D Language Foundation

The D Language Foundation (DLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the D programming language^[2] launched on October 16, 2015.

D Language Foundation

Abbreviation	DLF
Formation	October 16, 2015[1]
Type	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Purpose	Promote, protect, and advance open source technology related to the D (programming language)
Headquarters	Kenmore, WA, United States
Region served	Worldwide
Official language	English
President	Walter Bright
Chairman	Andrei Alexandrescu
Website	dlang.org/foundation.html

The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the D community and is responsible for various processes within the D community, including developing the D programming language, managing intellectual rights, and raising funds.^[3][4] The foundation awards scholarships to students allowing them to work on high-impact projects related to the D programming language.^[5][6] The D Language Foundation also organizes developer conferences including the yearly D Programming Language Conference (DConf) ^{[7] [8]} and is an official organization in the Google Summer of Code .^[9][10]

In 2015, Andrei Alexandrescu seeded the D Language Foundation's budget from his royalties ^[11] and started to work for the D Language Foundation.^[12]