I didn’t know that the folks at Open Builds created this program to finance open source projects:
Who is eligible to receive a Fair Share Give Back?
Anyone individual and/or organization who has or is actively working on an Open Source Project or who contributes to Open Source in some way.
The objective of the fund (that is created out of a 5% slice of the profits) is to give back to Open Source community in a mutual approach though dedicated funds that any open source project can apply for. Amazing stuff.
via FairShare Program.
Hmmm, this seems like a good idea, but it does not appear to be operational yet. Their messaging form is broken and returns a 404 error when you hit submit. Additionally, the fairshareprogram.org site is non-operational.
Hello, Mark here from the OpenBuilds team. Thank you for your interest in the FairShare Give Back Program. We apologize for the broken link, all should be good now :) http://openbuildspartstore.com/fairshare-program/