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Free and Open-Source Software Advocacy & Development

Every indexed organization working in the activity groups below — who they are, where they operate, and the approaches they share.

01 Free and Open-Source Software Advocacy & Development · 42 activities edit slice
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epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 22 organizations and 42 activities — SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY, SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION, CALYX INSTITUTE and others. Activity concentrates in New York (95%) and California (5%).
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Gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

Geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
New York 95% · 21 orgs
California 5% · 1 orgs
gap signal →
New York accounts for 95% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

Organizations in this field · 22

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Funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Various foundations 2
Foundation
Amazon Web Services 1
Corporate
Calyx Institute (self-funded grants) 1
Government
Gavi 1
Foundation
Generative Art Foundation 1
Foundation
Google 1
Corporate
Government of Bangladesh 1
Government
Knight Foundation 1
Foundation
Membership fees 1
Earned
Microsoft 1
Corporate
Red Hat 1
Corporate
Various foundations and individual grantees 1
Government
who works with whom

Named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Debian Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Google Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Apache Software Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
EFF Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Electronic Frontier Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Free Software Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
IBM Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Microsoft Partner
shared by 2 orgs
PayPal Partner
shared by 2 orgs
PostgreSQL Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Red Hat Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Software Freedom Conservancy Partner
shared by 2 orgs
#KeepItOn Coalition
shared by 1 org
#KeepItOn coalition Coalition
shared by 1 org
0 A.D. Partner
shared by 1 org
ACT-UP Partner
shared by 1 org