Sponsoring WAI

Current Sponsors and Funding

• US National Institute for Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), contract HHS75P00120P00168

• Ford Foundation, Technology and Society Program

• IBM Corporation (Silver Sponsor)

• HP (Silver Sponsor)

About Sponsoring WAI

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) greatly appreciates the sponsorship of governments, businesses, and other organizations committed to making the Web accessible. These organizations enable WAI to bring together a unique partnership of industry, disability organizations, national governments, and research organizations in a coordinated effort to improve the accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities.

Additional Sponsors and Contributors Welcome

WAI welcomes additional sponsors, contributors, and fellows to support its technical and educational activities to increase accessibility of the Web. For information:

• See Web for All - W3C Principles Champions in W3C Sponsorships Program)
• Contact WAI staff at wai@w3.org with subject [WAI Sponsorship]

Previous Sponsors, Funding, Contributors, Fellows

Previous Grants and Contracts

• US National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), US Department of Health and Human Services (previously US Department of Education) — contract HHSP23301500054, contract EDOSE10C0067
• US Access Board, US Department of Interior
• European Commission (EC) Horizon 2020 — 822245 (WAI-Guide Project), 101004794 (WAI-CooP Project), 780057 (WAI-Tools Project), 780529 (Easy Reading Project)
• European Commission Information Society Technologies Programme — 7th Framework IST 611612 (WAI-DEV Project), 7th Framework IST 287725 (WAI-ACT Project), 6th Framework IST 035015 (WAI-AGE Project), (WAI-TIES Project), Accompanying Measure IST 13470 (WAI-DA Project)
• European Commission, DE 4105 - WAI (WAI-DE Project)
• Ford Foundation, Technology and Society Program — (WAI Expanding Access Project)
• National Science Foundation

Previous Platinum Sponsors (USD 100,000/year)

• Elisa Communications

Previous Gold Sponsors (USD 50,000/year)

• IBM Corporation
• Microsoft Corporation
• SAP

Previous Silver Sponsors (USD 25,000/year)

• Adobe Systems
• Assistive Devices Industry Office, Industry Canada, Government of Canada
• Bocoup
• CA
• Deque Systems
• ETS
• Fundación ONCE
• Hewlett Packard Development Company
• HP Enterprise
• Lotus Development Corporation
• SAP
• Verizon Foundation
• Wells Fargo

Contributors

• Austrian Computer Society, Roland Wagner Award
• Facebook donated virtual reality headsets to support the work of the Immersive Captions Community Group
• Massachusetts Association for the Blind
• Netlify provides previews of the WAI website
• NewDoctor.com
• Ta-meteo.fr
• WinWriters
• Individuals who purchased t-shirts through Bonfire, organized by Carie Fisher

Previous Fellow Supporters

W3C WAI thanks organizations that have supported W3C Fellows in WAI:

• Elisa Communications
• Knowbility, Inc
• RITT