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Alternative Sources of Support

Funding for Internet freedom, journalism, software development, and human rights projects from sources other than OTF.
The following table contains alternate funding sources which support efforts relevant to the fields of Internet freedom, software development, journalism, and human rights, broadly speaking. Sources are organized by general subject matter. We're always seeking to grow this resource and make it as useful and inclusive as possible, so if you know of a funding source that should be on here, please let us know by contacting us at [email protected]
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Categories

Rapid Response

Organization
Fund
Access Now
The Social Science Research Council
Internet Society Foundation
FOSS Responders
Digital Defenders Partnership
Incide
United Nations (OCHA)
Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l'Homme (AEDH)
University of York Centre for Applied Human Rights
International Media Support
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Freedom House
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF)
Justice and Peace Netherlands
Frontline Defenders
ProtectDefenders.eu
Civil Rights Defenders
World Organisation Against Torture
Joopea Foundation
JAssist
Security Without Borders
Renewable Freedom Foundation
Defend Defenders
Derechos Digitales
Dignity for All
Lifeline
The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC)

Rapid Response for Journalists & Scholars

Organization
Fund
Free Press Unlimited
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)
La Maison Des Journalistes
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Rory Peck Trust
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI)
Scholars at Risk Network
Cara
International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN)
Institute of International Education

In-Kind Digital Infrastructure

Organization
Fund
eQualit.ie
Deflect
Google
CloudFlare
Amazon
Google
Twilio

US Government Internet Freedom and Security

Organization
Fund
Department of State
ISC Project
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Privacy and Security

Organization
Fund
Mozilla Foundation
NLNet Foundation
Prototype Fund
Facebook
Facebook
Cisco
Next Generation Internet (NGI)
Core Infrastructure Initiative
Grants
Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
Grants
Calyx Institute
AirVPN
Library Freedom Project

Digital Rights

Organization
Fund
Reset
Mozilla
Grants
Digital Defenders Partnership
Freedom House
Access Now
Grants
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Grants
Hivos
Ford Foundation
Media Democracy Fund
Grants
Democracy Council
About
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Renewable Freedom Foundation
Digital Freedom Fund
Grants
The Developer Society (DEV)
ESRC Digital Good Network
About
Lacuna Fund
About
Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund

Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) including Deploying Internet Connectivity

Organization
Fund
International Development Research Center (IDRC)
Funding
Microsoft
Grants
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Access
Comcast
Internet Society
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
OpenCellular
Catholic Relief Services
ICT4D
CRDF Global
Grants
Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
ICT
USAID Development Innovations
Grants
Peace Corps Small Grants Program
Grants
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Google
Inveneo
Advice
Mercy Corps
Grants
SPIDER
Grants
International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)
Grants
Wehubit
Grants
Comic Relief
GSM Association
Motorola
NetHope
Digital Frontiers
Grants
European Commission
Microsoft
Microsoft
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK)
Newton Fund
Grants
World Wide Web Foundation
Nonprofit Technology Network
Internet Society
TechSoup
UNICEF

Startup Incubators and Entrepreneurship

Organization
Fund
Garage 48
About
Mach37
About
iHub
Hackers/Founders
United For Iran
3fs
About
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Global Innovation Fund
About
Google
PeaceTech Accelerator
About
MIT
DevLabs
About
Coinbase
Snap, Inc.
Yellow
The Thiel Foundation
Samsung
Comcast NBCUniversal
LIFT Labs
Code for Science & Society

Fellowships

Research

Organization
Fund
The Social Science Research Council
National Science Foundation (NSF)
University of Illinois Fellowship Finder
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Tinker Foundation Incorporated
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Harvard Library Innovation Lab
Berkman Klein Center & MIT Media Lab
Assembly
Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab
Venture for America (VFA)
Al Jazeera Media Institute
Azavea
PrivacyCo/Top10VPN.com

Policy & Advocacy

Organization
Fund
Ford Foundation/Mozilla
Open Society Foundations
CIPE/NDI/CIMA
Shuttleworth Foundation
Human Rights Watch
Google
National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Echoing Green
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
Eisenhower Fellowships
Data & Society
Internet Law & Policy Foundry
Voqal
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Free Press
Mozilla
TechCongress
CrossCulture Programme
Kairos Fellowship

Coding and Software Development

Organization
Fund
Python Software Foundation (PSF)
Google
Mozilla
SAGE
Protocol Labs
Outreachy
Rails Girls
Google
General Assembly
Coding it Forward
Cybersecurity Tech Accord/UN Office of Disarmament Affairs
Microsoft
FOSS Fund

Social Justice and Global Challenges

Organization
Fund
Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF)
Grants
Omidyar Network
About
Knight Foundation
The Reva & David Logan Foundation
Siegel Family Endowment
About
Bond
Ariadne: European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights
About
National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Grants
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
European Commission
Open Society Foundations
Grants
Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Grants
Enabel (Belgian Development Agency)
Grants
Cisco
Dropbox
Humanity United
Grants
Oak Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Overbrook Foundation
Hewlett Foundation
About
Fund for Global Human Rights
Grants
Human Rights First
Oak Foundation
Grants
FIDH
Protection International
About
Human Rights Foundation (HRF)
About
European Endowment for Democracy (EED)
Grants
UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF)
Grants
Ashoka
Counterpart International
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Grants
European Commission, Democracy and Human Rights
MIT