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.
We thank the individuals who have worked diligently to secure this funding for W3C.
| Funding name | Funding source(s) | Managed by | Secured by | Work supported | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAI Sponsors | WAI Sponsorship | Shawn Lawton Henry | Judy Brewer | WAI | Sep 1997 | open |
| WAI-Core (WAI-HSS) | HHS/NIDILRR | Shawn Lawton Henry | 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 |
| WAI-CooP | European Commission | Kevin White | Shadi Abou-Zahra | Education and Outreach Working Group, Research and Questions Task Force (RQTF), Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT), Accessibility Guidelines Working Group | Jan 2021 | Dec 2023 |
| Internationalization Initiative | Apple, Alibaba, Keio/APL, Monotype, The Paciello Group | Ralph Swick | Internationalization | July 2018 | ongoing | |
| WAI-Guide | European Commission | Kevin White | Shadi Abou-Zahra | WAI-Guide: EOWG, AGWG, APA | Jan 2019 | Dec 2022 |
| WAI-Core (Ford 2020) | Ford Foundation | Shawn Lawton Henry | Judy Brewer | WAI | Jan 2020 | Dec 2023 |
| WAI-Core (Ford 2022) | Ford Foundation | Shawn Lawton Henry | Judy Brewer | WAI | Jul 2022 | Jun 2024 |
If your organization wishes to join this list of funders, please contact the W3C Communications Team at w3t-pr@w3.org.
If you are participating in an EU Project, please see our documentation on participation in W3C by EU-funded projects.
These are details about previous W3C funding sources outside Member dues.
| Funding name | Funding source(s) | Managed by | Secured by | Work supported | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: Current State and Roadmap | Beihang Uiversity | Chunming Hu | Mobile Web | Jun 2017 | Aug 2019 | |
| WAI Expanding Access | Ford Foundation, Technology and Society Program | Judy Brewer | Judy Brewer | WAI expanding access, EOWG | Aug 2018 | March 2020 |
| 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 | Jan 2021 |
| Grant
for the Web |
Grant for
the Web (Coil, Mozilla, Creative Commons) |
Jeff Jaffe |
Jeff Jaffe |
Privacy, Security, Internationalization, Accessibility,
Device Independence, Web Architecture |
Dec 2020 |
Nov 2021 |
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