Pelican — grant programme
A full Minimal licence — list price $132,630 a year — issued at no charge to qualifying non-profit organisations and renewed on review each year. There is no cap: every organisation that passes review is granted one.
The most important databases make no money. A food bank’s inventory, a clinic’s waitlist, a school’s attendance ledger, a shelter’s count of beds still empty tonight. Pelican makes the licence free, for all of them.
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The full Minimal licence, list price $132,630 a year, at no charge — for every non-profit organisation that qualifies. Unlike Ostrich’s ninety places, Pelican has no annual cap; we do not run out.
The licence renews each year on review. No card on file, no invoice, no clause that turns the gift into a bill.
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All three studios — Agent Studio, App Studio and Ask Studio — hosted by us or running on hardware you control. The donor ledger becomes an API, the case files a dashboard, the intake queue an agent that runs overnight.
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A registered non-profit in good standing under the law of its home jurisdiction — India, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, or South America. Registration details come with the application, and every application must also satisfy the laws of India, where Littlebit Labs is registered.
One application covers all three programmes — Ostrich and Sparrow included. You do not choose; we read what you sent and offer whichever fits the work.
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Pelican is review-based, not first-come. We read what the organisation runs today, who it serves, and what the licence would unlock — and we grant it where those three line up. Some applications are declined; we say so plainly rather than leave you waiting.
Grants are issued only where the laws of India and of your jurisdiction allow us to issue them.
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API Bay is not part of the Pelican licence. Support is best-effort, through the same channels everyone else uses. Renewal is a review, not a promise.
We take no equity, no revenue share and no seat at your table. Your name and story appear on our site only if you offer them. The only thing we ask is that you tell someone where the licence came from.
Your tech stack is covered.
You change the world.