Drupal Association
Professional services
UnclaimedA nonprofit organization that supports the Drupal software project, its open-source community, infrastructure, and global events.
Last updated August 22, 2026
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Overview
The Drupal Association is an educational nonprofit organization devoted to supporting the Drupal open-source content management system and the community built around it. Its work covers the operational, educational, legal, and community infrastructure needed to sustain Drupal rather than the direct control of Drupal's software development. The organization is supported by individual members and participating organizations, using membership resources, sponsorship, donations, and other support to fund projects and initiatives connected with Drupal's growth. A central responsibility is maintaining the technical infrastructure behind Drupal.org and related community websites. These services provide places for documentation, project information, contribution coordination, community communication, and other activities that help developers, site builders, designers, agencies, and users participate in the Drupal ecosystem. By maintaining this infrastructure, the Association helps preserve access to the project's resources and supports collaboration across the international Drupal community. The Association also promotes education and community participation. It communicates the benefits and capabilities of Drupal, supports initiatives intended to broaden understanding of the platform, and helps empower contributors and users. Its event role is particularly visible through DrupalCon and other worldwide gatherings, which provide opportunities for training, presentations, networking, project coordination, and community development. The organization has an important but distinct relationship with Drupal's technical governance. It does not control or direct the development of Drupal's code. Instead, it functions as a supporting institution around the project, helping provide infrastructure, funding, legal protection, communications, and events while software contributors and project leadership handle code development through Drupal's open-source processes. The Drupal Association's stated responsibilities also include protecting the GPL-licensed source code of the Drupal project. This reflects the organization's role in helping safeguard the legal and practical conditions under which Drupal can be shared, modified, and redistributed. Its activities therefore combine nonprofit association management, open-source stewardship, community services, event production, and technology education. Publicly available reference material identifies the organization as United States-based and records its involvement in worldwide Drupal activities, although detailed information about its founding date, headquarters, current leadership, and present financial position is not established in the supplied sources.
History
The Drupal Association exists to provide organizational and operational support for the Drupal open-source software project and the broader community around it. Its role is not to own or direct Drupal's code-development process. Instead, it operates as a nonprofit support body that helps maintain the infrastructure, programs, legal protections, communications, and events that allow Drupal to function as an international project. One of its core areas of work is the maintenance of Drupal.org and other community websites. These platforms support documentation, project information, contributor collaboration, communication, and access to resources used by Drupal developers, agencies, site builders, and users. The Association also seeks to empower the community through education and initiatives intended to expand participation and understanding of Drupal. The organization promotes the benefits of Drupal and organizes or supports worldwide events, most notably DrupalCon. These events combine training, presentations, networking, community coordination, and project discussion. They serve both as educational programs and as important points of contact for the international Drupal ecosystem. The Association also has a stewardship role concerning Drupal's GPL-licensed source code. Its stated mission includes protecting the project's GPL status and helping preserve the open-source conditions under which Drupal is distributed and developed. This legal and institutional role complements, but does not replace, the work of Drupal's software contributors and project leadership. Public reference material records two notable developments. In 2014, Dries Buytaert filed a United States federal trademark application for the Drupal word mark in his individual capacity; the cited material states that no assignment had been recorded to Drupal VZW, the Drupal Association, or Drupalcon, Inc. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization received between $150,000 and $350,000 in federally backed Paycheck Protection Program funding from Beneficial State Bank, with the organization stating that the assistance would help retain 14 jobs. The supplied materials do not establish a founding year, a founder, a current executive roster, or a detailed account of later organizational changes.
- 2020
Paycheck Protection Program assistance
[1]During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization received federally backed Paycheck Protection Program support reported in the range of $150,000 to $350,000. The stated employment-retention purpose was to preserve 14 jobs.
- 2014
Drupal word-mark trademark filing
[1]Dries Buytaert filed a United States federal trademark application for the Drupal word mark in his individual capacity. The cited reference states that no assignment had been recorded to the Drupal Association, Drupal VZW, or Drupalcon, Inc.
Products and positioning
A nonprofit ecosystem steward and support organization for Drupal, positioned around open-source infrastructure, education, community empowerment, legal protection, and global events rather than commercial software ownership or direct code governance.
Community infrastructure
Drupal.org infrastructure
The Association maintains hardware, software, and related services supporting Drupal.org and other community websites. These platforms provide access to project information, documentation, contribution resources, community communications, and other services needed by Drupal participants.
Technology conference and community event
DrupalCon
DrupalCon is the Association's principal worldwide event activity. The events bring together developers, users, agencies, organizations, and other community members for education, presentations, networking, project coordination, and discussion of Drupal's development and ecosystem.
Education and nonprofit community services
Drupal education and community initiatives
The Association supports educational and community-growth initiatives intended to help people understand Drupal, participate in its ecosystem, and use the platform effectively. These activities form part of its broader mission to empower the Drupal community and communicate the software's benefits.
Brand decisions
2020
Accepted Paycheck Protection Program assistanceOtherBackground
The organization sought federally backed assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period that affected nonprofit operations and event activity.
Action taken
It received a Paycheck Protection Program loan from Beneficial State Bank, reported in the range of $150,000 to $350,000.
Aftermath
The organization stated that the funding would allow it to retain 14 jobs. The supplied source does not provide further information about repayment, forgiveness, or longer-term financial effects.
Paycheck Protection Program loan. $150,000-$350,000 (2020)
Recent events
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