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Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support
Private Donation
March 2022
15,000
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Verizon Media
March 2022
25,000
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Cloudflare
March 2022
25,000
Program Support – South East Asia
German Federal Foreign Office
March 2022
87,964
MENA Program Support
German Federal Foreign Office
March 2022
289,701
Programmatic and Pass-Through Support
Sida
March 2022
1,572,862
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
February 2022
120,724
Policy Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
February 2022
402,838
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Fenwick & West LLP
February 2022
10,000
RightsCon 2021 Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
February 2022
5,000
Program Support – Policy and Advocacy
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
February 2022
116,389
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
February 2022
50,000
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Reddit
February 2022
10,000
Program Support
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
January 2022
673,813
Core Organizational Support
Minneapolis Foundation
January 2022
15,000
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Cisco
January 2022
10,000
Program Support
Google
January 2022
200,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Meta
January 2022
250,000
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
Centre For International Governance Innovation
January 2022
9,990
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
December 2021
200,000
Core Organizational Support
Twitter
December 2021
100,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
German Federal Foreign Office
December 2021
46,268
Core Organizational Support
Open Society Foundations
December 2021
400,000
Programmatic and Pass-Thru Support
Sida
December 2021
440,396
Core Organizational Support
Luminate Group
December 2021
550,000
RightsCon 2022 Sponsorship
AT&T
December 2021
25,000
Digital Rights Emergency Fund
Mozilla Foundation
December 2021
25,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
Jigsaw
December 2021
22,450
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
November 2021
260,664
Coaching and Professional Development
Luminate Group
November 2021
7,500
Support for MENA Program
German Federal Foreign Office
November 2021
219,319
Support for International Organizations Program
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
October 2021
44,975
Support for Latin America Program
Luminate Group
October 2021
57,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
German Federal Foreign Office
September 2021
45,588
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Zoom
September 2021
10,000
Core Organizational Support
SurfShark
September 2021
5,000
Digital Rights Emergency Fund
Electronic Frontier Foundation
September 2021
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Open Society Foundations
September 2021
700,000
Digital Rights Emergency Fund
Free Press
September 2021
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
September 2021
600,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Apple
September 2021
10,000
Program Support – MENA
German Federal Foreign Office
August 2021
229,940
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2021
95,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Cloudflare
August 2021
20,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Ford Foundation
August 2021
100,000
Core Organizational Support
DuckDuckGo
August 2021
25,000
Programmatic and Pass-Through Support
Sida
August 2021
1,151,562
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla Corporation
August 2021
75,000
Core Organizational Support & RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
August 2021
150,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
August 2021
30,650
Core Organizational Support
Twitter
July 2021
100,000
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
July 2021
127,842
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Spotify
July 2021
25,000
Program Support
Minderoo Foundation
July 2021
126,250
Core Organizational Support
Open Society Foundations
July 2021
250,000
Core Organizational Support & RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
July 2021
50,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
July 2021
126,719
Program Support – Southeast Asia
Luminate Group
July 2021
200,000
Program Support
Google
July 2021
150,000
RightsCon 2021 Ticket Sales
Eventbrite – Ticket Sales
June 2021
64,708
Program Support – MENA
German Federal Foreign Office
June 2021
118,061
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Airbnb
June 2021
10,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
June 2021
127,008
Program Support – Wellness Stipend
Luminate Group
June 2021
5,000
Program Support – Digital Security & RightsCon
Amazon
May 2021
130,000
Program Support – MENA
German Federal Foreign Office
May 2021
119,080
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Filecoin Foundation & Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
May 2021
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Sigrid Rausing Trust
May 2021
211,110
RightsCon 2021 Conference Support
ICANN
May 2021
5,000
Program Support
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 2021
745,097
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
May 2021
12,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Facebook
May 2021
100,000
Program Support – Legal
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
April 2021
10,978
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Verisign
April 2021
10,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Shopify
April 2021
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Salesforce
April 2021
50,000
Program Support – Digital Security & RightsCon
NordVPN
April 2021
50,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Discord
April 2021
10,000
RightsCon 2021 & 2022 Conference Sponsorship
Ford Foundation
April 2021
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous
March 2021
250,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Verizon Media
March 2021
25,000
Core Organizational Support
Open Society Foundations
March 2021
145,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Centre For International Governance Innovation
March 2021
9,990
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla Foundation
March 2021
35,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Humanity United
March 2021
25,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Tunnelbear
March 2021
10,000
MENA Program Support
German Federal Foreign Office
February 2021
237,317
Programmatic and Pass-Through Support
Sida
February 2021
2,166,174
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Internet Society
February 2021
25,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
Jigsaw
February 2021
44,900
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
February 2021
148,054
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
February 2021
5,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Fenwick & West LLP
February 2021
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Twitter
February 2021
100,000
Program Support
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
February 2021
602,903
Program Support & RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Google
February 2021
150,000
Policy Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
January 2021
358,674
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Cisco
January 2021
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous
January 2021
15,000
Core Organizational Support
Minneapolis Foundation
January 2021
15,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Facebook
January 2021
250,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
AT&T
January 2021
10,000
RightsCon 2021 Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
January 2021
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Mott Foundation
January 2021
225,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 2021
5,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Program Support
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 2020
53,210
Program Support – Digital Security & RightsCon
Global Affairs Canada
December 2020
158,224.41
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Tunnelbear
December 2020
10,000
MENA Program Support
German Federal Foreign Office
December 2020
78,154.61
Core Organizational Support
Luminate Group
December 2020
550,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Jigsaw
December 2020
10,000
Programmatic and Pass-Through Support
Sida
November 2020
460,368
MENA Program Support
German Federal Foreign Office
November 2020
229,988.77
Core Organizational Support
Open Society Foundations
November 2020
145,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Vodafone
October 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
October 2020
25,000
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla Corporation
October 2020
75,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Facebook
September 2020
100,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
ICANN
September 2020
5,000
Program Support
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
September 2020
596,610
Program Support – Digital Security & RightsCon
Global Affairs Canada
September 2020
130,822.61
Core Organizational Support
Open Society Foundations
August 2020
200,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Internet Society
August 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Zoom
August 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Fenwick & West LLP
August 2020
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
August 2020
200,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2020
45,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Ford Foundation
August 2020
50,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Luminate Group
July 2020
15,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Institute Of International Education
July 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Verizon Media
July 2020
25,000
Core Organizational Support & RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
July 2020
200,000
Programmatic and Pass-Through Support
Sida
July 2020
708,558.50
Core Organizational Support
Surfshark
June 2020
5,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
German Federal Foreign Office
June 2020
22,076.97
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla Foundation
June 2020
35,000
Digital Rights Emergency Fund
Mozilla Foundation
June 2020
25,000
Program Support
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 2020
745,097
Program Support – #KeepItOn
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
June 2020
126,709
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
May 2020
276,915.28
Core Organizational Support
Private Donation
April 2020
250,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
April 2020
9,624.27
Program Support – Media Freedom
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
April 2020
45,414.08
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Verisign
March 2020
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2020
184,410
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
March 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Humanity United
March 2020
25,000
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
March 2020
83,395
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Ford Foundation
March 2020
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Mott Foundation
March 2020
100,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Automattic
March 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Amazon
March 2020
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
British Telecom
February 2020
10,000
Program Support & RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
NordVPN
February 2020
20,000
Core Organizational Support
Private Donation
February 2020
10,000
Programmatic and Pass-Thru Support
Sida
February 2020
2,043,240
Programmatic Support – Legal
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
February 2020
39,800
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
February 2020
21,497
Program Support – Media Freedom
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
February 2020
39,422
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Luminate Group
January 2020
50,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support
Twitter
December 2019
100,000
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
December 2019
41,891
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
AT&T
December 2019
10,000
RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
Cloudflare
December 2019
25,000
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
December 2019
500,000
Core Organizational Support
Minneapolis Foundation
December 2019
12,000
Grants Program Support – Emergency Fund
Center for Democracy and Technology
December 2019
5,000
Program Support – Digital Security Training
GIZ
December 2019
40,875
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Facebook
December 2019
250,000
Programatic & Pass-Thru Support
Sida
December 2019
781,965
Program Support – Digital Security Training
GIZ
November 2019
27,262
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
November 2019
5,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline & Europe
Luminate Group
November 2019
425,652
Program Support – #KeepItOn
John Templeton Foundation
November 2019
20,000
Grants Program Support – Emergency Fund
Electronic Frontier Foundation
November 2019
5,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
October 2019
15,746
Program Support & RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
NordVPN
October 2019
15,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Verizon Media
October 2019
10,000
Core Organizational Support & RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
September 2019
150,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
August 2019
22,637
Program Support & RightsCon Online Conference Sponsorship
NordVPN
August 2019
15,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Ford Foundation
August 2019
50,000
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
August 2019
139,489
Core Organizational Support
Luminate Group
August 2019
15,000
Program Support – Digital Security Training
GIZ
August 2019
6,078
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Cloudflare
July 2019
20,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Amazon
July 2019
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous
July 2019
250,000
Programatic and Pass-Thru Support
Sida
July 2019
1,052,500
Core Organizational Support & RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Open Society Foundations
July 2019
87,500
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Automattic
July 2019
10,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Verizon
July 2019
10,000
Organizational Support
Mozilla Corporation
July 2019
100,000
Program Support
Google
July 2019
50,000
RightsCon Tunis Ticket Sales
Eventbrite – Ticket Sales
June 2019
258,500
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship & MENA Programmatic Support
German Federal Foreign Office
June 2019
55,975
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Luminate Group
June 2019
20,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
ICANN
June 2019
12,500
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
OneTrust
June 2019
12,475
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
IDRC
June 2019
42,895
Core Organizational Support
Anne Coombs and Susan Varga
June 2019
20,724
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Mapbox
May 2019
5,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Omidyar Network
May 2019
50,000
Data Privacy Summit Sponsorship
Dropbox
May 2019
2,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla Foundation
May 2019
35,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship and Program Support
Open Society Foundations
May 2019
87,500
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 2019
95,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
NordVPN
April 2019
20,000
Data Privacy Summit Sponsorship
AT&T
April 2019
2,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Fundación Avina
April 2019
4,970
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Verisign
April 2019
10,000
Event Sponsorship – Data Privacy Summit, Washington, D.C.
Apple
April 2019
5,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Humanity United
April 2019
25,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Zennström Philanthropies
April 2019
10,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla
April 2019
25,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Private Internet Access | London Trust Media
April 2019
50,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship and Program Support
Facebook
April 2019
100,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Internet Society
April 2019
25,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Ford Foundation
April 2019
25,000
Core Organizational Support
Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2019
196,620
Policy Program Support
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2019
391,190
Core Support
Mott Foundation
March 2019
100,000
Programatic and Pass-Thru Support
Sida
March 2019
1,608,300
Program Support
Google
March 2019
50,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Mapbox
March 2019
5,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
March 2019
11,060
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
British Telecom
March 2019
9,959
Digital Rights Emergency Fund
Mozilla Foundation
March 2019
25,000
Program Support
Global Affairs Canada
February 2019
53,626
Program Support – Artificial Intelligence
Vodafone Institute
February 2019
15,884
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
February 2019
10,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Fenwick & West LLP
February 2019
10,000
Program Support – Cybersecurity
Mozilla
February 2019
15,000
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
February 2019
26,732
Core Organizational Support
Alexander Macgillivray
January 2019
5,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Centre for International Governance Innovation
January 2019
9,990
Program Support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
January 2019
13,480
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
January 2019
25,000
Digital Rights Emergency Fund
Center for Democracy and Technology
January 2019
5,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Google
January 2019
50,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support
Twitter
December 2018
100,000
Grants Program Support – Emergency Fund
Free Press
December 2018
5,000
Program Support – Digital Security Training
GIZ
December 2018
53,015
Core Organizational Support
Minneapolis Foundation
December 2018
12,100
Program Support – #KeepItOn
Facebook
December 2018
50,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Global Affairs Canada
November 2018
118,425
Core Organizational Support
Google
November 2018
50,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
October 2018
125,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline & Europe
Luminate Group
October 2018
425,653
Core Organizational Support
Josh Skryzynski/Champ Equity
October 2018
7,022
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
October 2018
500,000
Core Organizational Support
Mainframe
October 2018
47,947
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous
September 2018
250,000
RightsCon Tunis Conference Sponsorship
Vodafone
August 2018
25,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Global Affairs Canada
August 2018
113,185
Core Organizational Support
Google
August 2018
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Private Donation
August 2018
5,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
DIACC
July 2018
10,000
Program Support – Digital Security Helpline
Global Affairs Canada
July 2018
106,381
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla
July 2018
100,000
Grants Program Support – Emergency Fund
Electronic Frontier Foundation
June 2018
5,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Verizon
June 2018
10,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Integrate AI
June 2018
24,980
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
June 2018
985,541
Core Organizational Support
DuckDuckGo
June 2018
10,903
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Cisco
May 2018
10,000
RightsCon Toronto Ticket Sales
Eventbrite – Ticket Sales
May 2018
293,714
Program support – AI
Vodafone Institute
May 2018
39,182
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Yahoo!
May 2018
10,000
Program support – #KeepItOn
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
May 2018
31,182
RightsCon Toronto Ticket Sales
Facebook
May 2018
8,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla
May 2018
25,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Sonos
May 2018
52,500
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Ontario Digital Service
May 2018
19,405
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
April 2018
50,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla Foundation
April 2018
35,000
Program Support – SAFETAG Auditing
Internews
April 2018
23,367
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Automattic
April 2018
10,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Dropbox
April 2018
10,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Facebook
March 2018
50,000
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
March 2018
780,500
Program Support and RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Global Affairs Canada
March 2018
273,876
Policy Program Support
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2018
361,200
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Ford Foundation
February 2018
25,000
Core Organizational Support
Sigrid Rausing Trust
February 2018
137,090
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Twitter
February 2018
25,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Verisign
February 2018
10,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
British Telecom
January 2018
10,123
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Fenwick & West LLP
January 2018
10,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon Toronto Sponsorship
Microsoft
January 2018
75,000
Program Support for #KeepItOn
John Templeton Foundation
January 2018
180,000
Policy Program Support
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
January 2018
27,902
Policy Program Support
The Miami Foundation
January 2018
100,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
January 2018
10,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Program Support – Digital Security
Microsoft
December 2017
50,000
RightsCon TorontoConference Sponsorship
Humanity United
December 2017
50,000
RightsCon TorontoConference Sponsorship
ICANN
December 2017
15,000
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Centre for International Governance Innovation
December 2017
9,990
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Tunnelbear
December 2017
9,980
Tech and Policy Program Support
Sida
December 2017
470,864
RightsCon Toronto Conference Sponsorship
Google
December 2017
100,000
RightsCon: Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 2017
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Sonos
November 2017
15,000
Core Organizational Support
Minneapolis Foundation
November 2017
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous Donation
November 2017
20,000
Policy Program Support
Mozilla
October 2017
20,000
RightsCon Toronto Sponsorship
Internet Society
October 2017
25,000
Policy Program Support
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
October 2017
258,600
Crypto Colloquium – Conference Sponsorship
Internet Association
October 2017
5,000
Policy Program Support
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
September 2017
97,212
RightsCon Toronto Sponsorship
Private Internet Access
September 2017
50,000
RightsCon Toronto Sponsorship
IDRC
September 2017
40,522
Policy Program Support
Mozilla
August 2017
7,500
RightsCon Toronto Sponsorship
Vodafone Inc
August 2017
50,000
Policy Program Support
The Miami Foundation
August 2017
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous Donation
July 2017
200,000
Program Support – Digital Security
Microsoft
July 2017
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
June 2017
150,000
Cy Pres Award
Perkins v. LinkedIn
May 2017
347,332
Core Organizational Support
Anne Coombs and Susan Varga
May 2017
22,682
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Luminate
April 2017
15,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
OSCE
April 2017
26,500
Core Organizational Support
Google
April 2017
100,000
Program Support – Digital Security
Microsoft
April 2017
100,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Open Society Foundations
April 2017
25,000
Policy Program Support – Over the Top
Google
April 2017
51,700
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
AnchorFree
April 2017
10,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Brussels- Conference Sponsorship
Facebook
March 2017
53,000
Core Organizational Support
Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2017
121,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Ford Foundation
March 2017
25,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
BT
March 2017
10,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
February 2017
10,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Automattic
February 2017
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous Donation
January 2017
5,144
Core Organizational Support
Craig Newmark
January 2017
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Jon Callas and Tamzen Cannoy
January 2017
5,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Yahoo!
January 2017
10,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Verizon
January 2017
10,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla
January 2017
25,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Humanity United
January 2017
25,000
Core Organizational Support
DuckDuckGo
January 2017
5,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Cisco
January 2017
25,000
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
January 2017
2,372,741
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla
January 2017
100,000
Program Support – Internet Shutdowns
Lush
January 2017
60,963
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
December 2016
40,000
Core Organizational Support
The Minneapolis Foundation
December 2016
50,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Twitter
December 2016
20,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Meeting Sponsorship
Mozilla
December 2016
25,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Internet Society
December 2016
25,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
ICANN
December 2016
10,000
Program Support – Internet Shutdowns
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
December 2016
75,627
Policy Program Support – Over the Top
Google
December 2016
198,300
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Private Internet Access | London Trust Media
November 2016
30,000
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
November 2016
234,314
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Vodafone
October 2016
50,000
RightsCon Brussels – Conference Sponsorship
Google
September 2016
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Microsoft
September 2016
85,000
Core Organizational Support
The 11th Hour Project
August 2016
125,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous Donation
June 2016
200,000
Core Organizational Support – Org Development
Oak Foundation
June 2016
100,000
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
May 2016
658,350
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
Facebook
May 2016
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Yelp
May 2016
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Union Square Ventures
April 2016
5,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
ICANN
April 2016
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
RightsCon.org
April 2016
146,535
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
Microsoft
April 2016
50,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Meeting Sponsorship
Mozilla
April 2016
15,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
Reddit
March 2016
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
Mozilla
March 2016
25,000
Core Organizational Support
Oxfam Novib
March 2016
10,874
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2016
49,982
Policy Program Support
Google
March 2016
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2016
142,500
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Twitter
March 2016
20,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
LinkedIn
March 2016
50,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Dropbox
March 2016
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
IDRC
March 2016
34,663
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Yelp
February 2016
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
February 2016
200,000
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla
February 2016
100,000
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
January 2016
1,392,765
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Ford Foundation
January 2016
25,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Yahoo!
January 2016
10,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support
The Minneapolis Foundation
December 2015
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Access Now Global Membership
December 2016
3,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference Sponsorship
Voqal
December 2015
10,000
Core Organizational Support
New Venture Fund
November 2015
15,000
Core Organizational Support
Voqal
November 2015
6,250
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Humanity United
November 2015
20,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Internet Society
November 2015
35,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
London Media Trust
October 2015
25,000
Policy Program Support and RightsCon: Silicon Valley – Conference Support
Google
October 2015
120,000
Core Organizational Support
Anonymous Donation
August 2015
195,000
Policy Program Support – Crypto Summit
BSA
July 2015
10,000
Policy Program Support
LinkedIn
July 2015
2,500
Tech, Policy, Advocacy, and Grants Program Support
Sida
July 2015
698,400
Policy Program Support
Microsoft
July 2015
45,000
Core Organizational Support
Oxfam Novib
June 2015
113,469
Core Organizational Support
Private Internet Access | London Trust Media
June 2015
5,000
Core Organizational Support – Regional Strengthening
The 11th Hour Project
May 2015
225,000
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla
May 2015
100,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Microsoft
May 2015
40,000
Tech, Policy, and Advocacy Program Support
Sida
April 2015
777,400
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Google
April 2015
100,000
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Yahoo!
April 2015
10,000
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
RightsCon.org
March 2015
38,374
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
LinkedIn
March 2015
50,000
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
ICANN
March 2015
10,000
Core Organizational Support
The Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2015
225,045
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Mozilla
March 2015
10,000
Core Organizational Support
Oak Foundation
February 2015
250,000
Core Organizational Support
Anne Coombs
February 2015
22,000
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Media Democracy Fund
February 2015
10,000
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Internet Society
January 2015
10,000
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Southeast Asia – Conference sponsorship
Facebook
January 2015
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Yelp
January 2015
15,000
Core Organizational Support
Silicon Valley Community Fund
January 2015
5,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Tech Program Support – Digital Security
Sida
December 2014
390,600
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference Sponsorship
Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
December 2014
3,943
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference Sponsorship
Twitter
December 2014
30,000
Regional Program Support
The 11th Hour Project
December 2014
75,000
RightsCon Southeast Asia – Conference Sponsorship
Web We Want
November 2014
10,000
Policy Program Support
Google
October 2014
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Oxfam Novib
October 2014
125,910
Core Organizational Support
Voqal
September 2014
125,000
Core Organizational Support
Yelp
August 2014
5,000
Core Organizational Support
Microsoft
July 2014
40,000
Policy Program Support
Google
July 2014
50,000
Tech Program Support – Digital Security
Sida
June 2014
765,509
Core Organizational Support
Facebook
June 2014
50,000
Core Organizational Support – Emphasis on Tech Innovation Prize
John Templeton Foundation
May 2014
50,000
Policy Program Support – LatAm Digital Rights Mapping
IDRC
May 2014
5,000
Policy Program Support – Internet Governances and Telecoms Advocacy
Media Democracy Fund
May 2014
20,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Internet Society
May 2014
2,500
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Voqal
April 2014
5,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Silicon Valley Community Fund
April 2014
5,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
ICANN
April 2014
25,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
eBay
April 2014
10,000
Core Organizational Support
All Out / Purpose Foundation
March 2014
2,500
Core Organizational Support
The Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2014
242,650
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Event Operations
RightsCon.org
March 2014
75,375
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Oak Foundation
March 2014
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Twitter
February 2014
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Microsoft
February 2014
25,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
AnchorFree
February 2014
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Media Democracy Fund
February 2014
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Mozilla Foundation
February 2014
25,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Activist and Civil Society Travel Support
Hivos
January 2014
40,000
Policy Program Support – Emphasis on Internet Governance
Google
January 2014
100,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Core Organizational Support and RightsCon: Silicon Valley conference sponsorship
Ford Foundation
December 2013
250,000
Policy Program Support – Global digital due process
Google
December 2013
75,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference support
Internet Society
December 2013
5,000
Policy Program Support – Emphasis on internet governance
Google
December 2013
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Hamish Parker
November 2013
15,870
Tech Program Support
Knight Foundation
October 2013
35,000
Tech Program Support and RightsCon: Silicon Valley
Humanity United
October 2013
140,000
Policy Program Support – LatAm digital rights mapping and regional advocacy
IDRC
August 2013
25,000
Policy Program Support – Global digital due process
Google
August 2013
150,000
Tech Program Support – Digital security
Sida
July 2013
781,000
Policy Program Support – Emphasis on internet governance and telecoms
Oxfam Novib
July 2013
132,160
Core Organizational Support – Emphasis on digital security
Swedbank
June 2013
60,000
Core Organizational Support
Anne Coombs
May 2013
18,777
Policy Program Support – Net discrimination in Europe
Skype
April 2013
25,000
Policy Program Support – Emphasis on internet governance
Google
April 2013
60,000
Policy Program Support – LatAm digital rights mapping and regional advocacy
Google
February 2013
50,000
Tech Program Support – Global Proxy Cloud and circumvention technology
Voqal
February 2013
75,000
Core Organizational Support – Emphasis on digital security, global digital due process, and internet governance
The Sigrid Rausing Trust
February 2013
222,000
Core Organizational Support
Facebook
February 2013
50,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Individual Donor Support – Emphasis on core organizational work and special projects
Global Movement Donations
Throughout 2012
35,166
Policy Program Support – Internet governance and telecoms advocacy
Media Democracy Fund
December 2012
20,000
Tech Program Support – Civil Society Report
Oxfam Novib
December 2012
64,000
Policy Program Support – LatAm digital rights mapping and regional advocacy work
IDRC
November 2012
50,000
Tech Program Support – HowSecureAmI.org
Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 2012
35,000
Policy Program Support – Net Neutrality
Skype
October 2012
50,000
Policy Program Support – Global digital due process
Google
October 2012
75,000
Policy Program Support – Internet governance
Google
August 2012
120,000
Core Organizational Support
John Templeton Foundation
December 2012
300,000
RightsCon Rio – Hackathon coordination and travel support
New America Foundation (OpenITP)
April 2012
16,245
Core Organizational Support
Mozilla
May 2012
100,000
Core Organizational Support
Swedbank
June 2012
28,490
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
New America Foundation (OTI)
April 2012
10,000
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
Skype
April 2012
20,000
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
Google
April 2012
50,000
Core Organizational Support
Facebook
April 2012
25,000
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
Mozilla
April 2012
10,000
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
SecDev Foundation
April 2012
9,982
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
New IT Foundation
April 2012
10,000
RightsCon Rio – Conference sponsorship
Internet Society
April 2012
5,000
Core Organizational Support
The Sigrid Rausing Trust
March 2012
155,420
Core Organizational Support
Swedbank
February 2012
30,066
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Individual donor support – Emphasis on core organizational work and special projects
Global Movement Member Donations
January 2011
22,541
Core organizational support – Emphasis on capacity building, global campaign and advocacy efforts and tech support for global civil society
Google
December 2011
100,000
Core organizational support – Emphasis on Tech Innovation Prize, digital security support, training and resource development and RightsCon Silicon Valley
John Templeton Foundation
December 2011
150,000
Policy program support
Media Democracy Fund
December 2011
20,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
October 2011
34,970
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Mozilla Foundation
October 2011
5,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Skype
October 2011
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Event Operations
RightsCon.org
October 2011
19,937
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Facebook
October 2011
25,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
AT&T
October 2011
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Humanity United
October 2011
10,000
Core organizational support – Emphasis on digital rights policy, technology solutions for users at risk and the growth of the Global Movement
Oak Foundation
September 2011
240,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Activist and civil society travel support
Media Democracy Fund
October 2011
25,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Consultancy
Ford Foundation
October 2011
50,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Yahoo! Inc.
October 2011
10,000
RightsCon Silicon Valley – Conference sponsorship
Google
October 2011
50,000
Core organizational support – Emphasis on digital security guides, the growth of the Global Movement and related campaigns, and the publishing of policy
Arca Foundation
June 2011
50,000
Tech program support – Development of tools, guides, and resources in support of at-risk users
Avaaz
June 2011
30,000
Core organizational support
Google
January 2011
250,000
Grant
Funder
Date
Amount (USD)
Policy program support – emphasis on developing engagement tools and resources and issuing policy papers on relevant digital rights issues
Media Democracy Fund
December 2010
20,000
Tech program support – Global Proxy Cloud and circumvention technology
Instructional Telecomms Foundation
November 2010
75,000
Core organizational support
Atlantic Philanthropies
August 2010
100,000
Core organizational support
Oak Foundation
September 2010
75,000
Core organizational support
YouTube, Inc.
September 2010
15,000
Core organizational support
Arca Foundation
September 2010
50,000
Core organizational support
Google
July 2010
50,000
Core organizational support
Avaaz
June 2010
16,800
Core organizational support
MoveOn.org
February 2010
50,000
FINANCIALS
Financial Statements (PDFs)
Federal Tax Returns (PDFs)