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Details about current funding sourcesThese are details about current W3C funding sources outside Member dues.
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Funding name Funding source(s) Managed by Secured by Work supported Starts Ends WAI Sponsors WAI Sponsorship Shawn Lawton Henry Judy Brewer WAI Sep 1997 open WAI-Core (WAI-HSS) HHS/NIDILRR Shawn Lawton Henry Judy Brewer Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group, Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, Education and Outreach Working Group Oct 2015 Sep 2025 ISA Programme European Commission Rigo Wenning Phil Archer Development of vocabularies and profiles for greater interoperability in the public sector. Feb 2016 ongoing WAI-CooP European Commission Kevin White Shadi Abou-Zahra Education and Outreach Working Group, Research and Questions Task Force (RQTF), Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT), Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Jan 2021 Dec 2023 Internationalization Initiative Apple, Alibaba, Keio/APL, Monotype, The Paciello Group Ralph SwickIf your organization wishes to join this list of funders, please contact the W3C Communications Team at w3t-pr@w3.org.
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Details about previous funding sourcesThese are details about previous W3C funding sources outside Member dues.
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