[QwertyPi]

Python is of course a major boon to humanity, but the things that need funding are typically things that corporations aren't using. It's our reliance on private spokes of technology (think: app stores & sales platforms, operating systems, hardware designs, etc) that are major risks to the long-term stability of our society and economy.

[hospitalJail]

Those are open ended problems though.

Something like python's GIL issue is something with a clear end game. It just needs resources.