Access Now
"By combining innovative policy, user engagement, and direct technical support, we fight for open and secure communications for all."
https://www.accessnow.org
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
"We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics"
https://sloan.org/
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American Jewish World Service
"We strive to end poverty and promote human rights in the developing world."
https://ajws.org
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Anita Borg Institute
"Pass-it-on Award applications are open to any woman over 18 years old in or aspiring to be in the fields of computing. Awards are open to women in all countries and range from $500.00 to $1000.00 USD. Applications covering a wide variety of needs and projects are encouraged."
http://anitaborg.org/awards-grants/pass-it-on-awards-program/
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Arab Human Rights Fund
"open call for grant applications to support all human rights issues in the Arab region"
https://ahrfund.org/
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Arca Foundation
"The Arca Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation dedicated to advancing equity, justice and human rights. Arca believes that the pursuit of economic and racial justice, an inclusive democracy,human rights, and a clean environment requires an engaged citizenry that has access to information and free expression."
http://www.arcafoundation.org/
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Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
"FORUM-ASIA’s HRD Programme is a protection measure for human rights defenders (HRDs) and women human rights defenders (WHRD) in Asia. It seeks to facilitate a conducive environment for HRDs/WHRDs towards a more effective and efficient conduct of their work while being conscious of the risks involving their actions."
http://www.forum-asia.org/
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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
"Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S. and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity."
http://www.astraeafoundation.org/
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Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship
"support outstanding individuals developing the culture of their communities under adverse circumstances"
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/08/11/honoring-friend-bassel-announcing-bassel-khartabil-free-culture-fellowship/
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Bloomberg Philanthropies
"Mike Bloomberg’s entrepreneurial spirit, public policy experience, and belief in the power of cities to take action helps define Bloomberg Philanthropies’ distinct approach to driving change."
http://www.bloomberg.org/
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Cisco Foundation
"Cisco and the Cisco Foundation provide cash, products, and people to support organizations with scalable, replicable, and sustainable solutions that use Internet and network technology to benefit individuals and communities around the world. Cisco social investments reduce hunger, increase access to education and technology, empower people living in poverty to get jobs and start their own businesses, and restore critical services for disaster victims."
http://csr.cisco.com/pages/support-for-nonprofits
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Code for America Fellowships
"The Code for America fellowship is a full-time paid year of service for experienced technologists. Cross-functional teams of three are embedded in local governments to develop digital tools that help cities and counties deliver key public services across health, economic development, and safety and justice."
https://www.codeforamerica.org/do-something/work-with-us
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Core Infrastructure Initiative
"The Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) and its members have come together to invest in core infrastructure, providing funding for fundamental projects like OpenSSL, OpenSSH, NTPd and others."
https://www.coreinfrastructure.org/grants
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CS Fund / Warsh-Mott Legacy
"The CS Fund and Warsh-Mott Legacy are private family foundations dedicated to supporting progressive social change in the areas of Rights and Governance, Emerging Technologies, and Food Sovereignty. Applicant organizations must be classified as a 501(c)(3) by the US Internal Revenue Service. Foreign applicants should note that CSF and WML make a very limited number of direct grants abroad."
http://csfund.org/
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CyberGhost Privacy Accelerator Program
"We will invest, mentor and support teams or companies in the early stage (seed). We are more than just an accelerator: we believe that we can improve the world by protecting people's privacy online and we provide global opportunities for business ideas with the same approach."
http://www.cyberghostvpn.com/en/accelerator
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Democracy Council
"The Democracy Council advocates freedom, human rights, equal opportunity, and public participation across the globe. The Council's work is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the belief that a vibrant civil society and accountable public administration remain fundamental tenets of democratic societies."
https://www.democracycouncil.org/about-us.html
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Digital Defenders Partnership
"Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) was established to provide rapid response to threats to internet freedom."
https://www.digitaldefenders.org/
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Ford Foundation
"We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. But around the world, too many people are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives. Across eight decades, our mission has sought to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement."
https://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/
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Free Press Unlimited
"Free Press Unlimited believes that objective information can be of life-and-death importance. Free Press Unlimited helps local journalists in war zones and conflict areas to provide their audience with trustworthy news and information. The information that people need to survive and give shape to their own future."
https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en
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Freedom House
"Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and democracy around the world."
https://freedomhouse.org
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Guerilla Foundation
"We support activists and social entrepreneurs that together can bring about systems change. [...] We support activists who: (A) Combat political apathy by promoting citizen engagement and new forms of democracy; (B) Establish accountability and transparency in the public and private sectors; (C) Tackle global injustice and curb corporate power; (D) Promote progressive policies that create value for society. Alongside these advocacy efforts, we give grants to social entrepreneurs who set up innovative solutions to build a better society. We also provide non-financial support through our network and advice and contribute to the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the locations where we are active."
http://guerrillafoundation.org/what-we-fund/
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Henry M. Jackson Foundation
"The Henry M Jackson Foundation was founded in 1983 to continue the unfinished work of the late Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson in the areas in which he played a key leadership role: international affairs education, human rights, environment and natural resources management, and public service. Through its grantmaking and strategic initiatives, the Foundation seeks to make a lasting impact and perpetuate the Jackson legacy for the benefit of future generations."
http://www.hmjackson.org/
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Humanity United
"Humanity United believes that we are all united in the challenges and opportunities we face. To that end, we lead and invest in a wide-range of efforts, networks, organizations and ideas that share our vision of the world. Our partners work with us to build peace, promote justice, end atrocities and advance human freedom."
https://humanityunited.org/
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IHRFG Funder Directory
"This tool is designed to enable both grantmakers and grantseekers to search for human rights funders by several key criteria: areas of rights funding, activities supported and geographic focus."
https://ihrfg.org/
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Information Safety & Capacity Project
"The Information Safety & Capacity Project (ISC) provides advanced, sustained information security and capacity building assistance to civil society organizations, human rights activists, and independent media in countries where free expression, journalistic reporting, online communications, and advocacy are critical to societal liberalization and development but potentially risky to personal safety."
https://iscproject.org/who-we-are/
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International Development Exchange
"IDEX invests in initiatives led by the women, youth, and indigenous people who are solving our world's most pressing problems. Supporting grassroots leaders in the Global South creates lasting, transformative change ...."
http://www.idex.org/
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internetsociety.org
"The Internet Society is a global cause-driven organization dedicated to ensuring that the Internet stays open, transparent and defined by you."
http://www.internetsociety.org
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
"The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world."
https://www.macfound.org
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Kindle Project
"Kindle Project is an outside-the-box grantmaking organization supporting wild solutions, by unusual suspects, in the attempt to move mountains."
https://kindleproject.org/
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Knight Foundation
"Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged."
http://www.knightfoundation.org/
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Linux Fund
"provides financial and administrative support to the open source community"
http://linuxfund.org/
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Media Democracy Fund
"MDF works with foundations, companies, philanthropic advisors, and individual donors to award grants that protect the public's rights in the digital age."
http://mediademocracyfund.org/about-mdf/
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Media Development Investment Fund
"MDIF invests in independent media around the world providing the news, information and debate that people need to build free, thriving societies."
http://www.mdif.org/apply-for-financing/
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Microsoft Affordable Access Initiative
"Brilliant people like you are deploying technology and business models to help billions of people affordably engage online, and we want to help. Under our Affordable Access Initiative, Microsoft is providing grants to commercial entities for scalable solutions that enable people in underserved communities to access the Internet and use cloud services."
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/affordable-access-initiative/home
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Mozilla Advocacy Network Fund
"Mozilla believes the Internet to be a global, public resource that must remain open and available to everyone. This shared openness is essential to a healthy and innovative society. The rapid growth of the Internet creates challenges and opportunities in every area of contemporary life, from health and education to economic development and political engagement, civic life, and more. Mozilla’s Advocacy Network Fund is designed to provide funds to organizations to help them tackle these challenges."
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Netpolicy/advocacy/advocacynetworkfund
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National Endowment for Democracy
"a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world."
http://www.ned.org/
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Nexus Fund
"Our mission is to strengthen the global community in preventing mass atrocities by finding and funding local efforts in areas where there are significant risks of mass violence but still opportunity for prevention."
http://www.nexus-fund.org/about/
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Nordic Co-operation's Funding List
"The list mainly contains funding schemes and calls from the Nordic Council, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the council of ministers' sub-organisations, but also other funding schemes with a focus on Nordic co-operation." Includes programs on ICT and Justice.
https://www.norden.org/en/om-samarbejdet-1/funding-schemes-and-scholarships
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Oak Foundation
"Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged."
http://oakfnd.org/
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Omidyar Network
"Omidyar Network invests in entrepreneurs who share our commitment to advancing social good at the pace and scale the world needs today. "
https://www.omidyar.com
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Open Society Foundations
"The Open Society Foundations award grants, scholarships, and fellowships throughout the year to organizations and individuals who share Open Society values. We look for grantees who have a vision and whose efforts will lead to lasting social change."
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants
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Open Technology Fund (OTF)
"support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-centric projects that promote human rights, internet freedom, open societies, and help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks"
https://www.opentech.fund/
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OpenNews
"At OpenNews, we are building an ecosystem of programs and tools in support of the global community of journalists and coders who are creating the open technologies and processes journalism needs to thrive."
https://opennews.org/what/
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Outlandish Fellowships
"Outlandish is making fellowships available for people who are using the Internet and digital technologies to address social issues. The fellowships include funding and other forms of support to allow participants to start their own projects."
http://www.outlandish.com/fellowship/
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Overbrook Foundation
"The Overbrook Foundation was established in New York in 1948 by Helen and Frank Altschul. The Foundation currently advances its mission through two programs: Environment and Human Rights. Both programs support organizations in the United States and Latin America."
http://www.overbrook.org/
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Partnership for Transparency Fund
"Advancing innovative citizen-led approaches to improve governance, increase transparency, promote the rule of law and reduce corruption in developing and emerging countries."
http://ptfund.org/
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PHINEO
"We make recommendations to social investors about non profit organisations and projects that suit their philanthropic plans. To do this, we identify projects with especially strong potential to bring about social change. We start with a quality assessment process that we developed with experts in the field, identifying sectors to focus on and closely scrutinizing relevant non-profit organisations and their projects. When we find an approach that we feel is especially promising, we award it with the PHINEO impact-label."
https://www.phineo.org/english
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Rails Girls Summer of Code
"Rails Girls Summer of Code is about helping students to further expand their knowledge and skills by contributing to a great Open Source project (rather than producing highly sophisticated code)."
http://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/
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RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund
"to support projects of value to the operation and resilience of the Internet"
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf
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Rita Allen Foundation
"We invest in big ideas in science and civil society. We support discoveries in their earliest stages that will ultimately improve human health, democracy and understanding. We seek out curiosity, collaboration, leadership and courage, knowing that the first steps in solving complex problems are steps into the unknown—and they are rarely taken alone."
http://ritaallen.org
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Shuttleworth Foundation
"We would like to live in an open knowledge society with limitless possibilities for all. To help us get there, we identify amazing people with innovative ideas, give them a fellowship grant, and multiply the money they put into their own project by a factor of ten or more."
https://shuttleworthfoundation.org/about/
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Sigrid Rausing Trust
"The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a UK grant making foundation, founded in 1995 by Sigrid Rausing to support human rights globally."
https://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/
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Skoll Global Threats Fund
"The Skoll Global Threats Fund's mission is to confront global threats imperiling humanity by seeking solutions, strengthening alliances, and spurring actions needed to safeguard the future."
http://www.skollglobalthreats.org/
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STEP Travel Grants by European Cultural Foundation
"STEP travel grants support creative and critical artists and cultural change-makers travelling across Europe and its neighbours, to help foster a society with greater solidarity, participation, equality and a stronger sense of social justice. [...] We support culturally active and engaged individuals for international return travels within Europe or to/from its neighbouring countries to a partner organisation for a professional cultural collaboration that serves a wider community."
http://ecflabs.org/grants/stepbeyond
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The Awesome Foundation
"The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time."
http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/about_us
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The John Ernest Foundation
"The John Ernest Foundation's role is to turn a dream into a reality. Planting ideas, imagining unorthodox relationships, nurturing a passion, devising and auditing realistic budgets. The mission is achieved through John Ernest Fellows, who reflect a diversity and complexity of human backgrounds and come from most corners of the globe. […] We provide access predominantly, and sometimes funding."
http://www.tjef.org/
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The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
"The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is proud to fund projects and organizations building news and information products that engage and inform local communities. [...] Grantees who will use the Philadelphia metro area as a test market are especially encouraged. [...] The institute is also interested in applicants from major metro areas across the United States whose projects can be applied to Philadelphia and scaled to similar metro regions across the nation. Grant recipients working outside Philadelphia will be asked to travel to Philadelphia for meetings and events funded by the institute.
https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/grants/
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The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
"Stimulates and supports activities in the field of culture and development by granting awards, funding and producing publications [...]."
http://www.princeclausfund.org
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The Sunlight Foundation
"The Sunlight Foundation is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses the tools of civic tech, open data, policy analysis and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. Our vision is to use technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation."
http://sunlightfoundation.com/
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The Thiel Fellowship
"The Thiel Fellowship gives $100,000 to young people who want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom."
http://thielfellowship.org/
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
„The Foundation's programs have ambitious goals that include: helping to reduce global poverty, limiting the risk of climate change, improving education for students in California and elsewhere, improving reproductive health and rights worldwide, supporting vibrant performing arts in our community, advancing the field of philanthropy, and supporting disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.“ There is also a "Cyber Initiative“.
http://hewlett.org/about-us
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Thomas Krenn
Sponsoring of hardware: "Wir unterstützen Sie gerne mit Dienstleistungen, Sachspenden wie Hardware oder unserem Know-how – Geldspenden werden grundsätzlich nicht getätigt."
https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/unternehmen/sponsoring.html
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Wallace Global Fund
"The mission of the Wallace Global Fund is to promote an informed and engaged citizenry, to fight injustice, and to protect the diversity of nature and the natural systems upon which all life depends."
http://wgf.org/
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Web We Want
"A global coalition of individuals and groups working together to build a better Web foreveryone. We are concerned about the growing number of threats to the very existence of the open Web, such as censorship, surveillance and concentrations of power. But, we know that if we all work together, we can create the Web we all want."
https://webwewant.org/
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World Wide Web Foundation
"The Web Foundation blends powerful advocacy, cutting-edge research, and practical innovation to build a better Web for all."
http://webfoundation.org
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Zennström Philanthropies
"Its mission is to support and engage with organisations that fight for human rights, work to stop climate change and encourage entrepreneurship in order to protect our natural environment and allow those who live in it to realize their full potential."
http://www.zennstrom.org/
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