{"id":14,"date":"2012-11-26T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T09:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.blender.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:42:34","slug":"foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/about\/foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blender Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Organization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Blender Foundation (2002) is an independent public benefit organization with the purpose to provide a complete, free and open source 3D creation pipeline, managed by public projects on blender.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Development Fund<\/a> is the Blender Foundation’s main source of income. This is mostly spent through Blender Institute (working company of Blender Foundation) to support activities around Blender such as documentation, maintain and host blender.org services, organizing events (SIGGRAPH, GDC, etc), and bookkeeping and administration expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blender remains a true community effort. Work on Blender itself, new projects or roadmaps are all managed via open channels on blender.org. You can learn more about them and get involved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blender Foundation facilitates a public project on blender.org with the mission to get the world\u2019s best 3D CG technology in the hands of artists as free\/open source software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation’s goals are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n