The Blender Foundation added a ‘Show your support’ feature to the Blender Development Fund and Roadmap, letting one-time donors and new members start a donation from a specific roadmap project so the contribution is counted as a ‘like’ on that project. Blender says donations stay non-targeted and the project still decides how funds are distributed, balancing visible features against maintenance and quality-of-life work, but the feature gives supporters a sense of purpose and shows the project which work draws the most demand. Ongoing members will be able to pick a favorite project from their fund settings in a later update.
Blender adds project-level support to its Development Fund
The Blender Foundation added a 'Show your support' feature to the Blender Development Fund and Roadmap, letting one-time donors and new members start a donation from a specific roadmap project so the contribution is counted as a 'like' on that project. Blender says donations stay non-targeted and the project still decides how funds are distributed, balancing visible features against maintenance and quality-of-life work, but the feature gives supporters a sense of purpose and shows the project which work draws the most demand. Ongoing members will be able to pick a favorite project from their fund settings in a later update.
Source: Blender