Apereo Foundation
9450 SW Gemini Dr.
PMB 98572
Beaverton, OR 97008-7105
(970) 462-7766
Website: https://apereo.org
Contact:
Patrick Masson
Executive Director
ed@apereo.org
Year organization became a 501(c)(3): 2012
Year of first fiscal sponsorship: 2012
Number of sponsored projects: 20
Fiscal sponsorship fee:
Apereo charges a 10% management fee to recapture expenses associated with the fiscal sponsorship program. The fee is calculated from net revenue (gross revenue less refunds and payment processing fees) and will be adjusted from the Project’s fund balance on a monthly basis.
Eligibility criteria:
- Aligned mission values
- Other: Open source software projects in support of the academic mission: teaching, learning and research.
Types of projects or services we sponsor:
- Education
- Other: Open source educational and research software and technologies, open source infrastructure for academic and research institutions
Services we offer projects:
- Auditing
- Bill paying
- Bookkeeping/accounting
- Computer IT
- Human resource management
- Insurance
- Legal services
- Organizational development
- Payroll
- Receiving property and stock donations
- Tax reporting
- Other: Community development and management, events planning and management, fundraising (grants and sponsorships), project incubation, marketing and promotion, policy analysis.
Based on Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways to Do It Right: Our model(s) of fiscal sponsorship are:
- Model A, Direct Project
Organization
The Apereo Foundation works internationally to increase the awareness, development and adoption of open source software in support of academia: education, scholarship, research and community. Apereo projects and communities span educational disciplines and technologies, operational infrastructure and practices, and research activities and interests; “for academics, by academics.”