Based on very affordable and quite decent web hosting, I've been fortunate enough to make quite a bit of money through affiliate referrals. As a result, I've donated a portion of the proceeds I've made back to Drupal as well as CivicSpace in order to help out on various projects. For example, I like the various (about half a dozen or so) Organic Group Enhancements and og2list modules that CivicSpace has been developing and, because I'll definitely take advantage of the these various modules at some point, I decided to support both Drupal and CivicSpace financially.
In order to make it easier for excellent projects such as OG enhancements, og2list, and other future Drupal projects to be added to the long list of contributed modules, I went ahead and created the Projects Needing Financing group. The intent is to match up potential donors with potential projects as well as allow a place for developers needing financing to post their projects so that others may become aware of them as well as see some of the exciting modules that are in the planning stages. Although many donations aren't large, when combined with others they are enough to help move projects along and I believe that every Euro, peso, pound, rupee, yen, dollar, etc, is very important.
So...if you know of any developers needing funding, please send them to the new Projects Needing Financing group where they can set up reverse bounties if desired.
In addition, folks/companies desiring/needing work to be done on specific projects by Drupal developers can post their needs at the new group in an open request for developers to contact them privately with the hope that some of the money saved by folks/companies using OSS will be recycled back into the Drupal developer community and other Drupal projects so that everyone benefits.
Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
$50 Hosting Discount Helps Projects Needing Financing
