<s>
The	O
Kuali	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
,	O
501(c )	O
(	O
3	O
)	O
corporation	O
that	O
develops	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
software	O
for	O
higher	O
education	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kuali	B-Application
modules	O
include	O
Student	O
,	O
Financial	O
,	O
Human	O
Resources	O
,	O
Research	O
Administration	O
,	O
and	O
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
after	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
evaluation	O
,	O
partner	O
coalescing	O
,	O
and	O
preparatory	O
work	O
,	O
the	O
Kuali	B-Application
Financial	O
System	O
(	O
KFS	O
)	O
received	O
a	O
$2.5	O
million	O
grant	O
from	O
the	O
Mellon	O
Foundation	O
to	O
help	O
complete	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kuali	B-Application
modules	O
now	O
include	O
Student	O
,	O
Financial	O
,	O
Research	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
no-code	O
forms	O
and	O
workflow	O
tool	O
called	O
Kuali	B-Application
Build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
ten	O
years	O
,	O
usage	O
of	O
Kuali	B-Application
had	O
increased	O
substantially	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2014	O
the	O
Kuali	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
had	O
74	O
member	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
foundation	O
invested	O
in	O
Kuali	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Kuali	B-Application
software	O
and	O
offers	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
for	O
higher	O
ed	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
