Call for volunteers: Fundraising Working Group

The Django Software Foundation is looking for people to join the Fundraising Working Group.

This is a particularly interesting time to get involved.

The DSF has raised its 2026 fundraising goal to $500,000. That funding is what allows us to continue supporting the Django Fellows, Django Girls, community events, Djangonaut Space, infrastructure, and the many other things that keep the Django ecosystem going. It also gives the DSF the room to do something new: hire its first Executive Director.

You can read more about the DSF's fundraising goals for 2026 in this post.

Getting there will take more than asking people to donate. We need to think about how we build relationships with companies that depend on Django, how we make sponsorships meaningful, how we find new ways for organisations to support the project, and how we communicate the value of investing in Django.

That is where the Fundraising Working Group comes in.

The DSF is hiring an Executive Director who will bring dedicated, day-to-day leadership to the Foundation, including sponsorship development and partner relationships. The Fundraising Working Group will have an opportunity to work closely with the person in this role as we build out our fundraising efforts.

Who are we looking for?

We'd love to have people who have done this before.

If you have experience with fundraising, sponsorships, partnerships, business development, sales, donor relationships, or building relationships with companies, there is plenty of scope to put that experience to work. We need people who can help identify opportunities, open doors, develop ideas, and turn them into actual fundraising initiatives.

But you don't need to be a fundraising expert to join.

Maybe you've never worked on fundraising before, but you know how companies make decisions about supporting open source. Maybe you have ideas for how Django could engage organisations that rely on it. Maybe you are good at building relationships, telling a compelling story, organising initiatives, or simply getting things moving.

Those perspectives are useful too.

We're looking for a group that can bring both experience and fresh ideas; people who can help drive the work as well as people who are excited to learn and contribute.

The working group meets monthly and works asynchronously between meetings. You can read more about how the group operates in the Fundraising Working Group charter.

Interested in joining?

Apply to join the Fundraising Working Group

Whether you have years of fundraising experience or are completely new to it but ready to help, we would love to hear from you.