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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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- Rapid Response
- US Government Internet Freedom and Security
- Privacy and Security
- Digital Rights
- ICT4D
- Startup Incubators and Entrepreneurship
- Fellowships
- Coding and Software Development
- Social Justice and Global Challenges
- Community
- Region-Specific
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Access Now | Digital Security Helpline - Access Now |
| The Social Science Research Council | Rapid-Response Grants on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences |
| Internet Society Foundation | Emergency Response Grant Programme: COVID-19 |
| FOSS Responders | COVID-19 Emergency Funds |
| Digital Defenders Partnership | Emergency Grants |
| United Nations (OCHA) | Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) |
| Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l'Homme (AEDH) | Emergency Fund |
| University of York Centre for Applied Human Rights | Protective Fellowship Scheme |
| International Media Support | Safety Fund |
| International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) | Grants for HRDs at Risk |
| Freedom House | Emergency Assistance to Frontline Activists |
| Embattled CSOs (Emergency) | |
| Embattled CSOs (Advocacy) | |
| LGBTI Assistance Program | |
| Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | Rapid Response Grant |
| RR - Africa | |
| Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) | Urgent Grants |
| Justice and Peace Netherlands | Shelter City |
| Frontline Defenders | Protection Grants |
| ProtectDefenders.eu | Emergency Support |
| World Organisation Against Torture | Emergency HRD Support |
| Joopea Foundation | JAssist |
| Security Without Borders | Security Assistance |
| Renewable Freedom Foundation | Digital Rights Fund |
| Defend Defenders | East and Horn of Africa |
| The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) | Human Rights Defenders Fund |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Free Press Unlimited | Reporters Respond |
| International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) | IFJ Safety Fund |
| Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) | Journalists in Distress Fund |
| International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) | IWMF Emergency Fund |
| La Maison Des Journalistes | Assistance |
| Reporters Without Borders (RSF) | Individual Support |
| Berlin Scholarship Program | |
| Rory Peck Trust | Assistance Grants |
| Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) | Legal Assistance |
| Scholars at Risk Network | Support for Scholars Under Threat |
| Cara | Support for Academics Under Threat |
| International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) | Writers/Artists at Risk |
| Institute of International Education | Fellowships for Threatened Scholars Around the World |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| eQualit.ie | Deflect |
| Project Shield | |
| CloudFlare | Project Galileo |
| Amazon | AWS Imagine Grant Program |
| Impact and Community Grants | |
| Twilio | Twilio.org |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Department of State | Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) |
| ISC Project | Information security and Internet freedom grants |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) |
| Computer Systems Research (CSR) | |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | Cyber Security Solicitations |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Mozilla Foundation | Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) |
| MOSS - Foundational Technology | |
| MOSS - Mission Partners | |
| MOSS - Secure Open Source | |
| NLNet Foundation | Open Call - Network and Internet Technology |
| Internet Hardening Fund | |
| Standards in Real-Time Communication | |
| DNSSEC Fund | |
| Prototype Fund | Open Source Project Support (Germany) |
| Secure the Internet Grants | |
| Research Awards | |
| Cisco | Research & Open Innovation |
| Next Generation Internet (NGI) | NGI Open Calls |
| Core Infrastructure Initiative | Grants |
| Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) | Grants |
| AirVPN | Project Support |
| Library Freedom Project | Library Freedom Institute |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Reset | reset.tech |
| Mozilla | Grants |
| Digital Defenders Partnership | Sustainable Protection Funding |
| Regional Partnership Funding | |
| Freedom House | Various Programs |
| Access Now | Grants |
| Sigrid Rausing Trust | Grants |
| Hivos | Freedom and Accountability |
| Ford Foundation | Internet Freedom |
| Media Democracy Fund | Grants |
| Democracy Council | About |
| American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | Digital Extension Grants |
| Renewable Freedom Foundation | Funding Sources List |
| Digital Freedom Fund | Grants |
Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) including Deploying Internet Connectivity
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| International Development Research Center (IDRC) | Funding |
| Microsoft | Grants |
| Airband Initiative | |
| Association for Progressive Communications (APC) | Access |
| Comcast | Innovation Fund |
| Internet Society | Grants & Awards |
| U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | Partnership Opportunities |
| Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) | |
| OpenCellular | OpenCellular Grants |
| 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 | Global Grand Challenges |
| Impact Challenge | |
| Inveneo | Advice |
| Mercy Corps | Grants |
| SPIDER | Grants |
| International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) | Grants |
| Wehubit | Grants |
| Comic Relief | Tech For Good |
| GSM Association | Connected Society Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity |
| Motorola | Motorola Solutions Foundation |
| NetHope | Devices for Impact |
| Digital Frontiers | Grants |
| European Commission | Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid |
| Microsoft | AI for Humanitarian Action |
| Microsoft | AI for Accessibility |
| Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) | Research Grants |
| Newton Fund | Grants |
| World Wide Web Foundation | Web We Want |
| Nonprofit Technology Network | Digital Inclusion Fellowship |
| Internet Society | Beyond the Net Funding |
| TechSoup | TechSoup Global Network |
| UNICEF | Innovation Fund |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Garage 48 | About |
| Mach37 | About |
| iHub | Support for Africa-based tech startups |
| Hackers/Founders | Accelerator and Founders’ Cooperative |
| United For Iran | IranCubator |
| 3fs | About |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | America’s Seed Fund (Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program) |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) |
| Global Innovation Fund | About |
| Google for Startups | |
| PeaceTech Accelerator | About |
| MIT | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp |
| DevLabs | About |
| Coinbase | Coinbase Ventures |
| Snap, Inc. | Yellow |
| The Thiel Foundation | The Thiel Fellowship |
| Samsung | Samsung Next |
| Comcast NBCUniversal | LIFT Labs |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| The Social Science Research Council | Social Data Research and Dissertation Fellowships |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) |
| Graduate Research Fellowship Program | |
| University of Illinois Fellowship Finder | Database of Fellowships for Graduate Students |
| The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy | Grants for current PhD candidates |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Sloan Research Fellowships |
| Tinker Foundation Incorporated | Field Research Grants |
| Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) | Internet and Society Fellowship |
| Harvard Library Innovation Lab | Summer Fellowship |
| Berkman Klein Center & MIT Media Lab | Assembly |
| Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab | Non-Resident Fellowship |
| Venture for America (VFA) | VFA Fellowship |
| Azavea | Summer of Maps |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Ford Foundation/Mozilla | Open Web Fellowship |
| Open Society Foundations | Open Society Fellowship |
| CIPE/NDI/CIMA | Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Program |
| Shuttleworth Foundation | Fellowship |
| Human Rights Watch | Fellowships (pdf) |
| Public Policy Fellowship | |
| National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | Fellowships |
| Echoing Green | Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship and Leadership Development Programs |
| Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Fellowship Program |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | Science & Technology Policy Fellowships |
| Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School | Technology and Democracy Fellowship |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) | Legal Fellowships |
| Eisenhower Fellowships | Global Programs |
| Data & Society | Fellows Program |
| Internet Law & Policy Foundry | Fellowships |
| Voqal | Fellowships |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) | EPIC Law Fellowship |
| International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) | Westin Fellows |
| Free Press | C. Edwin Baker Media Policy Fellowship |
| Mozilla | Fellowships |
| TechCongress | Congressional Innovation Fellowship |
| Kairos Fellowship | Fellowship |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation (PSF) | PSF Grants Program |
| Faculty Research Awards | |
| Mozilla | Research Grants |
| SAGE | Concept Grants |
| Protocol Labs | Research Grants |
| Outreachy | Mentorships and internships |
| Rails Girls | Summer of Code |
| Summer of Code | |
| General Assembly | Social Impact |
| Coding it Forward | Civic Digital Fellowship |
| Cybersecurity Tech Accord/UN Office of Disarmament Affairs | Apps 4 Digital Peace |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) | Grants |
| Omidyar Network | About |
| Knight Foundation | Technology Innovation |
| Governance, Norms and Values - Research on the Future Internet | |
| The Reva & David Logan Foundation | Social Justice, Scholarship, the Arts and Investigative Journalism |
| Siegel Family Endowment | About |
| Bond | Funding Opportunities |
| Ariadne: European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights | About |
| National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | Grants |
| Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) | Research Calls and Grants |
| European Commission | Digital Single Market Funding |
| Open Society Foundations | Information Program |
| Grants | |
| Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs | INGO Support |
| Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) | Grants |
| Enabel (Belgian Development Agency) | Grants |
| Cisco | Cisco Foundation |
| Global Impact Cash Grants | |
| Dropbox | Dropbox Foundation |
| Humanity United | Grants |
| Oak Foundation | International Human Rights |
| Open Society Foundations | Human Rights Initiative |
| Overbrook Foundation | Human Rights Defenders |
| Hewlett Foundation | About |
| Fund for Global Human Rights | Grants |
| Human Rights First | Human Rights Defenders |
| Oak Foundation | Grants |
| FIDH | Support for Local HRDs |
| Protection International | About |
| Human Rights Foundation (HRF) | About |
| European Endowment for Democracy (EED) | Grants |
| UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) | Grants |
| Ashoka | Changemakers |
| Counterpart International | Business Opportunities |
| Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | Grants |
| European Commission, Democracy and Human Rights | Calls for Proposals |
| MIT | Solve |
| Skoll Global Threats Fund | About |
| Human Rights Funders Network | Resources for Grantseekers |
| The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law | Supporting Justice Innovation |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| American Refugee Committee | Gender-based Violence and Response |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | Grants |
| Coalition of African Lesbians | About |
| Governments of Indonesia and Australia | Komnas Perempuan (Indonesia's National Commission on Violence Against Women) |
| Mediterranean Women's Fund | Mediterranean Women’s Fund |
| Third Wave Fund | Mobilize Power Fund |
| Women Living Under Muslim Laws | About |
| Women's Rehabilitation Center (Nepal) | About |
| Women Development Advocacy Center (Nepal) | Digital Empowerment Fellowship |
| Freedom House | Dignity for All: LGBTI Assistance Program |
| Womanity Foundation | About |
| Mama Cash | Grants |
| International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) | Emergency Fund |
| Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship | |
| Fund For Women Journalists | |
| Kim Wall Memorial Fund | |
| GiveOut | The Suki Sandhu LGBTQI Asia Fund |
| FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| MacArthur Foundation | Grants |
| Scripps Howard Foundation | Grants |
| Ethics & Excellence Journalism Foundation | Grants |
| Free Press Unlimited | About |
| Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) | About |
| Journalism Emergency Relief Fund | |
| Open Society Foundations | Program on Independent Journalism |
| Reporters Without Borders (RSF) | About |
| Rory Peck Trust | Support for freelance journalists |
| Social Science Research Council/Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership | Abe Fellowship for Journalists |
| University of Toronto | Fellowship in Global Journalism |
| Moment Magazine | Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative (DPIJI) |
| Mother Jones | The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program |
| Open Society Foundation | Moving Walls Fellowship |
| University of Oxford | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
| World Press Institute (WPI) | WPI Fellowship |
| Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) | Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship |
| Dutch Journalism Fund | About |
| International Media Support | About |
| The Walkley Foundation | Grants |
| French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (CFI) | Media Development |
| UNESCO | International Programme for the Development of Communication |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Grants |
| Thomson Foundation | Media Training and Development |
| Poynter | International Fact-Checking Network |
| Stanford University | John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships |
| DW Akademie | Media Development |
| Journalists for Human Rights | About |
| BBC Media Action | About |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Creative Commons | Community Activities Fund |
| Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship | |
| Open Knowledge International | About |
| Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) | IFF Community Development Fellows Program |
| Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) | Open Source Center Strategic Grants |
| Open Source Center Catalytic Grants | |
| Arcadia Fund | Open Access Grants |
| Linux Foundation | CommunityBridge |
| Software Freedom Conservancy | Project Funding |
| RIPE NCC | Community Projects Fund |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Arab Human Rights Fund (AHRF) | Grants |
| Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) | Standard grants |
| Department of State | U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development | Human Rights Defenders Programme |
| Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) | About |
| Information Society Innovation Fund Asia (ISIF Asia) | About |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| Indela (Initiative for digital rights in Latin America) | About |
| Open Society Foundation | Latin America Program |
| Fund for Internet Strengthening in Latin America and the Caribbean | FRIDA Funds |
| Organization | Fund |
|---|---|
| RAITH Foundation | Funding |
| Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE Africa) | Grants |