Up to $100,000 a year for free and open-source projects
A US$1 million per year fund from Zerodha supporting free and open-source software projects globally, applied for by publishing a funding manifest.
Use when
Your open-source project has genuine downstream adoption you can evidence and you need money for ongoing maintenance costs.
Skip when
Your project has minimal usage - scale of work is not the same as adoption, and this is stated as a disqualifier rather than a preference.
Status (8 Sep 2026): rolling, no deadline. Award: US$10,000 minimum, then in multiples of US$25,000, up to US$100,000 per year per project. Individuals, projects, groups, communities and organisations can apply from anywhere. The real gate is maturity, stated as an exclusion: the fund focuses on existing, widely used projects and says very new projects or those with minimal usage are not considered. Payment requires a bank account and tax documents - Zerodha remits from India, so budget for a tax residency certificate.
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