Become an Equalify Open Source Sustainer

The University of Illinois Chicago is recruiting sustaining partners for Equalify, an Open Source digital accessibility platform already in use at 58 higher-ed institutions. Sustainers cut accessibility tooling costs, shape the product roadmap, and share the maintenance burden with peer universities.

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2,664,544

Accessibility issues found by Equalify

411,930 new in last 30 days

Licensing fees — it's Open Source

No per-seat or per-site pricing

Sustainer Benefits

Lower costs, a direct line to the engineers, and a seat at the table with peer institutions.

Reduced Costs

Equalify is Open Source, so there are no license fees.
Equalify runs lean. Its PDF remediation solution converts documents to accessible HTML for as little as $0.02 per document.

Direct Support

Join monthly roadmap meetings.
Gain direct access to core engineers.
Elevate roadmap items to accelerate feature development.

Increased Collaboration

A growing list of institutions are Equalify contributors. Sustainers become part of this team on the vanguard of web accessibility tooling.

What's Asked

Two commitments, renewed annually.

100 Staff Hours or $10,000 Annually

Members contribute 100 staff hours per year (about one workday per month) to feature development and planning meetings.
Members who cannot commit staff donate $10,000 to the UIC Technology Solutions Open Source Fund, which funds development.

Rights to Use Institution's Name

Members are named in Equalify press releases, on the project website, and in project emails.
Members review press releases in advance at the monthly roadmap meetings.

More About Equalify

Equalify launched in 2021, guided by a Braintrust of university partners. In 2024, the project moved to UIC with three full-time engineers. Equalify has since expanded beyond scanning to include AI-driven document accessibility, reducing the cost of PDF accessibility remediation. Developing the Equalify sustainers network is the next chapter of our story, as we reduce the cost of accessibility for every institution. Supported by the UIC Technology Solutions Open Source Fund.

Equalify Sustainer Application

Complete the application below. We will review it and invite your designee to the next roadmap meeting.

Institution

The institution named below agrees to become a sustainer of Equalify for a term of one year from the date of submission, renewable by mutual agreement.

Institution name

Annual Commitment

Select one.

100 staff hours toward feature development and monthly planning meetingsAbout one workday per month.$10,000 to the UIC Technology Solutions Open Source FundYou will receive an invoice and remittance details after submitting this form.

Approving Official

The individual authorized to commit institutional resources.

Name

Title

Designee

The staff member who will attend monthly roadmap meetings and coordinate the institution's contribution.

Name

Title

Department

Anything else we should know? (optional)

Use of Institution Name

As a condition of membership, UIC will name the institution in Equalify press releases, on the project website, and in project emails. Press releases are circulated for member review at the monthly roadmap meetings before publication.

The institution agrees to the use of its name as described above.I confirm that the approving official named above is authorized to commit institutional resources, and that submitting this form serves as their signature.

Prefer to send a signed letter instead? Email us at equalify@uic.edu.