NumFOCUS

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501(c)(3) organization nonprofit organization

NumFOCUS is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes open-source scientific computing projects and the communities around them.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
NumFOCUS canonical	6
NumFOCUS Foundation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4325897 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NumFOCUS
Context triple: [SciPy Developers, associatedWith, NumFOCUS]

A. Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
B. Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
C. Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium that supports and promotes the growth of the Linux operating system and other open-source software projects through collaboration, funding, and industry partnerships.
D. Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes and defends free and open source software, digital rights, and user freedoms across Europe.
E. Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NumFOCUS
Target entity description: NumFOCUS is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes open-source scientific computing projects and the communities around them.

A. Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
B. Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
C. Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium that supports and promotes the growth of the Linux operating system and other open-source software projects through collaboration, funding, and industry partnerships.
D. Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes and defends free and open source software, digital rights, and user freedoms across Europe.
E. Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	501(c)(3) organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
collaboratesWith	academic institutions ⓘ industry partners ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	data science ⓘ open-source software ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ
focusesOn	community building ⓘ education and outreach ⓘ sustainability of open-source projects ⓘ
foundedBy	Jarrod Millman ⓘ Travis Oliphant ⓘ William Stein ⓘ linked to: William A. Stein
fullName	NumFOCUS Foundation ⓘ linked to: NumFOCUS
hasProgram	conferences and events ⓘ fiscal sponsorship ⓘ project sustainability programs ⓘ scholarships ⓘ small development grants ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Austin, Texas ⓘ linked to: City of Austin
inception	2012 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mission	to promote open practices in research, data, and scientific computing ⓘ
name	NumFOCUS ⓘ
nonprofitStatus	public charity ⓘ
organizes	PyData conferences ⓘ PyData meetups ⓘ linked to: PyData community
purpose	promote reproducible science ⓘ support open-source data science ⓘ support open-source scientific computing ⓘ
regionServed	global ⓘ
supports	community events ⓘ data science projects ⓘ open-source software projects ⓘ project sustainability ⓘ scientific computing projects ⓘ
supportsProject	ArviZ ⓘ Astropy ⓘ Bokeh ⓘ Conda ⓘ Dask ⓘ FEniCS ⓘ IPython ⓘ Julia ⓘ Jupyter ⓘ Matplotlib ⓘ NumPy ⓘ Pandas ⓘ linked to: pandas SciPy ⓘ Spyder ⓘ Stan ⓘ SunPy ⓘ SymPy ⓘ linked to: CAS (Computer Algebra System) Xarray ⓘ linked to: xarray yt ⓘ
website	https://numfocus.org ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SciPy Developers → associatedWith → NumFOCUS ⓘ

Project Jupyter → associatedWith → NumFOCUS ⓘ

Jupyter community → collaboratesWith → NumFOCUS ⓘ

SciPy Steering Council → affiliation → NumFOCUS ⓘ

NumFOCUS → name → NumFOCUS ⓘ

NumFOCUS → fullName → NumFOCUS Foundation ⓘ

linked to: NumFOCUS

Meta Open Source team → collaboratesWith → NumFOCUS ⓘ

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