Support the Foundation

Open infrastructure
needs funding
to stay open.

The Fabric Payment Standards Foundation is a non-profit, vendor-neutral standards body. No licensing fees. No shareholders. Sustained by institutions and individuals who believe open payment infrastructure is worth building and protecting.

Where the money goes

Your support funds
our work.

The Foundation operates with minimal overhead. Contributions go directly toward maintaining specifications, running the reference implementation, and supporting the working groups that keep the standard moving forward.

All spending is governed by the Foundation's board and disclosed in annual reports. There are no investment returns, equity stakes, or token allocations of any kind. This is operational funding for public infrastructure.

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    Specification maintenance Keeping the protocol current, reviewed, and documented as payments evolve.
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    Reference implementation Hosting, development, and upkeep of the open demonstration environment.
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    Working group operations Coordinating members, managing reviews, and facilitating consensus.
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    Security reviews Independent audits of the specification and reference implementation.
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    Public documentation Guides, integration resources, and educational materials — all free to access.
Legal structure Stichting — Netherlands No members, no shareholders. Assets dedicated to the mission.
Oversight Independent Supervisory Board Approves accounts and major decisions. No operational role.
Accounts Published annually Full disclosure required under ANBI status and Dutch foundation law.

Ways to contribute

All contributions support the Foundation's operating budget. No equity or financial return is offered or implied.

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or make a direct donation
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About contribution limits. To preserve the Foundation's independence, individual donor contributions are capped at 3% of the annual operating budget per year. For affiliated groups, the cap applies collectively. This is a governance design choice, not a ceiling on your impact — membership, partnerships, and in-kind contributions operate under separate arrangements.

Contributions are operational grants to a non-profit organisation. They do not constitute an investment and carry no expectation of financial return.

How we sustain ourselves

Built to be financially
self-sustaining.

The Foundation is designed to cover its operating costs primarily through value-exchange revenue — services, memberships, and events that generate income in proportion to the value we deliver. Donations complement this model; they do not underpin it.

Primary — value exchange

Membership, services, and events

Institutional memberships, an annual Payment Standards Summit, technical training and certification, advisory engagements, and research partnerships form the recurring revenue base. These streams align our financial sustainability with the value we create for the ecosystem.

Supplementary — donations

Contributions from supporters

Donations from individuals and organisations who want to support the mission directly, without a commercial relationship. Capped by design to ensure no single contributor can create a dependency — or expect one.

Why this matters for donors: The Foundation is in its early stages, and building a financially sustainable institution takes time. Your contribution helps us accelerate that journey while advancing our work today. Our long-term objective is to operate independently of donations, ensuring that the standards we produce remain guided by technical merit and the public interest.

Important notice. The Fabric Payment Standards Foundation is a non-profit organisation. Financial contributions made to the Foundation are operational grants and are not investments. They do not entitle contributors to any equity, ownership interest, profit share, governance rights, tokens, or financial return of any kind.

Nothing on this page constitutes a solicitation of investment, a public offering of securities, or financial advice. If you have questions about the tax treatment of your contribution in your jurisdiction, please consult a qualified adviser.