Become a Supporting Member of the KDE e.V.

There are many ways to support the KDE project. Individuals contribute time and effort to writing the software, promoting the KDE desktop and supporting the community. Corporations contribute their employees time, infrastructure and support channels to the project. For individuals and corporations interested in contributing financially to the KDE project in order to enable developer meetings, community events and to support the KDE infrastructure, there is the option of entering into supporting membership of KDE e.V.

By becoming a supporting member of the KDE e.V. you contribute to the e.V. financially. Through your financial contribution the KDE e.V. sponsors events such as the KDE developer sprints, the yearly world meeting Akademy, QA meetings, scientific research and trade fairs attendance. KDE e.V. also supports the KDE infrastructure and ensures that the project runs smoothly on that infrastructure. By supporting the e.V. you support the KDE project.

As an association, the KDE e.V. has ordinary members from the community of KDE developers, translators, users and contributors. The supporting members play a special role in enabling the association to meet its financial goals as a non-profit organization supporting the KDE project.

Supporting members pay a yearly membership fee to the KDE e.V., based on corporate or individual membership and the level of commitment the supporting member wishes to show. The usual levels of support are

• Individuals €100
• Corporations €1000

Corporations or individuals wishing to show exceptional financial commitment to the KDE project may extend their supporting membership with additional patronage. Patrons of KDE pay yearly membership fees of:

• Individuals and small companies €5000
• Large corporations €10000

The KDE e.V. is accepted as a tax-exempt non-profit organization by the German financial authorities. That means that supporting membership fees are tax deductible for individuals and organizations residing in Germany.