The Digital Infrastructure Incubator Is Live
This program will hold space for and provide material support to emergent leaders as they imagine possibility and design strategy.
We envision a future where communities build technology infrastructure that reflect their values.
Strategic Support for Public Technology
We are a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting open collaboration in public interest technology through fiscal sponsorship and other programs supporting sustainable open source.
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Developing Anti-Racist Nonprofit Governance
To develop governing bodies in a way that is mindful of historical racism in nonprofits and across science and technology, we engaged leaders in equity, DeEtta Jones and Associates (DJA), to work with us to develop processes to center anti-racist values in the way we develop governance.
Intellectual Property in Open Projects
Determining IP risks to an open source project may feel daunting, however the first step is simply to make a list.
Collaborative Communities
CS&S runs a conference fund to support events that promote inclusion and broaden participation in open data science that drives scholarship. We develop open resources to support the public interest technology community and advocate for open infrastructure. We also facilitate collaborations between organizations and provide strategic support to community-driven initiatives engaging with technology.
Sponsored Projects
We bring together innovative projects committed to the public good and provide them with financial and administrative and strategic support. We support communities across domains, enabling projects to learn from each other to develop future-facing solutions that empower people. We are looking for projects that want to participate in our community, who value collaboration over competition, and who are aligned with our mission.
Digital Infrastructure Incubator
Rooted in CS&S’s work building community and pathways to sustainability for open source projects in the service of the public interest, the Digital Infrastructure Incubator holds space for projects to imagine possibility and implement strategy around sustainability, governance, and community health. The program intervenes in the landscape of research on sustainability in digital infrastructure by working to bridge scholarly and policy research and open source projects in practice.