Date: January 20, 2025
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Outreachy is seeking open source communities to mentor Outreachy interns in the June 2025 cohort.
We encourage any open source community to apply to mentor Outreachy interns, and we need your help finding organizations to sponsor Outreachy.
Donation amounts
In order to sustain our program, Outreachy needs to receive donations of at least $8,000 to $10,000 USD per intern we accept. This breaks down to:
Your support is vital to Outreachy interns
We encourage organizations to donate additional funds to Outreachy program activities because Outreachy is a labor intensive program and your additional donation helps us retain Outreachy interns in the open source community.
Outreachy organizers are highly involved with encouraging your interns to pursue a future in open source. The Outreachy organizers share tips for your interns on how to attend FOSS conferences, encourage your interns to explore careers or academic research in open source, and help them expand their network of open source contracts.
Outreachy's deep support of interns, along with your partnership, means 80% of past Outreachy interns continue to contribute to open source after their internship.
We highly encourage organizations to provide an additional donation to help Outreachy sustain our deep support of interns, and retain their amazing talent in our open source community.
Learn more about Outreachy sponsorship levels at https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/
Financial support for some FOSS communities
We understand that some open source communities may not have the funding for an Outreachy intern, and they may not know of organizations that want to sponsor Outreachy. Depending on Outreachy's budget and priorities, we may have some very limited funds available to fiscally support Outreachy internships with specific open source communities. Whether we can support your community depends on our overall budget and priorities.
Please contact us to discuss this further.
Please see the full mentor schedule below.
What is Outreachy?
Live-streamed mentor chats
What kinds of open source communities participate?
What kinds of projects do Outreachy interns work on?
Who makes a good Outreachy mentor?
June 2025 internship dates
Humanitarian open source funding
Outreachy is an internship program. Outreachy internships are:
💵 Paid - $7,000 USD total internship stipend
🌍 Remote - both interns and mentors work remotely
🕰 3 months - internships run June 02 to August 29
Outreachy's goal is to increase diversity in open source. Past Outreachy interns are:
♀️ 92% women
🏳️🌈 4% transgender, genderqueer, or non-binary people
🧕🏾 64% people of color
🧑🏿 12% people from a historically disadvantaged caste or tribe
Statistics are based on responses to the 2019 longitudinal study of Outreachy alums.
Are you curious what it's like being an Outreachy mentor? Are you thinking about having your open source community mentor Outreachy interns?
Come learn more about mentoring Outreachy interns during our two live-streamed chats! We'll host a panel of past Outreachy community coordinators and mentors, who will share their experiences and tips for participating in Outreachy.
Chat dates:
Where: YouTube
Outreachy is seeking mentors from open source communities.
Outreachy welcomes many different types of open source communities. Whether you are a three-person community focused on open science research, or a large open source community that needs better documentation, Outreachy welcomes you!
Examples of open source communities that have participated in Outreachy include:
We encourage you to read our community participation rules.
In the past, Outreachy internship projects have included:
There are two main rules for internship projects:
If you want to check whether your project idea is suitable for Outreachy, contact Outreachy organizers
The heart of Outreachy is our volunteer mentors. Mentors work directly with Outreachy applicants and interns.
Outreachy looks for mentors who are helpful, patient, welcoming, and kind.
Mentor time commitment:
Mentors will need to provide an internship project description. Outreachy does not allow applicants to submit project ideas.
It is okay for mentors to submit multiple project ideas. Communities with sponsorship for one intern tend to list 1 to 3 projects. Some communities list as many as 5 to 7 projects.
Outreachy encourages co-mentoring! Co-mentoring is when two or more people mentor the same Outreachy intern.
Mentors will need to provide a list of tasks for applicants to work on during the contribution period.
| Feb. 3, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Community sign up opens |
| Feb. 6, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Initial applications open |
| Jan. 29, 2025 at 3pm UTC | Live Q&A for FOSS communities mentoring Outreachy interns |
| Feb. 5, 2025 at 3pm UTC | Live Q&A for Outreachy mentors |
| Feb. 13, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Initial application deadline |
| Feb. 26, 2025 at 4pm UTC | ⚠️ Deadline for communities to sign up to mentor |
| March 3, 2025 at 4pm UTC | ⚠️ Deadline for mentors to subject project descriptions |
| March 10, 2025 | Contribution period begins |
| April 8, 2025 | Contribution period ends |
| April 8, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Final application deadline |
| April 14, 2025 | Intern selection deadline |
| May 1, 2025 | Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections |
| May 8, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Interns are publicly announced on the alums page |
| June 2, 2025 to Aug. 29, 2025 | Internships period |
We encourage any open source community to apply to mentor Outreachy interns, and we need your help finding organizations to sponsor Outreachy.
Donation amounts
In order to sustain our program, Outreachy needs to receive donations of at least $8,000 to $10,000 USD per intern we accept. This breaks down to:
Your support is vital to Outreachy interns
We encourage organizations to donate additional funds to Outreachy program activities because Outreachy is a labor intensive program and your additional donation helps us retain Outreachy interns in the open source community.
Outreachy organizers are highly involved with encouraging your interns to pursue a future in open source. The Outreachy organizers share tips for your interns on how to attend FOSS conferences, encourage your interns to explore careers or academic research in open source, and help them expand their network of open source contracts.
Outreachy's deep support of interns, along with your partnership, means 80% of past Outreachy interns continue to contribute to open source after their internship.
We highly encourage organizations to provide an additional donation to help Outreachy sustain our deep support of interns, and retain their amazing talent in our open source community.
Learn more about Outreachy sponsorship levels at https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/
Financial support for some FOSS communities
We understand that some open source communities may not have the funding for an Outreachy intern, and they may not know of organizations that want to sponsor Outreachy. Depending on Outreachy's budget and priorities, we may have some very limited funds available to fiscally support Outreachy internships with specific open source communities. Whether we can support your community depends on our overall budget and priorities.
Please contact us to discuss this further.
Outreachy is seeking humanitarian open source communities to participate in the June 2025 internship round.
Outreachy welcomes applications from all open source communities that address humanitarian issues. You will need to meet our eligibility criteria.
In short, your community must be:
Past communities that have received humanitarian funding include projects like:
Outreachy hopes to fund 1-5 humanitarian open source communities in the June 2025 internship cohort. However, due to budget constraints, we can't guarantee funding.
To apply for humanitarian open source intern funding, please submit a community application.
Please contact Outreachy organizers with your questions about humanitarian open source funding!
