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<img class="foundation-logo" alt="Bevy Foundation Logo" src="/assets/bevy_foundation.svg" />
<p>
Our mission is to promote, protect, and advance the free and open source <a href="/">Bevy Engine</a> and related open source projects. We coordinate and promote its continued maintenance and development, educate and train members of the general public in its usage, and conduct research and development to advance the state of the art of creating real-time applications and simulations.
</p>
<p>
In short: <b>we exist to develop Bevy and teach people how to use it!</b>
</p>
<h2>Donate</h2>
<p>
Bevy will always be free and open-source, but it isn't free to make! Because Bevy is free, we rely on the generosity of the Bevy community to fund our efforts. If you are a happy user of Bevy or you believe in our mission, please consider donating!
</p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1rem;">
<a class="button button--pink header__cta" href="/donate">Donate <img class="button__icon" src="/assets/heart.svg" alt="heart icon"></a>
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<b>Bevy Foundation</b> currently uses donations in the following ways:
<ul>
<li><b>Hiring Maintainers:</b> Maintainers are technical experts that facilitate the development of Bevy by reviewing, adjusting, and merging changes from the Bevy community, reviewing and developing designs, and choosing project direction. They are technical experts that contribute their own changes to Bevy, as well as social experts that ensure the Bevy community is a pleasant and effective place to work. Maintainers serve as public representatives of the project. Our bar for maintainership is high. See our <a href="https://bevy.org/learn/contribute/project-information/bevy-organization/#maintainer">Bevy Organization</a> document for details.</li>
<li><b>Infrastructure:</b> The foundation will pay present and future hosting costs, such as hosting the Bevy website and continuous integration (CI) to validate our code. Currently, these costs are low, but we expect them to increase over time.</li>
<li><b>Operational Costs:</b> Keeping a nonprofit organization compliant and operational takes time and money. These costs are currently very low, but we expect them to increase over time as we grow. Our goal is to minimize these costs as much as possible as our goal is to maximize the amount we spend on actually building Bevy and accomplishing our mission.</li>
</ul>
<h3>We are a 501(c)(3) Public Charity</h3>
<p>We proudly have a federal 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity designation.</p>
<p>This status exempts us from federal income tax and allow donors in the United States (and some other countries) to deduct their donations on their federal taxes.</p>
<p>
The 501(c)(3) public charity status also introduces <a href="https://www.501c3.org/what-is-a-501c3/">stricter operational constraints</a>, which serve to protect the integrity of our mission. This makes the mission above more than just a promise. We have an obligation to protect our
mission and guard against corruption. We are proud of this designation and we hope it helps assure the Bevy community that we work for them, not profit.
</p>
<h2>Leadership</h2>
<p>
<b>Bevy Foundation</b> is currently led by the following Board of Directors:
</p>
<div class="item-grid item-grid--multi-cols">
<div class="card director-card" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/cart';" >
<div class="card-text media-content card-dense">
<div class="card-title">
<div>
Carter Anderson
</div>
</div>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="https://github.com/cart">github</a>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="mailto:cart@bevy.org">email</a>
<div>President/Interim Treasurer </div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card director-card" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/alice-i-cecile'">
<div class="card-text media-content card-dense">
<div class="card-title">
<div>
Alice Cecile
</div>
</div>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="https://github.com/alice-i-cecile">github</a>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="mailto:alice@bevy.org">email</a>
<div>Secretary</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card director-card" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/mockersf'">
<div class="card-text media-content card-dense">
<div class="card-title">
<div>
François Mockers
</div>
</div>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="https://github.com/mockersf">github</a>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="mailto:francois@bevy.org">email</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card director-card" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/superdump'">
<div class="card-text media-content card-dense">
<div class="card-title">
<div>
Robert Swain
</div>
</div>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="https://github.com/superdump">github</a>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="mailto:rob@bevy.org">email</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card director-card" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/james7132'">
<div class="card-text media-content card-dense">
<div class="card-title">
<div>
James Liu
</div>
</div>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="https://github.com/james7132">github</a>
<a class="foundation-board-info" href="mailto:james@bevy.org">email</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="margin-top: 1rem;">
The Board of Directors governs how <b>Bevy Foundation</b> operates, which includes how funds are allocated and how Bevy communities are run. As a current matter of de-facto policy adopted via consensus by the current Board of Directors, Bevy Maintainers are to be offered Director status (functionally this happens via a vote by the current board).
</div>
<h2>Transparency</h2>
<p>
<b>Bevy Foundation</b> is a 501(c)(3) public charity, incorporated as a Washington state non-profit. We strive to make our operations transparent:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/foundation/bylaws">Bylaws</a>: The operational rules we have adopted
</li>
<li>
<a href="/foundation/meeting-minutes">Meeting Minutes</a>: Learn about the decisions the board makes and why we make them
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Q_vdAaI0tsWZdcddL9lDicDZhjPl79s9?ths=true">Documents</a>: Public Bevy Foundation documents, such as our Articles of Incorporation
</li>
<li>
<a href="/foundation/budget">Budget</a>: How we plan to spend money this year.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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