2025 marked the 10th year of OSTIF. This year, we published 24 audits, worked on behalf of almost 50 projects, and partnered with 10 different funding bodies to create security outcomes for open source projects. As a result, 231 findings with security impact have been reported and over 98% of…
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security audit of OpenSSF Scorecard. OpenSSF Scorecard is an open source automated testing resource to help projects continually assess security risks. With the help of ADA Logics and the OpenSSF, this project can continue to provide…
The team at OSTIF is honored and excited to announce that for a fifth consecutive year we are a recipient of the DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations Program. The privilege of receiving this donation a fifth time is not lost on us, and reinforces that our mission is being carried out effectively…
The open source community has been abuzz for the past two years about European governance in open source software. From casual meetups to professional conferences, the implication of government funding and regulation of the free-use software sector has resulted in heavily debated discourse around the legal, financial, societal, and functional…
2024 was the 9th year of OSTIF, and what an exciting and groundbreaking year it was! Our annual report for 2024 starts with the OSTIF story then moves onto our impact, function, partnerships, funding, and future. We didn’t mince words here- it’s a quick read of less than five minutes.…
DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, has contributed to OSTIF for a third time by donating $25,000 USD. The charitable giving as part of DuckDuckGo’s annual program Spread Privacy is special, as the funds are not allocated to any specific project. This contribution helps OSTIF tremendously and allows the organization to…
Amazon Web Services Supports Open Source Technology Improvement Fund Amir Montazery, Managing Director, Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, Inc (OSTIF) The OSTIF team is absolutely thrilled to announce that we’ve reached an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide $500,000 in funding. The funding from AWS will help OSTIF…
Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is thrilled to announce its first philanthropic partnership with Omidyar Network (ON). OSTIF is joining a strong network of open source advocates and specialists under the ON portfolio to further the Open and Secure Internet Ecosystem. “This is a significant accomplishment for OSTIF and expands…
Duckduckgo, the privacy search engine, has contributed to OSTIF for a second time by donating $25,000 USD. Their site that tracks their charitable donations Spread Privacy has the official announcement. These funds are not allocated to any specific project, which helps OSTIF tremendously by allowing us to spend resources on…
We are currently hosting a KickStarter project to help pay for a direct to garment printer that we can use to raise funds for all of our future fundraisers. This will allow us to give attractive gifts to our backers while raising money to enable the crucial security work that…