# Our sponsors and partners
* [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl) who have very kindly sponsored us with
- over EUR 350,000 in various separate grants.
+ over EUR 550,000 in various separate grants.
* [NGI POINTER](https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-pointer/) who have
sponsored us with a EUR 200,000 Horizon 2020 Grant.
* [Mythic Beasts](http://mythic-beasts.com) who don't overcommit on
introduce yourself (people will happily say "hello" back) and
the Libera IRC channel
(#libre-soc at irc.libera.chat port 6697, see
-https://libera.chat/guides/connect), [logs here](https://libre-soc.org/irclog/latest.log.html).
+https://libera.chat/guides/connect),
+ it's also accessible via Libera.Chat's Matrix Bridge
+ (`#libre-soc:libera.chat`)
+ [logs here](https://libre-soc.org/irclog/latest.log.html).
Read through
[recent posts](http://lists.libre-soc.org/pipermail/libre-soc-dev/)
and the [[charter]], ask questions if you have any and let everyone know,