Join Kuali

How to Become a Member

Kuali Membership is the means for any college, university, commercial, and other not-for-profit organization to get involved in sustaining and evolving the Kuali software.

Kuali membership dues pays for staff and resources to oversee the Foundation and projects current and future.

The software of Kuali projects is under the Educational Community License and is available to anyone for any use or modification WITHOUT a fee. However, membership in the Kuali Foundation is an opportunity for organizations to influence the development and direction of the Kuali community. Kuali Members have influence on the future of the organization through voting for board of directors and, when resources are also tendered to projects, to influence the Kuali project priorities.

Colleges and universities differ in their need for, and ability to, contribute to the Kuali community, and no pricing structure could account for all differences. The Kuali Membership dues structure recognizes these differences; therefore, dues are based on annual budget (all sources) for single campus memberships.

Members' initial commitment will be for three years. Members are invoiced on an annual basis.

Dues - See below for the Schedule of Annual Dues

Annual Budget (all sources)                      Annual Dues                                               

Members are also encouraged to tender appropriate staff members to the Kuali Foundation projects for specific periods of time. For example, a college or university might assign a staff member to work full time (or half time) under the direction of the Foundation Board, or a project manager, to work on a project feature or need.

Tenndered resources include functional, technical, support, or administrative staff. In community-based projects, doing work is a primary path to influence.