The FOSS United grants program aims to provide financial support to FOSS creators,
maintainers, projects and events all over India. To date, we have disbursed over INR 3
crores towards Indian FOSS projects and maintainers. All FOSS United grantees are
listed here.
We fund FOSS projects by raising funds from the tech industry, either through our
Industry Partnership Program, individual donations, or by reaching out to companies
that might be interested in co-sponsoring certain projects or organizations.
To read more about the structure of the grants program, evaluation criteria and more, please go through our grants thesis.
If you're a FOSS project or developer in need of financial support, please apply. For any questions, please reach out to us at grants@fossunited.org.
Project grants are largely “non-thematic”. In the past, we have funded developer tools, consumer apps, non-profit foundations, FOSS mirrors, Open Hardware projects, individual contributors, and even new programming languages!
Privacy respecting, free software, collaboration and communication services - https://git.fosscommunity.in/community
BarCamp Bangalore is an open, volunteer-led, participant-driven unconference where attendees propose and run sessions themselves. It celebrates peer-to-peer learning, spontaneous discussions, and community-led knowledge sharing across a wide range of topics rather than a fixed agenda. We are planning a full-day unconference that brings together a diverse and engaged audience including software professionals, entrepreneurs, students, professors, venture capitalists and angel investors, photographers, social-change activists, NGO policy makers, bloggers, consultants, reporters, and more. Over the years BarCamp Bangalore has attracted thousands of participants, hundreds of session proposals, and extensive community engagement both in person and online. The event will offer multiple parallel session tracks where participants can share ideas, discuss real-world challenges, showcase projects, lead workshops, and network with other passionate individuals. It is a unique opportunity for people to connect, learn, collaborate and co-create in an inclusive environment that encourages experimentation, creativity, and community building.
The Audio Developer Conference (ADC) is a not-for-profit event and is dedicated to providing education and essential resources to audio developers around the world. The mission is to bring the audio developer community together, and promote diversity and accessibility. ADCx India 26 is a one-day version of ADC scheduled for 29th March 2026 at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) and includes talks, networking sessions & keynotes that cover topics including audio development technologies, music applications, game audio, audio processing, embedded systems. 3D and VR/AR audio, DSP, machine learning and more. The talks of the event are live-streamed to YouTube and are made available to everyone for free in line with the vision to improve accessibility to information. To build an inclusive ecosystem, the event also provides Diversity Grants and stays focussed on making it a welcoming place.
FOSS event grant
Blender Kannada Tutorials Series
Policy in Action Program by Young Leaders in Active Citizenship (YLAC). Ansh was provided a grant to cover for partial travel expenses and course fees.
As part of the NAST Fellowship conducted by The Takshashila Institution, Arpit worked on the project "Balancing Innovation and Risk Management in Open-Source Adoption for Critical Sectors"