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 hello@opentech.fund.

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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

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

US Government Internet Freedom and Security

Privacy and Security

Digital Rights

Organization

Fund

Reset

Mozilla

Digital Defenders Partnership

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

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

Organization

Fund

International Development Research Center (IDRC)

Microsoft

Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

Comcast

Internet Society

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

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

Startup Incubators and Entrepreneurship

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

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

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)

Princeton University

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

Social Justice and Global Challenges

Organization

Fund

Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF)

Omidyar Network

Knight Foundation

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)

CIVICUS

Open Society Foundations

Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

Enabel (Belgian Development Agency)

Cisco

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

Skoll Global Threats Fund

Human Rights Funders Network

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law

Community

Gender & LGBTQ

Organization

Fund

American Refugee Committee

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Coalition of African Lesbians

Governments of Indonesia and Australia

Mediterranean Women's Fund

Third Wave Fund

Women Living Under Muslim Laws

Women's Rehabilitation Center (Nepal)

Women Development Advocacy Center (Nepal)

Freedom House

Womanity Foundation

Mama Cash

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

GiveOut

FRIDA

Journalism & Media

Organization

Fund

MacArthur Foundation

Scripps Howard Foundation

Ethics & Excellence Journalism Foundation

Free Press Unlimited

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)

Google

Open Society Foundations

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Rory Peck Trust

Social Science Research Council/Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership

University of Toronto

Moment Magazine

Mother Jones

Open Society Foundation

University of Oxford

World Press Institute (WPI)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

Dutch Journalism Fund

International Media Support

The Walkley Foundation

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (CFI)

UNESCO

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Thomson Foundation

Poynter

Stanford University

DW Akademie

Journalists for Human Rights

BBC Media Action

Capacity Building

Organization

Fund

Creative Commons

Open Knowledge International

Internet Freedom Festival (IFF)

Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)

Arcadia Fund

Linux Foundation

Software Freedom Conservancy

RIPE NCC

Region-Specific

Middle East

Organization

Fund

Arab Human Rights Fund (AHRF)

Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF)

Department of State

Asia-Pacific

Organization

Fund

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD)

Information Society Innovation Fund Asia (ISIF Asia)

South and Latin America

Organization

Fund

Indela (Initiative for digital rights in Latin America)

Open Society Foundation

Fund for Internet Strengthening in Latin America and the Caribbean

Africa

Organization

Fund

RAITH Foundation

Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE Africa)

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