Hi Michal,
The situation in Switzerland is similar to Sweden. Our main income
source are "memberships". We currently have about 130 members in
different categories.
A: provinces, large cities, large companies (1000 CHF membership per
year)
B: smaller cities and companies (500 CHF)
C: private persons (100 CHF)
D: students/retired people (50 CHF)
Members also get some benefits: cheaper courses at our annual event and
they can vote how the available funds are spent. We have a grant system
like QGIS.ORG has, and every January we vote on how the money is spent.
Members can submit proposals. Also, in order to use some application
modules (water, waste-water, etc.) one has to be a member in the QGIS
user group.
About 2/3 of the Swiss provinces are members, many larger and smaller
cities and quite a few private engineering companies.
Like in Sweden, it is easist for public entities to become member in an
association. It would be very difficult to donate, and sometimes
complicated to participate in crowd fundings.
However, we had some successful crowd funding campaigns as well and many
public administrations also participate in crowd fundings.
Hope this helps,
Andreas
On 2025-09-04 09:59, Michał Żugajewicz via QGIS-User wrote:
Hi Karl-Magnus!
Thanks a lot for your quick reply and for sharing your perspective -
that's super helpful! We are a young association (founded in April
2025), so it means a lot to us to learn from our more experienced
colleagues. Your advice and insights from Sweden give us valuable ideas
for our own path 💚 After collecting feedback from other local groups, I
will prepare a summary report that I will share with everyone via
email.
Best regards,
MICHAŁ ŻUGAJEWICZ
CEO at EnviroSolutions | QGIS Poland Representative
[email protected]
+48 501 540 755
EnviroSolutions [1]
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czw., 4 wrz 2025 o 09:03 Karl Magnus Jönsson
<[email protected]> napisał(a):
Hi all!
For us in Sweden membership fees are the main income. It is easy and
not so much work for both members and board. We have tried some
crowdfunding as well, but it is a lot more work and difficult for many
public organizations (which are our main target) to participate due to
stiff budgets and procurement rules. We had some sponsors for the
international conference this year but otherwise we do not have
sponsors in that way. One thing that probably should work well is to
create a small surplus on our national meeting and events. But we have
so far decided to try to break even on these events.
Best regards
Karl-Magnus Jönsson
Från: QGIS-User <[email protected]> För Michał
Żugajewicz via QGIS-User
Skickat: den 3 september 2025 07:07
Till: [email protected]
Ämne: [Qgis-user] Funding sources for QGIS development (local groups)
Dear Colleagues!
I am reaching out with an interest in learning more about how local
QGIS user groups manage to secure funding and support for the
development of the software and related tools, such as plugins and
custom applications.
Could you please share some insights into the typical sources of
funding that your group or related initiatives rely on? For example:
* Do you receive support from public institutions such as
municipalities, government agencies, or universities?
* Are there private companies, consultancies, or NGOs that contribute
financially to your activities or sponsor specific development
projects?
* Do you make use of grants, donations, or membership fees to sustain
your work?
* Have you engaged in partnerships with organizations that benefit
from QGIS to co-finance the development of plugins or other tools?
I am particularly interested in understanding what models have proven
effective and sustainable for your group, and whether there are
strategies or best practices you would recommend for establishing
these collaborations.
Thank you very much for your time and for any details you can share.
Your experience could be very helpful in shaping similar initiatives
elsewhere 💚
Bests,
MICHAŁ ŻUGAJEWICZ
CEO at EnviroSolutions | QGIS Poland Representative
[email protected]
+48 501 540 755
EnviroSolutions [1]
LinkedIn [2] | Facebook [3] | Instagram [4]
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