Funding opportunity: OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund

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Hi all,

I’m preparing an application to the Open Technology Fund’s Free and Open Source Software Sustainability Fund (deadline: May 7).

The proposal would focus on strengthening OpenRefine’s core infrastructure, with an emphasis on reconciliation workflows. This includes reducing dependency on external services and improving support for local, privacy-preserving data processing. The proposal would build on the Native In-App Reconciliation of Arbitrary Local Data Sets project we previously prepared for NLnet.

I will follow up as I make progress with the grant writing.

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May 7, 2026 Advisory Committee with CS&S
May 21, 2026 Advisory Committee
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Hello all,

Following up on my previous message, I’ve prepared a draft concept note for the OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund.

The proposal focuses on strengthening OpenRefine’s reconciliation infrastructure, in particular reducing dependency on external services and improving support for local, privacy-preserving workflows.

You can review the draft here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRmy3fX_X7vF8lKdyEIN8sdrNJwnwVPG4b7KKZGgx7M/edit?usp=drivesdk

I’m aiming to submit on May 6 (deadline May 7), so if you have any high-level feedback or relevant use cases to share, feel free to comment.

Thanks,

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You can review the draft here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRmy3fX_X7vF8lKdyEIN8sdrNJwnwVPG4b7KKZGgx7M/edit?usp=drivesdk

I’m aiming to submit on May 6 (deadline May 7), so if you have any high-level feedback or relevant use cases to share, feel free to comment.

That document appears to be private.

Tom

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