Raspberry Pi Foundation

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organisation registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The board of trustees was assembled by 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/raspberry-pi-creditcard-sized-arm-computer-25/ |title=Raspberry Pi – A Credit-Card Sized ARM Computer – Yours For Only $25 |work=MakeUseOf |date=2012-02-24 |access-date=2012-02-29 |author=Brookes, Tim |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224154853/https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/raspberry-pi-creditcard-sized-arm-computer-25/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Vilches |first=Jose |title=Interview with Raspberry's Founder Eben Upton |url=http://www.techspot.com/article/531-eben-upton-interview/ |access-date=2012-06-19 |newspaper=TechSpot |date=2012-05-22 |archive-date=2 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202030458/http://www.techspot.com/article/531-eben-upton-interview/ |url-status=live}} and the Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded as a registered charity in May 2009 in Caldecote, England.{{cite web |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5002372 |title=Register of Charities - The Charity Commission - Raspberry Pi Foundation Charity number: 1129409 |publisher=Charity Commission for England and Wales |date=2011-06-06 |quotation= The object of the charity is to further the advancement of education of adults and children, particularly in the field of Computers, Computer Science and related subjects }} In 2016, The foundation moved its headquarters to Station Road, Cambridge,{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/news/property-and-construction/raspberry-pi-and-ja-kemp-move-iconic-station-road-hqs |website=Business Weekly |publisher=Business Weekly |access-date=2017-02-17 |title=Raspberry Pi and JA Kemp move to iconic Station Road HQs |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224224606/https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/news/property-and-construction/raspberry-pi-and-ja-kemp-move-iconic-station-road-hqs |url-status=live}} moving again in 2018, to Hills Road, Cambridge.{{cite web |title=Annual Report |url=https://static.raspberrypi.org/files/about/RaspberryPiFoundationReport2018.pdf |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |date=2018}}

The foundation is supported by the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Broadcom.{{cite web |url=http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rdm34/raspi/ |title=Robert Mullins: Raspberry Pi |publisher=University of Cambridge |year=2012 |access-date=2012-02-29 |author=Mullins, Robert |archive-date=2012-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115052955/http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rdm34/raspi/ |url-status=dead }}

Its aim is to "promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at the school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing."{{cite web |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/ |title=Raspberry Pi Foundation |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2011-07-02 |archive-date=2013-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112054319/http://www.raspberrypi.org/ |url-status=live }} Project co-founder Eben Upton is a former academic, currently employed by Broadcom as a system-on-chip architect and associate technical director. Components, albeit in small numbers, were able to be sourced from suppliers, due to the charitable status of the organisation.

When the decline in numbers and skills of students applying for Computer Science became a concern for a team that included Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft at the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory in 2006, a need for a tiny and affordable computer came to their minds. Several versions of the early Raspberry Pi prototypes were designed but were very limited by the high cost and low power processors for mobile devices at that time.{{cite web |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/about/ |title=About Us |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2014-04-24 |archive-date=2014-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425012911/http://www.raspberrypi.org/about/ |url-status=live }}

In 2008, the team started a collaboration with Pete Lomas, MD of Norcott Technologies and David Braben, the co-author of the seminal BBC Micro game Elite, and formed the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Three years later, the Raspberry Pi Model B was born and it had sold over two million units within two years of mass production.

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The founders of the organisation were:{{cite web |last1=Heath |first1=Nick |title=Inside the Raspberry Pi: The story of the $35 computer that changed the world |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/inside-the-raspberry-pi-the-story-of-the-35-computer-that-changed-the-world/ |website=TechRepublic |access-date=2023-02-10 |quotation=Early the following year, Upton, Lomas, Mycroft, Elite creator David Braben, and Cambridge University lecturers Jack Lang and Rob Mullins would create the Raspberry Pi Foundation, |date=2018-12-19 }}

• Eben Upton
• Rob Mullins, senior lecturer in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge
• Jack Lang, affiliated lecturer in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and the founder of Electronic Share Information Ltd
• Alan Mycroft, professor of computing in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge
• David Braben, CEO of Frontier Developments and co-writer of the 1984 game Elite
• Pete Lomas, MD of Norcott Technologies

In early 2013, the organisation split into two parts: Raspberry Pi Foundation, which is responsible for the charitable and educational activities; and Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd, responsible for the engineering and trading activities. Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raspberry Pi Foundation, with the money earned from sales of Raspberry Pi products being used to fund the charitable work of the Foundation. Eben Upton was initially CEO of both divisions, but in September 2013 Lance Howarth became CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation,{{cite web |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/welcome-lance/ |title=Welcome Lance! |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2014-04-24 |archive-date=2015-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917063022/https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/welcome-lance/ |url-status=live}} with Eben Upton remaining as CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd. Philip Colligan took over from Lance Howarth as CEO of Raspberry Pi Foundation in July 2015.{{cite web |title=Welcome Philip! |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/welcome-philip/ |access-date=2017-05-07 |archive-date=2017-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523133035/https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/welcome-philip/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/photostory/450427418/The-50-Most-Influential-Women-in-UK-Tech-2017/3/3-Carrie-Anne-Philbin-director-of-education-Raspberry-Pi-Foundation |title=3. Carrie Anne Philbin, director of education, Raspberry Pi Foundation - The 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2017 |website=www.computerweekly.com |language=en |access-date=2018-07-28 |archive-date=2018-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729012901/https://www.computerweekly.com/photostory/450427418/The-50-Most-Influential-Women-in-UK-Tech-2017/3/3-Carrie-Anne-Philbin-director-of-education-Raspberry-Pi-Foundation |url-status=live}}

In 2021 Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd changed its name to Raspberry Pi Ltd.{{Cite web |title=RASPBERRY PI LTD overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08207441 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}} Its newly-formed holding company, Raspberry Pi Holdings, was the subject of an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in June 2024.{{Cite web |title= Raspberry Pi Holdings|url=https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/RPI/raspberry-pi-holdings-plc/about:blank |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=www.londonstockexchange.com }}

In October 2011, the foundation's logo was selected from a number submitted from open competition.{{cite web |title=Logo competition |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/logo-competition/ |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2017-09-27 |archive-date=2017-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031143845/https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/logo-competition/ |url-status=live}} A shortlist of six was drawn up, with the final judging taking several days. The chosen design was created by Paul Beech{{cite web |title=Logo competition - we have a winner! |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/logo-competition-we-have-a-winner/ |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2017-09-27 |archive-date=2016-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216224739/https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/logo-competition-we-have-a-winner/ |url-status=live}} and depicts a raspberry, in the style of a buckminsterfullerene molecule.{{cite web |url=http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-selects-a-very-clever-logo-20111010/ |title=Raspberry Pi selects a very clever logo |publisher=geek.com |access-date=2011-10-11 |author=Humphries, Matthew |archive-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001100627/http://www.geek.com/chips/raspberry-pi-selects-a-very-clever-logo-1428525/ |url-status=dead }}

In April 2014, the foundation announced a £1{{nbsp}}million education fund to support projects that enhance the understanding of computing and to promote the use of technology in other subjects, particularly STEM and creative arts for children.{{cite web |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/announcing-our-million-pound-education-charity-fund/ |title=Announcing Our Million-Pound Education Charity Fund |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2014-04-26 |archive-date=2014-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502020148/http://www.raspberrypi.org/announcing-our-million-pound-education-charity-fund/ |url-status=live }} They offered to provide up to 50% of the total projected costs to successful applicants.{{cite web |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/education-fund/ |title=EDUCATION FUND |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |access-date=2014-04-26 |archive-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427051937/http://www.raspberrypi.org/education-fund/ |url-status=dead}} Carrie Anne Philbin was the Director of Education.{{cite news |title=Raspberry Pi Foundation's Carrie Anne Philbin earns MBE for services to education |url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/raspberry-pi-foundation-s-carrie-anne-philbin-earns-mbe-for-services-to-education-9126190/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |work=Cambridge Independent |date=2020-10-12 |language=en}}

In 2015, the Raspberry Pi Foundation merged with Code Club.{{cite web |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/putting-a-code-club-in-every-community/ |title=Putting a Code Club in every community |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation |accessdate=2022-08-04 |archive-date=2022-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804171009/https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/putting-a-code-club-in-every-community/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Pi's the limit: Merger aims to create more kid coders |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2015-11-04/pis-the-limit-merger-aims-to-create-more-kid-coders/ |access-date=2023-02-10 }}{{cite web |last1=Horsey |first1=Julian |title=Raspberry Pi Foundation And Code Club UK Join Forces To Help Children Code |url=https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/raspberry-pi-foundation-and-code-club-uk-join-forces-to-help-children-code-03-11-2015/ |website=Geeky Gadgets |access-date=2023-02-10 |date=2015-11-03 }} In 2017, it merged with CoderDojo.{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/26/raspberry-pi-foundation-and-coderdojo-to-code-club-together/ |title=Raspberry Pi Foundation and CoderDojo to code club together |publisher=TechCrunch |accessdate=2022-08-04 |archive-date=2022-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804171009/https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/26/raspberry-pi-foundation-and-coderdojo-to-code-club-together/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Gorey |first1=Colm |title=CoderDojo and Raspberry Pi join forces to create coding giant |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/coderdojo-raspberry-pi-merger |website=Silicon Republic |access-date=2023-02-10 |date=2017-05-26}}

The Raspberry Foundation is an active sponsor of the British edition of the International Bebras Computing competition, together with the University of Oxford.{{Cite web |last=Sentance |first=Sue |date=2019-10-28 |title=The Raspberry Pi Foundation and Bebras |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/bebras-partnership/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Raspberry Pi Foundation |language=en-GB}}

The foundation publishes Hello World, a "computing and digital making" magazine.{{cite web |url=https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/ |title=Hello World |access-date=2018-07-03 |archive-date=2021-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325130316/https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/ |url-status=live }} From 2018 to early 2023, the foundation published Wireframe, a video game development magazine.{{Cite web |last=Calvin |first=Alex |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Four years and 70 issues later: Why Wireframe magazine is closing down |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/four-years-and-70-issues-later-why-wireframe-magazine-is-closing-down |access-date=January 23, 2024 |website=Games Industry.biz}}

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