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# OpenRefine Backers

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.
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.

Previous donors are listed in our Year in Review post:
* [2024 Year In Review post](/blog/2024/12/13/year-in-review-2024#2024-donor-shoutouts).
* [2025 Year In Review post](/blog/2025/12/17/year-in-review-2025#2025-donor-shoutouts).

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).

You can [donate here](/donate)

## Patron
Over $50,000 donated in 2025. Fully sustains OpenRefine’s annual budget, funding our entire core team for a full year.

## Partner
Between $5,000 and $50,000 donated in 2025. Underwrites multiple months of core-team development, feature work, and contributor support.
Between $5,000 and $50,000 donated in the last 12 months. Underwrites multiple months of core-team development, feature work, and contributor support.

* FLOSS/fund (one-time)

## Sponsor
Between $500 and $5,000 donated in 2025. Enables us to represent OpenRefine at conferences and expand our community outreach.
Between $500 and $5,000 donated in the last 12 months. Enables us to represent OpenRefine at conferences and expand our community outreach.

* Vanguard Charitable (one-time)

## Sustainer
Up to $500 donated in 2025. Covers essential day-to-day infrastructure including forum hosting, software licenses, and routine maintenance.
Up to $500 donated in the last 12 months. Covers essential day-to-day infrastructure including forum hosting, software licenses, and routine maintenance.

* RefinePro (recurring)
* ostephens (recurring)
* DaxServer (recurring)
* alanorth (recurring)
* timtomch (recurring)
* trantor (recurring)
* wetneb (recurring)
* One anonymous donors (recurring)
* EstebanMH-SiB (recurring)
* Balise42 (recurring)
* btseee (one-time)
* Joel Gardner (one-time)
* Jasmine Saffold (one-time)
* Nicolas Semrau (one-time)
* Jessica Talisman (one-time)
* John Andersson (one-time)
* Fumichika Kinoshita (one-time)
* Sharon Mizota (one-time)
* Nikhil Raj (one-time)
* Dan Pobst (one-time)
* Mita Williams (one-time)
* Shaun Spalding (one-time)
* and 2 anonymous donors (one-time)

## Service & Infrastructure Partners
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### Applying

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/).
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/).

#### 2026 Sovereign Tech Fellowship
* **Status**: Pending
* **Amount**: EUR 20,020
* **Source**: [Sovereign Tech Fellowship](https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fellowship)
* **Start date**: June 2026
* **End date**: May 2027
* **Relevant links**:
* [Grant application](/uploads/2026-Sovereign-Tech-Fund.pdf)
* [Forum thread](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/funding-opportunity-sovereign-tech-fellowship-application-community-coordination-and-governance/2758)

### Active Grants

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We applied for the following grant opportunities, but our proposals were not selected.

#### 2026 SLOAN LOI
* **Status**: Not Awarded
* **Amount**: USD 150,000
* **Source**: Following Sloan invitation to submit a [Letter of Inquiry](https://sloan.org/grants/apply#tab-letters-of-inquiry)
* **Relevant links**:
* [Letter of Inquiry](/uploads/2026-SLOAN-LOI.pdf)
* [Forum thread](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/funding-opportunity-2025-sloan-letter-of-interest/2643)

#### 2025 NLNet: Hardening OpenRefine’s Extension Architecture
* **Status**: Not Awarded
* **Amount**: EUR 49,881.25
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