The Non-Profit FOSS Institute (NPFI) is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports the development of customized free and open source software (FOSS) applications to fit the needs of individual non-profits and other public-facing client organizations.
Many of these applications are developed by student teams as part of a software development course. Throughout the development period, the students interact with the client using a methodology that we call “client-oriented FOSS,” or CO-FOSS.
NPFI’s unique approach contributes to both the education of future computer professionals and the inventory of open source software applications that are available for adaptation and redeployment. The applications’ open source nature enables their source code and documentation to be freely available to developers to fit the similar needs of other clients.
Recent NPFI News:
- FarmData now hosted by NPFI for Tenmile Farm Foundation NPFI has begun hosting FarmData for the Tenmile Farm Foundation in Upstate New York. This hosting support includes tech support in the form of bug fixing and minor improvements ...
- NPFI Expands Mission and Staff In response to a broadening need for quality software and technical support from non-profits and other public-facing organizations, NPFI has decided to expand its mission and staff. This expanded mission ...
- FarmData now hosted by NPFI for Spiral Path Farm NPFI has begun hosting Spiral Path Farm’s instance of FarmData. This hosting support includes tech support in the form of bug fixing and minor improvements requested by Spiral Path’s ...
- NPFI Partners with the Long and Kimmy Nguyen Family Foundation We are pleased to announce a new partnership between NPFI and the Long and Kimmy Nguyen Family Foundation. This partnership helps support NPFI’s new initiative to broaden participation by ...
- NPFI Participates in New NSF Project The OpenPace project, titled “Broadening Participation through Authentic, Collaborative Engagement with Computing for the Greater Good”, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for a 5-year collaboration among six ...