Become a sponsor to OpenRefine
Who we are
OpenRefine is a free, power tool for working with messy data and improving it. Our mission is to empower everyone to meaningfully engage with data by providing an accessible, open-source tool and nurturing a diverse, supportive community.
Your sponsorship helps fill the funding gap beyond grants, ensuring the project remains healthy and community-driven.
Why Your Support Matters
We are funded by grants and gifts from institutions and individuals such as yourself.
Our annual operating budget is US$ 140,000 (or appx US$11,500 per month) to fund our core team for maintenance, coordination, licensing, and administration. Individual sponsors complement existing grant funding (available at https://openrefine.org/funding)
How Funds Are Used
We are seeking your support to fund OpenRefine's core team, a small group of part-time staff who maintain the project's infrastructure, respond to community needs, review and guide volunteer contributors, handle security reports, and steward the ecosystem of extensions and reconciliation services. The expenses cover:
- US $7,500 per month for OpenRefine Developer & Contributor Engagement lead
- US $2,500 per month for project coordination
- US $70 per month for essential software licenses
- 15% of donations to our fiscal sponsor, Code for Science and Society, to handle administration and compliance
Additional funding enables us to organize community events, conduct outreach efforts, and undertake special projects.
OpenRefine is a fiscally sponsored project of Code for Science & Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the USA. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by US law (Tax ID: 81-3791683).
OpenRefine is free open source software that is downloaded and used by thousands per year! However, we hope that those who depend on OpenRefine for their daily work would consider making a donation or even asking their employer to make a contribution to help us continue to offer new features and bug fixes.
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$1 a month
SelectShow your support for keeping OpenRefine maintained
Benefits include:
- GitHub Sponsor Badge
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sustainer”
$5 a month
SelectContribute toward maintaining the OpenRefine infrastructure
Benefits include:
- GitHub badge;
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sustainer”
$10 a month
SelectContribute toward maintaining the OpenRefine infrastructure
Benefits include:
- GitHub Sponsor Badge
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sustainer”
$25 a month
SelectFund our design license for one month
Benefits include:
- GitHub badge;
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sustainer”
$50 a month
SelectFund our forum hosting for one month
Benefits include:
- GitHub Sponsor Badge
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sustainer”
$100 a month
SelectFund our forum hosting for one month
Benefits include:
- GitHub Sponsor Badge
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sustainer”
$500 a month
SelectHelp us attend a conference to promote OpenRefine
Benefits include:
- GitHub Sponsor Badge
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sponsor”
$1,000 a month
SelectHelp us attend two conferences to promote OpenRefine
Benefits include:
- GitHub Sponsor Badge
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sponsor”
$2,500 a month
SelectSupport our core team for one week
Benefits include:
- GitHub badge;
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Sponsor”
$5,000 a month
SelectSupport our core team for two weeks
Benefits include:
- GitHub badge;
- Name on backers page and listing in Year in Review report as “Partner”