Join NTEN in celebrating and spotlighting open source projects for the social good with the next Pizzigati Prize!
As we announced earlier this year, NTEN is thrilled to steward for the Pizzigati Prize, an annual award honoring the life and legacy of Tony Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. In Tony’s brief life, he was committed to the vision that open source technology could be a powerful tool for supporting social change. As such, the Pizzigati Prize honors open source projects that make a real impact in communities worldwide.
2022 Pizzigati Prize
Historically, the Pizzigati Prize has provided a $10,000 grant to one recipient. This year, thanks to the generous support of GitHub Social Impact, we’re excited to have one $10,000 grant and two $5,000 grants.
We welcome applications from individuals, teams, and organizations that have developed a readily available software product that qualifies as open source, as defined by the Open Source Initiative. In addition, this software must have already demonstrated its value to at least one nonprofit and the communities served by that organization and potentially valuable to multiple other nonprofits.
Applicants are evaluated on a range of criteria, including demonstrated impact, equitable access, and strength of community. An advisory committee that includes veteran activists in the public interest computing community selects the prize recipients.
Do you have an open source project that is helping nonprofits and communities? Apply today!
- January 12: Register for the Community Call if you have questions or want to learn more about the Prize.
- January 28: Applications close.
- March 23–25: Recipients announced at the 2022 Nonprofit Technology Conference.