a core part of @conservancy.

Kindly donate to @conservancy 's yearly fundraiser by January 15, 2023, to help us continue impacting and supporting #DiversityinTech.

We have a few days left!

Read our 2023-year review here 👇
https://hachyderm.io/@outreachy/111742456637596037

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