W3C Staff and Members Celebrating W3C10 in Boston
W3C is deeply grateful to the organizations listed below for their current financial support. These grants, external contracts, and other funding outside Member dues support a variety of work at W3C, including Member-approved Activities (including Working Groups), W3C public communications, and W3C internal operations. They also help connect W3C to important communities and developments in emerging technologies and research.
W3C is the leading standards body for Web technology thanks to the support it receives from funders, W3C Members, the W3C Fellows Program, and contributions through Sponsorship and Donations.
W3C follows best practices relating to external funding at W3C that ensure transparency on the nature of activities funded outside of Member fees.
These are details about current W3C funding sources outside Member dues.
| Funding name | Funding source(s) | Managed by | Secured by | Work supported | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create-IOT (Cross fertilsation through alignment, synchronisation and exchanges for IoT) | European Commission | Dave Raggett | Philipp Hoschka, Dave Raggett | Web of Things | Jan 2017 | Dec 2019 |
| WAI Sponsors | WAI Sponsorship | Judy Brewer | Judy Brewer | WAI | Sep 1997 | open |
| WAI-Core (WAI-HSS) | HHS/NIDILRR | Judy Brewer | Judy Brewer | Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group, Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, Education and Outreach Working Group | Oct 2015 | Sep 2025 |
| ISA Programme | European Commission | Rigo Wenning | Phil Archer | Development of vocabularies and profiles for greater interoperability in the public sector. | Feb 2016 | ongoing |
| SPECIAL | European Commission | Rigo Wenning | Rigo Wenning | Tracking Protection | Jan 2017 | Dec 2019 |
| Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: Current State and Roadmap | Beihang Uiversity | Chunming Hu | Mobile Web | Jun 2017 | Aug 2019 | |
| WAI-Tools Project | European Commission | Shadi Abou-Zahra | Shadi Abou-Zahra | Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT), Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, Education and Outreach Working Group | Nov 2017 | Oct 2020 |
| Easy Reading | European Commission | Shadi Abou-Zahra | Shadi Abou-Zahra | Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Task Force, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group | Jan 2018 | Sep 2020 |
| Internationalization Initiative | Apple, Alibaba, Keio/APL, Monotype, The Paciello Group | Ralph Swick | Internationalization | July 2018 | ongoing | |
| WAI-Guide | European Commission | Shadi Abou-Zahra | Shadi Abou-Zahra | WAI-Guide: EOWG, AGWG, APA | Jan 2019 | Dec 2021 |
| WAI Expanding Access | Ford Foundation, Technology and Society Program | Judy Brewer | Judy Brewer | WAI expanding access, EOWG | Aug 2018 | Jan 2020 |
If you are participating in an EU Project, please see our documentation on participation in W3C by EU-funded projects.
If your organization wishes to join this list of funders, please contact the W3C Communications Team at w3t-pr@w3.org.
We would also like to thank the individuals who have worked diligently to secure this funding for W3C.
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