2008

The Hacker Foundation connects independent technology projects with the financial, managerial and legal resources necessary to make their projects a reality. We provide 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status to projects that are "the ethic in action".

The Hacker Foundation is supported by hundreds of individuals who donate cash, technology and intellectual resources valued at anywhere from a few pennies to thousands of dollars annually.

The Hacker Foundation connects independent technology projects with the financial, managerial and legal resources necessary to make their projects a reality. We help provide the resources of a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization to help projects collect the funds and resources necessary to pursue research and charitable work with modern technology.

We provide:

1. •Immediate Charitable Non-Profit 501(c)(3) status for reviewed projects which creatively apply intellectual and technological resources towards:
   

2. -Humanitarian relief
   

3. -Freedom of expression
   

4. -The free flow of information
   

5. -Global systems security
   

6. •Grants administration for open-source researchers working outside the Institutional framework.
   

7. •Branding and marketing assistance to technologically-oriented groups
   

8. •Challenge projects to help spur creative, sustainable technological solutions to global problems.
   

9. •Promotion of these creative uses of technology within and outside the Hacker Movement.
   

10. •Events designed to connect projects with complimentary goals and channel interested talent into projects that require specialized assistance.
    

The Hacker Foundation (THF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the establishment and maintaining of research and service organizations, as wells as promoting the exploration, and the creative use of technology. Simply put, we want to help people do wonderful things with technology.