W3C web accessibility work boosted by Ford Foundation core funding
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26 November 2024
https://www.w3.org/ – 26 November 2024 – The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is pleased to share with our Members and community at large that we have received US$ 660,037 in core funding from the Ford Foundation via their Technology and Society program. This grant provides core support through July 2026 to W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) work developing web accessibility standards, guidelines, and implementation resources to support access for people with disabilities.
This funding represents a great boost to our development efforts, as it will not only enable day-to-day operations of WAI, but will help us strengthen the foundations for our work in accessibility to continue and thrive in the long term.
It is also very significant, as it is the first grant that we receive under the legal entity W3C, Inc. established in January 2023, becoming a US public-interest non-profit organization.
W3C has brought together stakeholders to collaboratively develop international accessibility standards and resources since 1997. Today, W3C’s Web Content [...]