Re: Common Good Cyber Fund Grant Program for Debian

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 10:34:39AM +0200, Hector Oron wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> El mié, 22 jul 2026, 22:14, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> escribió:
> 
> > > This is the longstanding problem that a non-profit project of our size
> > > > and asking for donations should really have a proper budget process and
> > > > annual financial reports on our website.
> > >
> > > That should be covered by SPI, the non-profit, Debian is associated
> > project.
> >
> > What about money in other TOs?
> >
> 
> Every TO should have a yearly financial report, I assume they need to keep
> legal compliance.
> 
> Is "A current operational budget" something Debian has?
> >
> 
> No, a community usually is not run by budgets.
>...

As soon as money is involved, there is usually a budget for the 
financial part.

At least I am used to even small (e.g. sports) clubs with a dozen 
members making a budget balancing income and expenses for the next year, 
which is the basis for decisions like whether to change the membership fee.

> Regards

cu
Adrian