PGF Projects

Prosperous Software License

The Prosperous Software License is a community-grounded effort to devise a new open source software license that shares the prosperity of the digital economy with the open source value creators that helped make it happen.

Open source data-driven growth platform

Open Source Observer

Open Source Observer (OSO) powers strategic data-driven decision-making in high-growth competitive environments. Enhance your existing data with access to a growing data marketplace. Derive rich understanding and insights using the OSO semantic layer and metrics factory. Accelerate analysis and decisions with AI automation. All on an industry-leading open source software stack that you can trust.

Funding the Commons

Funding the Commons (FtC) originated as an event series aiming to cultivate a public goods community spanning across the spectrum, including Web2, Web3, research, philanthropy, government, and industry. Its primary focus is the fostering of innovative public goods funding mechanisms. By leveraging the FtC community, brand, events, extensive resources from key partners, and a growing builder community, the organization aims to establish a sustainable PGF ecosystem, and shape the discourse around public goods funding.

Master's & PhD Scholarship Program

Open Source Scholarship

The Public Goods Foundation Scholarship Program provides financial support to Master's and PhD students whose research advances open source software, public digital infrastructure, and related fields in computer science, computer engineering, or data science. The program is open to students at accredited universities globally, awards $25,000–$40,000 USD per academic year paid directly to the host university, and runs on an annual cycle. Candidates must demonstrate a genuine record of open source contribution. Deeper investments in the next generation of open source researchers can lead to significant economic growth and more equitable access to knowledge.

Does your public goods project need a fiscal host?

Fiscal Host Program

The Public Goods Foundation hosts select projects that align with the mission. If you are an open source project that benefits the broader public goods ecosystem, feel free to apply on Open Collective. Hosted projects enjoy the full support of the non-profit, as well as the broader public goods community.