add funding section

Author: eteq

roadmap/roadmap.md

@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
-# The Astropy Roadmap
-**Latest revision: July 2025**
-
-- [Introduction](#Introduction)
-- [Status Legend](#Status-Legend)
-- [Functionality](#Functionality)
-- [Infrastructure, Documentation](#Infrastructure-Documentation)
-- [Interoperability and compatibility](#Interoperability-and-compatibility)
-- [Hardware and Performance](#Hardware-and-Performance)
-- [Learn and User Support](#Learn-and-User-Support)
-- [Community Building and Sustainability](#Community-Building-and-Sustainability)
-- [Governance, Management, and Personnel](#Governance-Management-and-Personnel)
+## The Astropy Roadmap
+**Latest revision: August 2025**
+
+- [The Astropy Roadmap](#the-astropy-roadmap)
+- [Introduction](#introduction)
+- [Status Legend](#status-legend)
+  - [Green :green\_circle:](#green-green_circle)
+  - [Orange :large\_orange\_diamond:](#orange-large_orange_diamond)
+  - [Red :red\_square:](#red-red_square)
+- [Functionality](#functionality)
+- [Infrastructure, Documentation](#infrastructure-documentation)
+- [Interoperability and compatibility](#interoperability-and-compatibility)
+- [Hardware and Performance](#hardware-and-performance)
+- [Learn and User Support](#learn-and-user-support)
+- [Community Building and Sustainability](#community-building-and-sustainability)
+- [Governance, Management, and Personnel](#governance-management-and-personnel)
+- [Fund Raising](#fund-raising)
 
 
 See the [Roadmap Completed Items](COMPLETED.md) page for items that have been completed and removed from the roadmap.
@@ -120,4 +125,15 @@ This category encompasses goals related to governing and managing the Astropy Pr
 
 - :red_square: Recruit for unfilled team positions.
 
-- :green_circle: Define and staff the strategic planning role.
+- :large_orange_diamond: Document the process for taking on a formal role in the Astropy project and recruit for unfilled team positions.
+
+- :green_circle: Define and staff the  strategic planning role.
+
+
+## Fund Raising
+
+The broad goal in this section is to ensure Astropy has funding to support development that volunteers cannot or will not do on their own funding. To ensure project sustainability, this needs to be funding sources that can be maintained over the long term.
+
+- :red_square: Raise funds from governmental sources outside of the US
+- :large_orange_diamond: Raise funds from private foundations to give us independence from political vagaries.
+- :green_circle: Maintain existing funding sources (e.g., NASA)