💠 Support the Open Internet — Keep It Free, Weird, and Thriving

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Overview

Open Internet Initiative is a community driven effort to defend a free and open web. This page explains how donations support ongoing work to keep tools, resources, and discussions accessible to everyone. The project sustains a distributed, collaborative model that welcomes contributors from around the world. Our aim is not to chase trends but to sustain an ecosystem where openness and curiosity can thrive.

Funds enable practical, measurable progress. They support core development, hosting and bandwidth, inclusive documentation, and the maintenance of open standards that empower individuals to publish, learn, and share without gatekeeping.

Why Your Support Matters

For the Open Internet Initiative, generosity from the community translates directly into tangible capabilities. Your contribution helps us stay independent, operate with transparency, and invite diverse voices into design and governance. By joining us, you participate in a calm, persistent effort to keep the web accessible and inviting for developers, educators, and everyday users alike.

  • Sustain core infrastructure that hosts communities, documents, and experiments.
  • Expand multilingual resources so non English speakers can participate.
  • Fund code improvements and security reviews that keep tools reliable.
  • Support outreach, onboarding, and inclusive events that invite new contributors.

How Donations Are Used

Transparency guides every step. In practical terms, donations are allocated to a small, distributed team that prioritizes open practice over hype. We allocate funds to:

  • Development and maintenance of core platforms and tooling.
  • Hosting, bandwidth, and uptime guarantees for public resources.
  • Documentation, accessibility improvements, and multilingual expansion.
  • Community outreach, workshops, and educational materials.
  • Public reporting, audits, and governance processes to ensure accountability.

We publish quarterly updates and maintain a public ledger of expenditures. This openness helps participants understand how resources translate into real, measurable impact.

Community Voices

“Contributing to the Open Internet Initiative has connected me with collaborators across borders. It feels good to know the work is open and welcoming.”
“The transparency around funding and progress makes participation meaningful. I can see where my support goes and what we’re building together.”

Transparency And Trust

We believe trust grows from clarity. A public funding ledger, governance updates, and accessible project documentation are core commitments. Updates are shared openly with the community, and governance decisions invite input from contributors worldwide. The Open Internet Initiative is built to endure through collective responsibility and steady, careful growth.

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