Give Back to Blender

Help funding Blender in 2026

If Blender helped you with your projects this year, we're asking you to help us back.

For the past year, you've had access to professional 3D software, completely free. No subscriptions, no licenses, no limits. Blender has been there for your projects, your learning, your art, your business.

Today, we're asking for $5.

That's it. If every active Blender user contributed $5 this month, Blender Foundation would meet its entire yearly funding goal for 2026.

Blender HQ – Amsterdam

A team of passionate developers, artists and designer works full time on the Blender project. This is possible thanks to the Blender Development Fund, the Blender Studio projects and countless community initiatives.

Andy Goralczyk

Art Director · Blender Studio
Germany

Anja Vugts-Verstappen

Anja Vugts-Verstappen

Financial Manager
The Netherlands

Arnd Marijnissen

Arnd Marijnissen

IT and Infrastructure Manager
The Netherlands

Bart van der Braak

Bart van der Braak

DevOps Engineer
The Netherlands

Bastien Montagne

Bastien Montagne

Blender Developer
France

Beau Gerbrands

3D Artist · Blender Studio
The Netherlands

Brecht Van Lommel

Brecht Van Lommel

Principal Engineer
Belgium

Clément Foucault

Clément Foucault

Blender Developer
France

Dalai Felinto

Head of Product
Brazil

Demeter Dzadik

Character TD · Blender Studio
Hungary

Falk David

Blender Developer
Germany

Fiona Cohen

Head of Operations · Producer
France

Francesco Siddi

Francesco Siddi

COO
Italy

Habib Gahbiche

Blender Developer
Tunisia

Harukaze Legouge

Harukaze Legouge

Videographer & Comm. Designer
Don’t worry about it

Hjalti Hjálmarsson

Hjalti Hjálmarsson

Animation Director · Blender Studio
Iceland

Jeroen Bakker

Blender Developer
The Netherlands

Joke van der Helm

Joke van der Helm

Financial Manager
The Netherlands

Jonas Holzman

Blender Developer
France

Julian Eisel

Blender Developer
Germany

Julien Kaspar

3D Artist · Blender Studio
Germany

Lukas Tönne

Blender Developer
Germany

Maaike Kleverlaan

Maaike Kleverlaan

Documentary Filmmaker
The Netherlands

Mark van de Ruit

Mark van de Ruit

Blender Developer
The Netherlands

Márton Lente

Front-end Developer
Hungary

Natalie Rozvezeva

Natalie Rozvezeva

Development Manager
The Netherlands

Pablo Fournier

Animator · Blender Studio
Spain

Pablo Vazquez

Designer
Argentina

Rik Schutte

Lead Animator · Blender Studio
The Netherlands

Sebastian Parborg

Sebastian Parborg

Blender Developer
Sweden

Sergey Sharybin

Sergey Sharybin

Head of Development
Russia

Simon Thommes

Lead Technical Artist · Blender Studio
Germany

Sybren Stüvel

Blender Developer
The Netherlands

Ton Roosendaal

CEO
The Netherlands

Trisha Partogi

Assistant Office Manager
The Netherlands

Vivien Lulkowski

Vivien Lulkowski

Concept Artist · Blender Studio
Germany

Weizhen Huang

Blender Developer
Germany

Wietske Peelen

Office Manager
The Netherlands

Online Team

From Australia to Canada, the Blender team is also spread all over the world.

Aaron Carlisle

Documentation
United States

Alaska

Bug Triager
New Zealand

Anna Sirota

Back-end Developer
France

Campbell Barton

Campbell Barton

Blender Developer
Australia

Christoph Lendenfeld

Christoph Lendenfeld

Blender Developer
Spain

Dan McGrath

System Administrator
Canada

Germano Cavalcante

Germano Cavalcante

Bug Triager
Brazil

Hans Goudey

Blender Developer
United States

Harley Acheson

Blender Developer
Canada

Jacques Lucke

Blender Developer
Germany

Jesse Yurkovich

Jesse Yurkovich

Blender Developer
United States

John Swenson

Blender Developer
United States

Lukas Stockner

Blender Developer
Germany

Miguel Pozo Cantón

Miguel Pozo Cantón

Blender Developer
Spain

Nika Kutsniashvili

Nika Kutsniashvili

Blender Extensions platform maintainer
Georgia

Oleg Komarov

Back-end Developer
France

Omar Emara

Blender Developer
Egypt

Philipp Oeser

Bug triaging Coordinator
Germany

Pratik Borhade

Bug Triager
India

Richard Antalík

Richard Antalík

Bug Triager
Czechia

Sean Kim

Blender Developer
United States

Thomas Dinges

Blender Development Coordinator
Germany

Yiming Wu

Bug Triager
China

Blender Release Contributors

Blender releases are possible thanks to the contributions of hundreds of individuals worldwide.

From fixing a bug to improving the documentation of a feature, this community of actively involved contributors is key to Blender’s success. Read more.

Blender Community

Countless communities and thriving businesses are built around Blender. Together, these tutorial makers and content creators, add-on developers and global marketplaces form an ever-expanding ecosystem. Read more.