Today, we’re launching our end-of-year fundraising campaign to support #OpenCode4BetterScience — a mission to sustain the open source tools powering global innovation and discovery.
Your support will directly impact scientific OS software, empowering better science for a better world. Amplify your support by sharing this campaign with colleagues, friends, or employers who have earmarked funds for meaningful, impactful giving. Together, we can fuel the future of open, accessible science.
Why We Exist
Open Source for Better Science
Open source software is the backbone of modern science, powering discoveries across disciplines like biotech/healthcare, environmental science, and artificial intelligence. Tools and communities like Julia, Matplotlib, and NumPy make cutting-edge research accessible, transparent, and reproducible for scientists, educators, and innovators worldwide. But creating and sustaining these tools takes more than passion — it takes dedicated support. Our mission is to provide services ensuring these critical resources remain available to everyone, enabling better science for a better world.
How We Make an Impact
Supporting the Open Source Ecosystem
At the heart of modern scientific discovery are the open source tools that make complex research possible — tools like Bokeh, pandas, and rOpenSci. NumFOCUS ensures these and over 140 other projects critical to global science and innovation thrive by providing fiscal sponsorship, small grant funding, and community-building support. Through programs like Small Development Grants, we empower contributors to maintain and improve software that drives breakthroughs in everything from personalized medicine to climate modeling. By supporting the open source ecosystem, we help transform ideas into discoveries that benefit us all.
How You Can Help
Your Support Sustains Innovation
Science thrives on innovation, and innovation thrives on open source. But open source doesn’t sustain itself — it relies on a community of passionate contributors and the generosity of supporters like you. As we approach the end of the year, your donation can help close the funding gap, providing essential resources to the over 140 projects that NumFOCUS supports which fuel scientific breakthroughs in biotech/healthcare, climate science, finance, astronomy, AI, and beyond. Together, we can ensure these critical tools continue to empower better science for a better world — your support makes the difference!
Join Us in Supporting #OpenCode4BetterScience
Science needs open source, and open source needs you. As we reflect on the year’s achievements, we are reminded of the countless breakthroughs made possible by community-driven software — tools that enable researchers, innovators, and educators to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
Yet, these tools don’t sustain themselves. Behind every library, every package, and every project community is a network of dedicated maintainers, contributors, and community managers working tirelessly, in many cases stable funding. Your donation bridges the gap, ensuring these critical projects remain vibrant, inclusive, and accessible to all.
By joining the #OpenCode4BetterScience campaign, you’re not just supporting scientific OS software — you’re empowering better science for a better world. Together, we can fuel the discoveries of tomorrow.
Make your year-end donation today and help us continue building a future powered by open, accessible, and innovative science.
Join the #OpenCode4BetterScience Movement
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants. NumFOCUS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
