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The PSF has continued working to improve and steward our Grants Program to grow with the #Python community and our foundation. This blog series shares updates and announces upcoming changes to the Grants Program. Check out the TLDR; to start:
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-tldr.html
With record-high demand in 2024 for our Grants Program (supporting ~30,000 Pythonistas worldwide 
), we’re introducing updates to ensure sustainability and focus on impactful support. Part 1 in the series details the thoughtful process behind the changes: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-1.html
The PSF has created new Guiding Principles for our Grants Program, ensuring the program remains sustainable and transparent while supporting PyCons, Pythonistas, and Python initiatives globally. Learn how these principles will shape the program in Part 2: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-2.html
The PSF Board has approved a new Grants Work Group Charter, effective March 1, 2025. To ensure a smooth transition, incoming grant requests will be paused for February 2025. Read more about these changes in Part 3 of the blog series: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/12psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-3.html
To help the community understand the changes and ensure we keep our two-way communication strong, we are going to hold two supplementary Grants Program Office Hours on top of our regular monthly sessions: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/02/introducing-psf-grants-office-hours.html
If you prefer to provide us asynchronous feedback, we welcome you to email one of the addresses provided in the blog series or comment on the Discuss.python.org thread: https://discuss.python.org/t/psf-grants-program-charter-updates/74704
@ThePSF Since you brought up sustainability and transparency, will you update the post to include how much money the PSF paid into Grants?
It'd be really helpful to know if 2024 grew 10% or some % over previous years.
If the PSF's income is down, expenses are up, etc (whatever that may be) that would be useful context too.
@webology yes, absolutely. We share that information in Part 1 of the series: "In 2022, the Grants Program awarded $215K USD and increased to about $400K USD in 2023. In 2024, we estimate grants spending to be around $600K USD." https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-1.html
@ThePSF Perfect, thank you. I had four links up and couldn't find a "$" in any of these so a good problem to have.