Who we are
The Carpentries project comprises the Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry communities of Instructors, Trainers, Maintainers, helpers, and supporters who share a mission to teach foundational computational and data science skills. We serve researchers, scientists, librarians, and anyone interested in learning and teaching data and computational training.

Mission
The Carpentries empowers a diverse global community by equipping individuals with essential data and computational skills. We promote efficient, open, and reproducible research practices. By fostering collaborative development of openly available lessons and research-informed teaching methods, we build an inclusive network of practitioners and advocates who emphasise the critical role of software and data in advancing research.

Why sponsor The Carpentries
Your sponsorship will support the revitalization of our curriculum. Specifically, we will use sponsorship funding to pay Carpentries community members who are subject matter experts to modernize the following Carpentries lessons: Data Carpentry Data Cleaning with OpenRefine for Ecologists, Software Carpentry Version Control with Git, and Software Carpentry Programming with R.

The Carpentries and GitHub

• We value GitHub's platform for its far-reaching accessibility.
• We teach version control with Git using GitHub in our workshops.
• All Carpentries lessons are built on GitHub, and GitHub supports the infrastructure for The Carpentries website.