applying forMembership

If you are already an employee of one of the existing member organisations, please contact your organisational lead, found on the Member List page.

The Green Software Foundation

is a diverse global community of organizations representing academia, for-profits and nonprofits.

To understand our mission and values, please read our Manifesto, look at our Standards, Opensource, Policy and Community Working Groups as well as our list of Projects.


There are three levels of membership in the Foundation, Steering, General and Contributor.

  • Steering membership

    offers you a seat on the steering committee directing the Foundations strategic focus and budget allocation as well as a seat in the communications team to coordinate public relations efforts with the Foundation and other steering members.

  • General and steering membership

    allows members of your organisation to participate in the Foundations working groups and projects and one vote per organization in any motions.

  • All memberships

    allow you to participate in the working groups and projects.


Membership Benefits

Steering

  • A seat on the steering committee
  • Chair working groups and projects
  • Participate in working groups and projects
  • Create new working groups
  • Vote in working groups
  • Employee engagement & onboarding
  • A seat on the communications team
  • Listed on the Foundations homepage

General

  • Chair working groups and projects
  • Participate in working groups and projects
  • Create new working groups
  • Vote in working groups
  • Listed on the Foundations homepage

Activity

Steering

General


A seat on the steering committee


A seat on the communications team


Listed on the Foundations homepage


Chair working groups and projects


Participate in working groups and projects


Create new working groups


Vote in working groups


Employee engagement & onboarding


Membership Fees

Since we are a part of the Linux Foundation, membership of the GSF requires that you are at least a silver member of the Linux Foundation. If you are already a member of the Linux Foundation, you can ignore the Linux Foundation fees in the table below. All our fees are yearly.

Steering Members

GSF
$100,000
LF*
$20,000
Total
$120,000

General Members (5,000+)

GSF
$20,000
LF*
$20,000
Total
$40,000

General Members (< 5,000)

GSF
$15,000
LF*
$15,000
Total
$30,000

General Members (< 500)

GSF
$10,000
LF*
$10,000
Total
$20,000

General Members (< 100)

GSF
$5,000
LF*
$5,000
Total
$10,000

Non-Profits

GSF
$0
LF*
$0
Total
$0

* Only needed if you are not already a Linux Foundation Member

Membership type

GSF (per year)

LF* (per year)

Total (per year)


Steering Members

$100,000$20,000$120,000

General Members (5,000+)

$20,000$20,000$40,000

General Members (< 5,000)

$15,000$15,000$30,000

General Members (< 500)

$10,000$10,000$20,000

General Members (< 100)

$5,000$5,000$10,000

Non-Profits

$0$0$0

* Only needed if you are not already a Linux Foundation Member

Applying For Membership

There are no minimum requirements for entry at the General or Contributor level. However, at the Steering level, we insist that every member organisation have a public commitment to sustainability or examples of leadership in green software. More information can be found in our GSF Steering Membership Policy.

To start the application process, please fill out this form.

APPLY TO JOIN GSF

If you would like to arrange a meeting to discuss more, we still ask that you please fill out our application form, and we will get back to you to arrange a time.