# Sponsors

## Gold

## Silver

## Bronze

## Supporter

> Myles Sutherland

> Dynamic Graphics, Inc.

> Kaplan Open Source Consulting

> Phoenix LiDAR Systems, LLC

> PIX4D

> Regrid

> Route4Me, Inc.

> Satelligence

> Space Intelligence

> T-Kartor

> UAV4GEO

> Umbra

> Vortex f.d.c.

Note

Sponsors are listed in randomized order within their sponsorship level.

## Sponsorship Program

You can support GDAL by direct participation in its development and community, by contracting development via GDAL Service Providers, or by financially contributing to the GDAL Sponsorship Program (GSP) as a corporation or individually.

GSP supports development of GDAL activities that no single organization would directly contribute through a service provider or in-kind effort. GSP funds are undirected resources the Project Steering Committee manages to repay technical debt, address performance and security issues, and add new project-wide features such as the recently added gdal.

GDAL collaborates with NumFOCUS, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the open source scientific computing community, as a NumFOCUS Sponsored Project to have it provide administrative support for the GSP. Donations in support of the GSP are made to NumFOCUS and it provides administrative support of the program for a fee.

Note

NumFOCUS is 501(c)(3) non-profit charity in the United States (and soon in France); as such, donations to NumFOCUS are tax-deductible as allowed by law. As with any donation, you should consult with your personal tax adviser or the IRS about your particular tax situation.

### Donations

If your organization benefits from GDAL we recommend joining the group of sponsors above to "pay it forward" and ensure the project has the resources to stay healthy and grow. To learn about the benefits of becoming a sponsor at various levels start with the Sustainable GDAL Sponsorship Prospectus. If you are interested, need help convincing your key decision-makers, or have any questions, don't hesitate to contact `gdal-sponsors@osgeo.org`

#### Levels

GDAL (and NumFOCUS) annual sponsorship levels are as follows:

- Gold – $50,000+ USD

- Silver – $25,000+ USD

- Bronze - $10,000+ USD

- Supporter – $1,000-$10,000 USD

#### Corporate

The GDAL project primarily targets corporate donations due to their efficiency. If you represent an organization the leverages GDAL and would like to coordinate your organization's resources to help sponsor the project, please email `gdal-sponsors@osgeo.org`.

#### Individual

Individuals can target donation to the GDAL project by donating to NumFOCUS through https://numfocus.org/donate-to-gdal.

Note

If your workplace has a corporate giving program, please consider enrolling GDAL in it for a match.

#### Government

Government donations (grants) often have significant constraints on their acquisition, usage, and amount. While the project is happy to accept government support through NumFOCUS, note that it can be difficult to meet all requirements. If you are a government organization that desires to support the project through NumFOCUS, please email `gdal-sponsors@osgeo.org`.

#### T-shirts

Profit from swag orders in the NumFOCUS Spreadshirt online shop directly contribute to the project.

Note

The design comes from Lindsey Nield saying "Every new geospatial tool is just GDAL in a trench coat"

#### Past Sponsors

Past sponsors have been critical to enable many feature, security, and performance improvements to the project over the past three years. The project thanks them for their contribution and hopes they can sponsor the project in the future.

### Administration

Howard Butler is the GDAL Sponsorship Program Lead and Project Steering Committee member. Contact him for questions or information about the program.

The GDAL Maintainers Meeting is every fourth Thursday at 1300 UTC. Any PSC or PR contributor is welcome to join. Contact Howard for an invite and look for the minutes on the Mailing List.

### Impact

Since its creation in 2021, the GDAL Sponsorship Program has had a huge impact on the administration and development of the GDAL project. It has allowed the project to work to pay back nearly 30 years of accumulated technical and user experience debt that otherwise would not be addressed. Some specific things the GSP enabled include:

- Conversion to the CMake build system

- Implementing the gdal CLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdrYm3TiBU

- Security remediation in libgdal and supporting libraries

- The 2024 GDAL user survey and activities resulting from its direction

Note

You can browse GitHub tickets by searching for the funded through GSP label to see a listing of activities made possible by the program. https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3A%22funded+through+GSP%22+is%3Aclosed

### Related Resources

- Sustainable GDAL Sponsorship Prospectus.

- Sponsoring frequently asked questions (FAQ).

- RFC 80: NumFOCUS relationship and sponsorship program

- RFC 83: guidelines for the use of GDAL project sponsorship