300k USD Donation Pledged by Mitchell Hashimoto

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2024-10-01 18:30:02

Over the last couple of years the Zig project has grown significantly both in terms of adoption and number of contributors, to the point where the amount of development activity has outpaced the amount of donations we are getting.

We currently have a rapidly growing number of PRs that need to be reviewed, and a list of core contributors qualified to do the work, but not enough funding for billable hours in order to fully meet demand.

We are thankful to both individual donors, and the companies that have adopted Zig and wisely decided to invest in the long-term sustainability of their software infrastructure. These donations are fundamental in allowing us to continue advancing the state of the art in compiler infrastructure.

On our side of things, the Zig Software Foundation has always been extremely attentive to ensuring that the money you donate is used efficiently.

Just last week we moved away from AWS in order to nip in the bud growing cloud infrastructure costs and, even before that, more than 90% of our income has consistently gone toward paying contributors for their time. This is not something that should be taken for granted, as it's easy for non-profit organizations to incur disproportionate amounts of operational overhead.