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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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 | |
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Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | |
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Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) | |
Justice and Peace Netherlands | |
Frontline Defenders | |
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ProtectDefenders.eu | |
Civil Rights Defenders | |
World Organisation Against Torture | |
Joopea Foundation | |
Security Without Borders | |
Renewable Freedom Foundation | |
Defend Defenders | |
Derechos Digitales | |
Dignity for All | |
Lifeline | |
The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) |
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) | |
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Rory Peck Trust | |
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) | |
Scholars at Risk Network | |
Cara | |
International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) | |
Institute of International Education |
Organization | Fund |
eQualit.ie | |
Google | |
CloudFlare | |
Amazon | |
Google | |
Twilio |
Organization | Fund |
Department of State | |
ISC Project | |
National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
Organization | Fund |
Mozilla Foundation | |
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NLNet Foundation | |
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Prototype Fund | |
Facebook | |
Facebook | |
Cisco | |
Next Generation Internet (NGI) | |
Core Infrastructure Initiative | |
Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) | |
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Calyx Institute | |
AirVPN | |
Library Freedom Project |
Organization | Fund |
Reset | |
Mozilla | |
Digital Defenders Partnership | |
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Freedom House | |
Access Now | |
Sigrid Rausing Trust | |
Hivos | |
Ford Foundation | |
Media Democracy Fund | |
Democracy Council | |
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | |
Renewable Freedom Foundation | |
Digital Freedom Fund | |
The Developer Society (DEV) | |
ESRC Digital Good Network | |
Lacuna Fund | |
Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund |
Organization | Fund |
International Development Research Center (IDRC) | |
Microsoft | |
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC) | |
Comcast | |
Internet Society | |
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | |
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OpenCellular | |
Catholic Relief Services | |
CRDF Global | |
Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) | |
USAID Development Innovations | |
Peace Corps Small Grants Program | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | |
Google | |
Inveneo | |
Mercy Corps | |
SPIDER | |
International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) | |
Wehubit | |
Comic Relief | |
GSM Association | |
Motorola | |
NetHope | |
Digital Frontiers | |
European Commission | |
Microsoft | |
Microsoft | |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) | |
Newton Fund | |
World Wide Web Foundation | |
Nonprofit Technology Network | |
Internet Society | |
TechSoup | |
UNICEF |
Organization | Fund |
Garage 48 | |
Mach37 | |
iHub | |
Hackers/Founders | |
United For Iran | |
3fs | |
National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | |
Global Innovation Fund | |
Google | |
PeaceTech Accelerator | |
MIT | |
DevLabs | |
Coinbase | |
Snap, Inc. | |
The Thiel Foundation | |
Samsung | |
Comcast NBCUniversal | |
Code for Science & Society |
Organization | Fund |
The Social Science Research Council | |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
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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 | |
Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab | |
Venture for America (VFA) | |
Al Jazeera Media Institute | |
Azavea | |
PrivacyCo/Top10VPN.com |
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 |
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 |
Organization | Fund |
Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) | |
Omidyar Network | |
Knight Foundation | |
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The Reva & David Logan Foundation | |
Siegel Family Endowment | |
Bond | |
Ariadne: European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights | |
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | |
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) | |
European Commission | |
Open Society Foundations | |
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Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) | |
Enabel (Belgian Development Agency) | |
Cisco | |
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Dropbox | |
Humanity United | |
Oak Foundation | |
Open Society Foundations | |
Overbrook Foundation | |
Hewlett Foundation | |
Fund for Global Human Rights | |
Human Rights First | |
Oak Foundation | |
FIDH | |
Protection International | |
Human Rights Foundation (HRF) | |
European Endowment for Democracy (EED) | |
UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) | |
Ashoka | |
Counterpart International | |
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | |
European Commission, Democracy and Human Rights | |
MIT |