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Cloud Native Computing Foundation - Sponsorship Program Model

Fiscal Host: Linux Foundation
Kind of nonprofit: lf
Sponsor URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cncf/landscape/master/landscape.yml
Levels URL: https://www.cncf.io/about/join/
Is Landscape Flag: CNCF Members
Normalize URL Flag: true

Sponsorship Level Model

See sponsorship model definitions

Top-level Sponsors

Name of Level: Platinum
Amount: 370000
CSS Selector:
Attribute: homepage_url

Level Benefits

Governance Benefits: Board seat appointment
Advisory Benefits: Personal connections in project
Events Benefits: KubeCon keynote slot
Services Benefits: Multiple training/certification discounts
Marketing Benefits: Press release; Can host/run live branded webinars
Logo Display: Featured prominently, (note: this level requires 3 year commitment)y

Second-level Sponsors

Name of Level: Gold
Amount: 120000
CSS Selector:
Attribute: homepage_url

Level Benefits

Governance Benefits:
Advisory Benefits: Quarterly meeting with execs
Events Benefits: Improved event access
Services Benefits: 50 seats training subscription
Marketing Benefits:
Logo Display:

Third-level Sponsors

Name of Level: Silver
Amount: 50000
CSS Selector:
Attribute: homepage_url

Level Benefits

Governance Benefits: Can run for board seats
Advisory Benefits:
Events Benefits:
Services Benefits: 10 seats training subscriptions
Marketing Benefits: Submit vendor-neutral content to social medias
Logo Display:

Academic Sponsors

Name of Level: Academic
Amount: 1000
CSS Selector:
Attribute: homepage_url

Level Benefits

Governance Benefits:
Advisory Benefits:
Events Benefits: Event discounts
Services Benefits:
Marketing Benefits:
Logo Display: Logo display included

Community Sponsors

Name of Level: Nonprofit
Amount: 1000
CSS Selector:
Attribute: homepage_url

End User Sponsors

Name of Level: End user supporter
Amount: 0
CSS Selector:
Attribute:

Sponsorship Income (Incomplete Estimate)

IMPORTANT: this is only a rough estimate of the organization's annual sponsorship income, based purely on the stated full-price levels of each sponsorship. Many factors change the actual amounts expected.
  • Top-level Sponsors annually (USD): 6660000
  • Second-level Sponsors annually (USD): 3240000
  • Third-level Sponsors annually (USD): 29500000
  • Academic Sponsors annually (USD): 5000
  • Community Sponsors annually (USD): 20000
  • End User Sponsors annually (USD): 0
  • Overall Total annually (USD): 39425000