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<p>Hi Michal,</p>
<p>The situation in Switzerland is similar to Sweden. Our main income source are "memberships". We currently have about 130 members in different categories.</p>
<p>A: provinces, large cities, large companies (1000 CHF membership per year)</p>
<p>B: smaller cities and companies (500 CHF)</p>
<p>C: private persons (100 CHF)</p>
<p>D: students/retired people (50 CHF)</p>
<p>Members also get some benefits: cheaper courses at our annual event and they can vote how the available funds are spent. We have a grant system like QGIS.ORG has, and every January we vote on how the money is spent. Members can submit proposals. Also, in order to use some application modules (water, waste-water, etc.) one has to be a member in the QGIS user group.</p>
<p>About 2/3 of the Swiss provinces are members, many larger and smaller cities and quite a few private engineering companies.</p>
<p>Like in Sweden, it is easist for public entities to become member in an association. It would be very difficult to donate, and sometimes complicated to participate in crowd fundings.</p>
<p>However, we had some successful crowd funding campaigns as well and many public administrations also participate in crowd fundings.</p>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p>Andreas</p>
<p id="reply-intro">On 2025-09-04 09:59, Michał Żugajewicz via QGIS-User wrote:</p>
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<p>Hi Karl-Magnus!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for your quick reply and for sharing your perspective - that's super helpful! We are a young association (founded in April 2025), so it means a lot to us to learn from our more experienced colleagues. Your advice and insights from Sweden give us valuable ideas for our own path 💚</p>
After collecting feedback from other local groups, I will prepare a summary report that I will share with everyone via email.</div>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi all!</span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For us in Sweden membership fees are the main income. It is easy and not so much work for both members and board. We have tried some crowdfunding as well, but it is a lot more work and difficult for many </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">public organizations (which are our main target) to participate due to stiff budgets and procurement rules. We had some sponsors for the international conference this year but otherwise we do not have sponsors in that way. One thing that probably should work well is to create a small surplus on our national meeting and events. But we have so far decided to try to break even on these events. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Från:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"> QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>> <strong>För </strong>Michał Żugajewicz via QGIS-User<br /><strong>Skickat:</strong> den 3 september 2025 07:07<br /><strong>Till:</strong> <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br /><strong>Ämne:</strong> [Qgis-user] Funding sources for QGIS development (local groups)</span></p>
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<p>Dear Colleagues!</p>
<p>I am reaching out with an interest in learning more about how local QGIS user groups manage to secure funding and support for the development of the software and related tools, such as plugins and custom applications.</p>
<p>Could you please share some insights into the typical sources of funding that your group or related initiatives rely on? For example:</p>
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<li>Do you receive support from public institutions such as municipalities, government agencies, or universities?</li>
<li>Are there private companies, consultancies, or NGOs that contribute financially to your activities or sponsor specific development projects?</li>
<li>Do you make use of grants, donations, or membership fees to sustain your work?</li>
<li>Have you engaged in partnerships with organizations that benefit from QGIS to co-finance the development of plugins or other tools?</li>
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<p>I am particularly interested in understanding what models have proven effective and sustainable for your group, and whether there are strategies or best practices you would recommend for establishing these collaborations.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your time and for any details you can share. Your experience could be very helpful in shaping similar initiatives elsewhere <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif;">💚</span></p>
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