Fediverse Foundation
The Fediverse Foundation is a non-commercial club ("Verein") based in Vienna, Austria, but operating worldwide, with the goal to promote and partially fund the Fediverse.
It hosts a few Fediverse instances on a server in Vienna that runs on 100% green energy, collects donations and tries to get funding.
The Fediverse Foundation will also create promotional material for the Fediverse and appear at fares and other events.
Contact
Website: fediverse.foundation (not set up yet - right now redirects here)
e-Mail: support@fediverse.foundation
Fediverse: @foundation@fediverse.foundation (not set up yet)
History
The Fediverse Foundation was officially founded on April 14th, 2023 by:
- PaulaToThePeople (chairwoman)
- Michael (chairwoman's proxy)
- Mark (cashier)
- David (data protection officer & admin)
- Dennis (admin)
- Helmut (admin)
- David (admin)
The team was later joined by:
- Paul
- Gabi
- Karin
Events
On June 3rd and 4th 2023 the Fediverse Foundation was at the Südwind Straßenfest in Vienna to promote the Fediverse.
Instances and websites hosted by the Fediverse Foundation
| Project | url | Software | monthly active users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClimateJusticeSocial | climatejustice.social |  Mastodon
|
1800 |
| WienRocks | wien.rocks | Mastodon
|
1100 |
| ClimateJusticeRocks | climatejustice.rocks | Mastodon
|
342 |
| FediAT | fedi.at | Mastodon
|
165 |
| TyrolSocial | tyrol.social | Mastodon
|
143 |
| ClimateJusticeGlobal | climatejustice.global | Mastodon
|
100 |
| MtG.garden | mtg.garden | Mastodon
|
18 |
| JoinFediverseWiki | joinfediverse.wiki |  MediaWiki
|
12 |
| social.fairphone.community | social.fairphone.community | Mastodon
|
6 |
| indiepop.band | indiepop.band | Mastodon
|
3 |
| Climatescienc.es | climatescienc.es | Mastodon
|
2 |
| MentalCamp | mental.camp |  Pixelfed
|
Finances
Currently the hosting of the instances costs 410€ a month, which Paula is paying out of her pocket, while she gets a few donations every now and then. Soon the Foundation will officially start collecting donations which will hopefully cover the costs.