Board/Minutes/2026-01/2026 OSMF budget
2026 OSMF budget approval
On 2026-01 the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) board approved the 2026 budget created by the Treasurer, Roland Olbricht, and circulated internally to the board.
Publication
The OSMF budget below was published on 2026-04-30.
Budget versions
The budget below has the same content as the one approved, with two modifications. The lines:
- Expenditures: 166000, EWG, "Total contractor work", and
- Expenditures: 252108, PC + OWG, "Employees, Potential Future Employees, and Board Executive Support"
are summed values of multiple lines from the approved document. This summarised version was prepared for publication also by the Treasurer.
Notes
- Bold: by the Treasurer, Roland Olbricht.
- Currency: GBP
- Links for context and info about employee and contractors: by Dorothea Kazazi.
Please note that the board may revise the budget throughout the year.
Income
Currency: GBP.
| 2025 | 2026 | Working Group | Description | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16615 | 16000 | - | Donations (Mollie 2024-12 to 2025-11) | |
| 77794 | 150000 | - | Donations (Bitcoin) | It is 2 BTC in total |
| 38918 | 21000 | - | Donations (In 2026 FLOSS.fund) | Lump sum |
| 37147 | 64000 | - | Donations | |
| 16162 | 16000 | - | Membership (including by Mollie) | |
| 229293 | 230000 | - | Membership - Corporate | |
| 2001 | 0 | - | Misc income | Ignore |
| 42684 | 180000 | - | SotM sponsorship | Predict tie for SotM |
| ~96000 | 145648 | - | Sovereign Tech Fund reimbursement | 4*48720 EUR from contract |
| Sum | 822648 | |||
Expenditures
Currency: GBP.
| 2025 | 2026 | Working Group | Description | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~96000 | 145648 | - | Sovereign Tech Fund spending | Corresponding to reimbursement
|
| ~87000 | 166000 | EWG | Total contractor work | Breakdown known to the EWG
|
| 0 | 60000 | EWG | Microgrants (actual payment of 2025 and a new round 2026) | EWG answer, payout delayed for banking reasons |
| 0 | 5000 | LCCWG | Microgrants | |
| 3472 | 3000 | LWG | Legal Fees | |
| 0 | 10000 | MWG | CiviCRM work | |
| 0 | 500 | CWG | Unspecified Infrastructure | |
| 36461 | 160000 | SotM | Conference costs | Predict tie for SotM |
| 17735 | 20000 | SotM | Conference expenses | Predict tie for SotM |
| 15180.5 | 15200 | PC | Accountancy | |
| 216,628 | 252108 | PC + OWG | Employees, Potential Future Employees, and Board Executive Support | |
| 3402 | 3402 | Fin | Bank charges | |
| -25464 | 0 | Fin | Bank revaluations (currently surplus) | Ignore |
| -3835 | 0 | - | Realised Currency Gains | Ignore |
| 4143 | 4143 | - | Software Subscriptions (Mailbox.org, various yearly, up to 2025-05-01) | |
| 1619 | 1619 | OWG | Computer sundries and peripherals | |
| 1729 | 1729 | - | Computers Hosting Services (Mastodon, not in OWG's budget) | |
| 696 | 696 | OWG | Computers Hosting Services | |
| 15158 | 15158 | OWG | Internet Charges | |
| 1468 | 5000 | OWG | Travelling | Use budget |
| 0 | 15000 | OWG | Hardware, Upgrades (additional depreciation) | Accept |
| 0 | 8000 | - | Legal Fees (OSMF move to EU) | Re-Use budget |
| 267 | 400 | - | Printing, Postage and Carriage | Re-Use budget |
| 697 | 697 | - | Professional Fees (St. Johns Innovation Centre) | |
| 11012 | 20000 | Board | Travelling (Face-to-face board meeting and SotM) | Re-Use budget |
| Sum | 933300 | |||