Blender Foundation awarded $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant

Epic Games announced its MegaGrants program at GDC 2019. The company established a $100 million fund to support game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers who are “doing amazing things with Unreal Engine” or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community.  The Blender Foundation had their wish granted with a $1.2 million grant from Epic to further the success of Blender, the open-source 3D modeling and animation program. Blender fits the bill for Epic’s interests because it is helping train thousands of 3D modelers and programmers. Blender has a very active community of