"EU Media Fund to support #blender in their program for 'Open Production Environments'. This is a 2 year project, approved for funding in 2014 and - if we do well - for another year in 2015. This subsidy - about #220k EUR per year" (Dec 2013) http://code.blender.org/index.php/2013/12/plans-for-2014-2015/ cc @question