[Board] [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Budget 2026

[Angelos Tzotsos]

The budget has been approved:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026
https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo-budget-for-2026

Thanks all for your feedback.

On 1/29/26 00:33, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Motion to approve the 2026 budget is now on Loomio:
> https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo-budget-for-2026 
>
>
> On 1/5/26 10:29, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> The board is expecting your budget requests by Jan 15th.
>> Please add your request directly to the wiki page:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>>
>> On 12/12/25 22:12, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> Dear OSGeo Members, Projects and Committees,
>>>
>>> OSGeo is proud to support our committees, initiatives, and growing 
>>> number of projects. We have been pleased to see funding applied to 
>>> day to day operations, improvements and a wide range of community 
>>> building activities including events, code sprints, developer 
>>> meetings and user conferences.
>>>
>>> Our continued ability to offer financial support is due a successful 
>>> FOSS4G 2025 and the generosity of our ongoing sponsors.
>>>
>>> OSGeo Committees
>>>
>>> To plan our 2026 budget, we are reaching out to all OSGeo committees 
>>> to help plan for the year ahead.
>>>
>>> As our budget forecasting includes communicating with sponsors we 
>>> ask you to list any sponsorship opportunities you are aware of for 
>>> 2026. We realize that asking for funding can be difficult.  Please 
>>> be clear with each sponsorship opportunity, and the visibility 
>>> benefit you are able to offer sponsors.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Budget#2023
>>>
>>> OSGeo Projects
>>>
>>> Each year we are pleased to welcome new graduated projects to OSGeo. 
>>> The Board starts planning by providing a set amount to all graduated 
>>> projects who have:
>>> 1.Reported to the Board their activities of the last 12 months (e.g. 
>>> during the AGM or directly to a Board meeting); and
>>> 2. Have sent a budget request.
>>>
>>> Funding allows each project committee to plan ahead, and support 
>>> their team activities without hesitation.
>>>
>>> Keep in mind that if any unforeseen event occurs during the year we 
>>> are here to support you. Project teams have approached the board 
>>> during the course of a year to respond to security vulnerabilities, 
>>> or request legal advice, that was not anticipated during budget 
>>> planning.
>>>
>>> Projects with a more specific plan (to pursue a clear goal) are 
>>> welcome to send a more detailed budget. Larger goals should be 
>>> presented as clear sponsorship opportunities to your community, and 
>>> OSGeo will do our best to help out as well.
>>>
>>> Tip: Keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization. We love to support 
>>> community participation, or a cross-project code sprint.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Budget_2023
>>> https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities 
>>>
>>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2023
>>>
>>>
>>> OSGeo Community Projects
>>>
>>> Projects working on incubation are asked to contact 
>>> incubator at lists.osgeo.org to be included in the 2026 incubation 
>>> budget request.
>>>
>>>
>>> Budget Meeting
>>>
>>> To help navigate the uncertainties ahead in 2026, the Board will 
>>> have a budget meeting in January 2026 to review 2025 expenditures, 
>>> sponsorship and make financial decisions for the 2026 budget.
>>>
>>> Please add your project info to the budget draft at:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026
>>>
>>> Budget requests should be submitted ideally by 15 January 2026 in 
>>> advance of our next Board meeting.
>>>
>>> On behalf of the OSGeo Board,
>>> Angelos
>>>
>>
>

-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/