The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code. The Perl Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Holland, Michigan. Specifically for GSoC, The Perl Foundation will be assisting several large sub-communities on behalf of the overall Perl community. See the following url for more information. http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008