Perl Foundation

The Perl Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Holland, Michigan.

[1] It is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl and Raku programming languages through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code.

The Perl Foundation fulfills a range of activities which includes, "the collection and distribution of development grants, sponsorship and organization of community-led local and international Perl conferences, and support for community web sites and user groups.

"[2] The Perl Foundation supports the use and development of Perl in many ways: The day-to-day business of TPF is run by several committees including the grants committee and conferences committee.

All TPF members, including the board of directors, are volunteers.