Daunting to Doable: How Institutions can encourage Open Source Contributions
summary
Bloomberg matches contributed open source hours to charitable donations so employees log coding time and trigger volunteer hours matched to donations; eligible projects include NumFOCUS and Apache and contributions follow a three‑step flow: pick a project, record hours on real PRs or issues, then allocate the matched dollars to a charity. Example outcomes: a regular 50 hours a year leads to about $5,000 donated annually and sustained funds plus a corporate contributor fund that pays key packages.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Encouraging open source contributions
- 1:04What is open source and its challenges
- 3:54Why developers love open source
- 7:22Open source ecosystem stakeholders
- 8:49Newcomer barriers in open source
- 11:39Bloomberg’s philanthropy culture
- 14:10Volunteer Hours program explained
- 15:14My geopandas contribution journey
- 17:01Scaling open source engagement
- 18:45Sustaining open source contributions
- 19:10Q&A on culture and mentorship
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