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by Propelloni 994 days ago
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> Every year, we support and sponsor programs that nurture diverse communities and their projects. Our programs include:

* A Fellowship and Teaching Fellowship Program that funds exploratory, creative, and technical research

* An Advocacy Program that partners with organizations for projects

* Public events that provide platforms for collaboration between our contributors, such as panels and talks that spread the word about the need for equity in these fields

* Summer programs to support emerging coders throughout the world

[1] https://processingfoundation.org/

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2 comments

The usual racket
I'm under the impression that a 501c3 _can't_ spend its money on developers working on FOSS while being 100% tax deductible because of the US tax code; makes one wonder whether it would be worthwhile to lobby/organize to get that changed.
Can you elaborate as to how you arrived at that conclusion?
Naively, because it might help more pro-social and FOSS software get made?
Thats... what? Is that a reply to my comment or just markov chaining?
They believed you were asking why they thought it might be useful to lobby for a change in regulations, not why they thought there was a regulation in the first place
Odd