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Jonathan Starr

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Executive Director at Open Source Endowment
📍 Winooski, Vermont, United States

Jonathan is the Executive Director at the Open Source Endowment, where he focuses on building community-owned, forward-looking funding structures for generational sustainability in open source. He is also a co-founder and steward at organizations dedicated to advancing open science infrastructure and practices.

His interests suggest a deep commitment to community building and knowledge accessibility. He is passionate about mentorship within the technology sector and follows developments in decentralized science (DeSci) and digital infrastructure funds, indicating a focus on empowering the next generation of tech.

Unique fact: He is focused on creating perpetual, self-sustaining funding models, similar to university endowments, but for critical open-source software.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Winooski, Vermont, United States
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Open Source Sustainability
As Executive Director of the Open Source Endowment, his primary goal is creating long-term, community-owned funding streams to ensure project longevity.
Research Software Impact
He leads initiatives like the "Impact of Research Software" sprint to improve software metadata, FAIRness, and better articulate the value of open source in science.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Executive Director
Open Source Endowment
6-2024
Instantiating Steward
The Institute of Open Science Practices (IOSP)
11-2023
Co-Founder
The Scientific Coordination Infrastructure and Operating Systems Collaborative
7-2023
Program Manager
NumFOCUS
7-2023
Program Manager
NumFOCUS
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