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KDE is powered by its amazing volunteers who donate their expertise and time! But past a certain point, people often find that their time budgets shrink, and their monetary needs rise. It's important that people can continue to contribute to KDE on a professional basis, ensuring their their substantial skills remain within the community.

To that effect, there are various ways that people can make a living working on KDE:

* Work for [https://ev.kde.org/consultants a software consultancy within the KDE ecosystem], many of whom work on KDE software directly or offer their employees time to work on KDE projects
* [https://ev.kde.org/corporate/careers Work for the KDE e.V.]
* Apply for grants offered by [https://nlnet.nl/propose NLnet] and [https://futo.org/grants/legendary-grants/apply FUTO] to fund a specific project you'd like to work on that would benefit KDE. Basically everything KDE does is eligible! The KDE e.V. is available to help with the grant-writing process; email <span>kde-ev-board@kde.org</span> for assistance. See also [[Make A Living/Writing Grant Proposals|How to write a grant proposal]].