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add Sovereign Tech Fellowship application + update donor page
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# OpenRefine Backers
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Thank you for supporting OpenRefine in 2025! We are proud to list your name on this page, which celebrates everyone who made a financial contribution to OpenRefine at any level.
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Thank you for supporting OpenRefine in 2025 and 2026! We are proud to list your name on this page, which celebrates everyone who made a financial contribution to OpenRefine at any level.
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Previous donors are listed in our Year in Review post:
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* [2024 Year In Review post](/blog/2024/12/13/year-in-review-2024#2024-donor-shoutouts).
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* [2025 Year In Review post](/blog/2025/12/17/year-in-review-2025#2025-donor-shoutouts).
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This page reflects gifts received after December 1, 2024. 2024 donors are listed in our [2024 Year In Review post](/blog/2024/12/13/year-in-review-2024#2024-donor-shoutouts).
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You can [donate here](/donate)
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## Patron
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Over $50,000 donated in 2025. Fully sustains OpenRefine’s annual budget, funding our entire core team for a full year.
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## Partner
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Between $5,000 and $50,000 donated in 2025. Underwrites multiple months of core-team development, feature work, and contributor support.
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Between $5,000 and $50,000 donated in the last 12 months. Underwrites multiple months of core-team development, feature work, and contributor support.
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* FLOSS/fund (one-time)
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## Sponsor
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Between $500 and $5,000 donated in 2025. Enables us to represent OpenRefine at conferences and expand our community outreach.
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Between $500 and $5,000 donated in the last 12 months. Enables us to represent OpenRefine at conferences and expand our community outreach.
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* Vanguard Charitable (one-time)
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## Sustainer
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Up to $500 donated in 2025. Covers essential day-to-day infrastructure including forum hosting, software licenses, and routine maintenance.
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Up to $500 donated in the last 12 months. Covers essential day-to-day infrastructure including forum hosting, software licenses, and routine maintenance.
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* RefinePro (recurring)
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* ostephens (recurring)
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* DaxServer (recurring)
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* alanorth (recurring)
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* timtomch (recurring)
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* trantor (recurring)
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* wetneb (recurring)
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* One anonymous donors (recurring)
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* EstebanMH-SiB (recurring)
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* Balise42 (recurring)
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* btseee (one-time)
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* Joel Gardner (one-time)
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* Jasmine Saffold (one-time)
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* Nicolas Semrau (one-time)
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* Jessica Talisman (one-time)
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* John Andersson (one-time)
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* Fumichika Kinoshita (one-time)
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* Sharon Mizota (one-time)
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* Nikhil Raj (one-time)
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* Dan Pobst (one-time)
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* Mita Williams (one-time)
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* Shaun Spalding (one-time)
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* and 2 anonymous donors (one-time)
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## Service & Infrastructure Partners

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### Applying
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OpenRefine is currently not actively applying to any grant opportunities listed in this section. If you're interested in partnering with us for a grant, [contact us](https://forum.openrefine.org/).
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OpenRefine is currently actively applying to the following opportunities. If you're interested in partnering with us for a grant, [contact us](https://forum.openrefine.org/).
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#### 2026 Sovereign Tech Fellowship
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* **Status**: Pending
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* **Amount**: EUR 20,020
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* **Source**: [Sovereign Tech Fellowship](https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fellowship)
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* **Start date**: June 2026
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* **End date**: May 2027
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* **Relevant links**:
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* [Grant application](/uploads/2026-Sovereign-Tech-Fund.pdf)
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* [Forum thread](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/funding-opportunity-sovereign-tech-fellowship-application-community-coordination-and-governance/2758)
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### Active Grants
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We applied for the following grant opportunities, but our proposals were not selected.
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#### 2026 SLOAN LOI
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* **Status**: Not Awarded
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* **Amount**: USD 150,000
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* **Source**: Following Sloan invitation to submit a [Letter of Inquiry](https://sloan.org/grants/apply#tab-letters-of-inquiry)
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* **Relevant links**:
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* [Letter of Inquiry](/uploads/2026-SLOAN-LOI.pdf)
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* [Forum thread](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/funding-opportunity-2025-sloan-letter-of-interest/2643)
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#### 2025 NLNet: Hardening OpenRefine’s Extension Architecture
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* **Status**: Not Awarded
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* **Amount**: EUR 49,881.25

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