Editing Software in the Public Interest (section)

{{Short description|American nonprofit organization}}
{{Primary sources|date=January 2008}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
| logo                = SPI logo.svg
| motto               = 
| type                = [[501(c)(3)]]
| services            = 
| key_people          = Michael Schultheiss (President)<br>Stephen Frost (Vice President)<ref name="irs-990-2022" />
| logo_size           = 200px
| founded_date        = {{Start date and age|1997|06|16}}
| location            = [[New York (state)|New York State]], United States
| fields              = Software
| num_members         = 
| revenue             = {{ubl|$723,853 (2020)|$522,719 (2021)|$485,337 (2022)<ref name="irs-990-2022">{{cite web|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/113390208/202323199349316012/full|title=Software In The Public Interest Inc - Full text of "Full Filing" for fiscal year ending Dec. 2022|publisher=[[ProPublica]]|work=Nonprofit Explorer |access-date=June 20, 2023}}</ref>}}
| expenses            = {{ubl|$341,298 (2020)|$413,172 (2021)|$546,645 (2022)<ref name="irs-990-2022" />}}
| homepage            = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Software in the Public Interest, Inc.''' ('''SPI''') is a US [[501(c)#501(c)(3)|501(c)(3)]] [[non-profit organization]] domiciled in [[New York (state)|New York State]] formed to help other organizations create and distribute [[free software|free]] [[open-source software]] and [[open-source hardware]]. Anyone is eligible to apply for membership, and contributing membership is available to those who participate in the [[free software community]].

SPI was originally created to allow the [[Debian|Debian Project]] to accept donations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/project-history.en.txt |title=A Brief History of Debian |publisher=Debian Project |date=2012-08-10 |access-date=2012-09-27}}</ref> It now acts as a [[Fiscal sponsorship|fiscal sponsor]] to many [[free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open source]] projects.

SPI has hosted [[Wikimedia Foundation]] board elections and audited the tally as a neutral third party from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_elections/2007/en&oldid=5752314 |title=Board elections/2007/en |publisher=Wikimedia |date=2013-04-27 |access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Board_elections/2011/en&oldid=3870582 |title=Board elections/2011/en |publisher=Wikimedia |date=2012-07-02 |access-date=2013-09-30|df=mdy-all}}</ref>