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The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the Apache community of open-source software projects. Apache projects use a collaborative, consensus-based development process, an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. We consider ourselves not simply a group of projects sharing a server, but rather a community of developers and users.
By sponsoring the ASF you show your support for our mission and help sustain a vibrant organization. Sponsorship also shows your support for open source and gives you the opportunity to "give back" to the community. Finally, since the ASF is a non-profit organization, sponsorship provides attractive tax benefits for organizations based in the U.S.
Foundation Sponsorship is the way that corporations can contribute substantially to the ongoing support of the Foundation. In return, the ASF will officially acknowledge your donation via various methods appropriate to your sponsorship level. We will display your logo and link on the Sponsors page and provide an official sponsor image to place on your website.
There are four sponsorship levels, defined by donation amount and in-return benefits of sponsorship. No more than 25% of value can be based on in-kind services. To get started, connect with fundraising@apache.org.
For non-sponsorship corporate contributions and individuals wishing to make a financial donation to the ASF, you may do so online at https://donate.apache.org/ via credit/debit card, ACH bank payment, PayPal, and, using your mobile phone, with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Microsoft Pay. Choose the “Individual and One-Time Corporate Donations (any amount)” option and follow the prompts to make a one-time or recurring (monthly, quarterly, or annually) contribution.
Targeted Sponsorships benefit the ASF in addition to funding our general operations. Targeted Sponsors receive the same benefits as Foundation Sponsors based on the equivalent value of the non-cash contribution. All Targeted Sponsorships (donated or in-kind products/solutions/services) must be pre-approved by the ASF (and/or the beneficiary Apache project, community, or activity) must be deemed essential in order to qualify for consideration for Targeted Sponsorship. Targeted Sponsorships require a minimum 3-year commitment to ensure funding continuity to support services provided. We invite you to view our guidelines to see if Targeted Sponsorship is right for you.
ASF Initiatives are specific Targeted Sponsorships that provide additional financial support for Foundation governance operations, open source projects, and project communities.
The first to launch is the ASF Tooling Initiative (March 2025), created to meet the growing global demand for ASF software by hardening ubiquitous Apache projects that benefit the greater open source ecosystem.
The ASF launched the Responsible AI Initiative in April 2026 to support those ASF Projects and communities that form the backbone of today's rapidly evolving AI ecosystem. With an overall funding aim of $10M over 3+ years, the Initiative is committed to ensuring the ASF remains secure, transparent, and governed in the public interest.
The impact of your gift to the ASF as part of an annual corporate giving program bolsters the ASF’s mission. Corporate giving programs at Bloomberg, IBM, Microsoft, PayPal, Vanguard, and many others offer tax benefits, and provide their employees the ability to boost their support of a diverse set of nonprofit projects.
The ASF is an official charity in the Benevity Causes Portal, as part of numerous corporate giving initiatives such as The American Online Giving Foundation, the Microsoft Tech Talent for Good volunteer program and Charles Schwab Charitable. For more information, visit https://www.benevity.com/.
Key information on the ASF's Fundraising program is available in the Sponsorship presentation deck.
The ASF's tax identification number is 47-0825376.
The ASF appreciates donations of any size and, as we are a US registered 501(c)(3) corporation, your donation may be tax deductible. If you are interested in donating to the ASF at a different level than sponsorship, see our donation page.
As of 1 November, 2024, we will no longer be accepting mailed-in donations using physical (paper) checks. To make a one-time or recurring donation to the ASF online using ACH (electronic money transfer) or eCheck (electronic check), please visit https://donate.apache.org/ and follow the prompts at “Individual and One-Time Corporate Donations (any amount)”. Here you may make a recurring (monthly, quarterly, or annually) donation as well.
We will issue you a tax receipt via email upon successful processing of your donation(s).
The ASF provides the infrastructure for hundreds of projects - the mailing lists, code repositories, bug tracking systems, etc. A few paid contractors, plus large amounts of volunteer effort, maintain these resources. This, in addition to the large costs of bandwidth and server hardware, constitutes the bulk of the expense of running the Foundation.
We also have the normal business operating expenses which go with any organization. These include:
Your sponsorship helps the ASF meet these expenses and expand our capability to maintain our leadership in the developer and Open Source communities. Funding lets us perform pro-active hardware procurement, enhance our community outreach, sponsor developer hackathons and user groups, and perform non-code related improvements to projects such as better documentation and more comprehensive websites
From time to time there is confusion about who can sponsor the Apache Software Foundation. Additionally, there are often inquiries from potential sponsors who are not committed to the mission of the ASF or open source software.
Because The Apache Software Foundation Sponsorship Program needs to apply its policies quickly, fairly and equally, without the