Blender Foundation Due Diligence

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Netherlands · www.blender.org · 6 vendors

The Blender Foundation is a Dutch non-profit organization dedicated to developing and promoting Blender, a free and open-source 3D content-creation software suite. Its mission is to provide artists and small teams with a complete 3D creation pipeline. The foundation supports Blender's development through donations and community contributions.

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Compliance

8 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

Cyber Resilience Act (source) — No public evidence

Evidence: https://download.blender.org/foundation/Blender-Foundation-Annual-Report-2024.pdf, https://www.blender.org/about/foundation/

GDPR (source) — No public evidence

Evidence: https://www.blender.org/about/foundation/, https://www.blender.org/privacy-policy/, https://download.blender.org/foundation/Blender-Foundation-Annual-Report-2024.pdf, https://www.blender.org/about/

NIS2 (source) — No public evidence

Evidence: https://download.blender.org/foundation/Blender-Foundation-Annual-Report-2024.pdf, https://www.blender.org/about/foundation/, https://www.blender.org/about/

Financials

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Financial Resilience Score: 7/10

The Blender Foundation demonstrates solid financial resilience for a non-profit foundation, supported by a diversified donor base, strong global brand recognition, and consistent income growth of ~13% CAGR over the last three years. Total income grew from €2.17M in 2022 to €3.11M in 2024, reflecting a ~46% increase over three years. The organization benefits from broad blue-chip corporate backing (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Netflix, Adobe, Google, etc.) alongside a healthy balance of individual donations, which reached ~40% of income in 2024, reducing single-sponsor dependency. However, the board self-declared in 2024 that reserves are below the target buffer of 3 months of cash flow (approximately €0.8M), which is a notable concern. The 2024 fiscal year also recorded a planned deficit of €74K, drawing reserves down further. The Foundation has no commercial revenue lever—by policy it does not sell products or services—meaning any funding shock can only be absorbed by cutting developer headcount or drawing on reserves. Key-person risk around founder Ton Roosendaal also persists, though succession planning is actively underway with board expansion in 2024 and planned ownership transfer of subsidiary B.V.s by end-2025. Overall, the low fixed-cost base (~85% people costs, scalable), sticky corporate support since 2019, massive user community (~20M annual downloads, 30M unique website visitors), and increasing individual donor diversification provide meaningful resilience despite the thin reserves and sensitivity to tech-sector cycles observed during the 2022-23 tech layoffs.

Key strengths: Diversified donor base with ~40% individual donations balancing ~38% corporate patron share in 2024, Broad blue-chip corporate backing from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Netflix, Adobe, Google, Consistent income growth of ~13% CAGR (2021-2024), reaching €3.11M in 2024, Low fixed-cost base with ~85% of spend on scalable people costs, Massive global user community: ~20M annual downloads, 30M unique website visitors, ~7,188 individual Dev Fund members, Strong brand and dominant position among 3D DCC tools with no product-market competition, Institutional transparency with annual reports since 2020 and statutory accounts filed with Dutch KvK since 2022

Risk factors: Reserves below the target 3-month cash-flow buffer (~€0.8M) as self-declared by board in 2024, 2024 planned deficit of €74K drew reserves down further, Sensitivity to tech-sector cycles; 2022-23 tech layoffs caused corporate donations to stall, Key-person risk around founder/chairman Ton Roosendaal, though succession is being structured, No commercial revenue lever—cannot sell products/services to offset funding shocks, ~€100K/year (~3% of income) lost to transaction fees under donation model, Regulatory exposure to EU Cyber Resilience Act discussions, Corporate concentration risk: ~38% of income from large corporate patrons

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