The Open Hardware Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit corporation, registered in the State of Texas.
 
The growth and maturation of the Open Graphics Project has led to the need for a more formal organization to assist in the business and financial aspects of making an Open Hardware designs a reality.  To this end we created the Open Hardware Foundation.  The Open Hardware Foundation is a non-profit corporation whose charter is to promote the design and production of open source and open documentation hardware.  Because we were formed to meet the needs highlighted through the efforts of the Open Graphics Project, the Foundation's initial focus is to facilitate design and production of the OGD1 hardware prototype card, the OGP graphics chip set, and the OGA consumer graphics adapter as well as assist OGP developers purchasing development boards through the Open Graphics Project Developer Assistance Program.

-Patrick McNamara, President - The Open Hardware Foundation