Funders & donors
This is our growing list of over 250 funders and donors that have supported civic tech efforts over the years. Not all fund exclusively civic tech, but if they're in this collection, they either currently support this work or have at some point in the past.
Recoding America Fund
A six-year bipartisan effort to strengthen America by building the government we need to compete globally and serve citizens effectively.
The UnFoundation
We commit to moving 50% of our assets into the hands of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled-led organizations every year.
New Pluralists
New Pluralists is a funder collaborative investing in a growing ecosystem of people, organizations, and ideas working to bring pluralism to life in communities across the U.S.
Coefficient Giving
We’re a philanthropic funder that partners with leading donors to multiply their impact.
Evens Foundation
Exploring the intersections of democracy, youth, and technology.
Mozilla Foundation Incubator
Bridging a critical gap in funding to help values-driven tech thrive
The Richard L. Duchossois Foundation
We are committed to the solving of seemingly intractable social problems with imagination and passion.
DemocráTICa
Un programa regional que apoya a iniciativas pro-democráticas con recursos financieros, fortalecimiento digital y comunidad para proteger los derechos humanos y ampliar el espacio cívico en América La...
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)
The UN Democracy Fund supports civil society projects around the world that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic pro...
TikTok’s Global Fact-checking Program
Through our Global Fact-Checking Program, we work with more than 20 IFCN-accredited fact-checking organizations who assess the accuracy of content on TikTok in over 60 languages and 130 markets across...
Filecoin Foundation
Our mission is to preserve humanity’s most important information
Expanding Our Understanding of Evidence for Meaningful Participation
There is a widely held belief that participatory grant-making can democratise philanthropy and transform power dynamics, but the evidence supporting these claims needs to be bolstered. That's why Port...
Public Benefit Innovation Fund (PBIF)
responsible experimentation, real-world impact
Data Futures Lab
The Data Futures Lab is an experimental space for instigating new approaches to data stewardship challenges.
Pivotal Ventures
Founded by Melinda French Gates, Pivotal accelerates social progress through high-impact investments, philanthropy, partnerships, & advocacy.
Siegel Family Endowment
We aim to understand and shape the impact of technology on society.
Democracy, Rights, and Governance Initiative
We work with a diverse set of grantees and partners to address the underlying causes of the strains in our current system, to create a representative democracy capable of meeting the needs of all Amer...
Fundo de Mujeres del Sur
Trabajamos para potenciar los derechos de las mujeres en toda su diversidad.
Trust for Civic Life
The Trust for Civic Life invests in local efforts that help people connect and create their community’s future together, ultimately reshaping civic life and building a stronger democracy.
Pilot Pitchfest
We match New York City agencies to local researchers and technical assistance from civic society
The Directory of Grant Making Trusts
With this guide, you'll have access to key information on over 2,000 grant-makers, each with the potential to give at least £50,000 per year. (£135.00)
Invest in Open
ESRC Digital Good Network
Building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
GitLab Foundation
Improving people’s lifetime earnings through access to opportunities.
Porticus
Since 1995, we've coordinated the philanthropic endeavours founded by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners, continuing a tradition of social engagement stretching back as far as 1841.
Initiative for Digital Public Interest (IDPI)
The Initiative for Digital Public Interest (IDPI) is launching a fund to support civil society engagement on digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects, with a focus on governance, human rights prot...
Current AI
Through global collaboration and local action, we’re building a future where open, trustworthy technology serves the public interest.
Civic Innovation Fund (CIF)
The Civic Innovation Fund (CIF) is a unique European pooled fund of THE CIVICS Innovation Hub. It pioneers new ideas in civil society, enhances their visibility, and integrates them into NECE, a growi...
Sunstorm Foundation
We are seeding a future in which truth is a shared asset, and trust between citizens in Europe is fostered by transparency in the digital sphere.
NLnet Foundation
We support organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all.
DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie
Die DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie leistet ganz konkrete und zielgerichtete Beiträge, um Qualität und Unabhängigkeit des Journalismus und damit seine Abwehrkräfte gegenüber autoritären...
Fondation Botnar
Fondation Botnar works with and for young people towards a world that fulfils their rights and supports their wellbeing.
Media Forward Fund
The Media Forward Fund funds media diversity in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Crypto For Good Fund
Women in the Digital Economy Fund
By investing in innovative new solutions driving change across the key pillars of digital inclusion, WiDEF is transforming the lives of women and girls both online and offline.
Breakout program
The Breakout Program is a $250,000 seed funding initiative launched by eQualitie to support innovations in digital communication that can withstand network shutdowns and censorship of global connectiv...
Public Interest Tech Fund
The Fund is a shared space for philanthropists to leverage one another’s expertise, incubate investment strategies to advance visionary concepts, and catalyze big ideas that can transform the use of t...
Tides Foundation
Tides is a nonprofit and philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing social justice.
Spread the Facts Grant Program
To support fact-checking on WhatsApp, the International Fact-Checking Network is offering a new round of its Spread the Facts grant program in partnership with Meta to combat AI-generated misinformati...
Fund for Internet Strengthening in Latin America and the Caribbean
The FRIDA Program site is the platform that collects the types of funds to which you can apply and the projects financed since 2004.
Google.org AI Opportunity Fund: Europe
Helping European workers benefit from AI’s potential
Catalyst Fund
The Catalyst Fund was launched in October 2023 to support the burgeoning ecosystem of actors working on the intersection of digital rights and climate justice to build cross-territorial strategies and...
FOSS United event grants
Support for FOSS events in India
Democracy Capital
Advising, Educating, Investing and Partnering in solutions that promote ecosystems we can trust…through information integrity, quality, and transparency (IQT)
Free and Open Source Software Sustainability Fund
The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund is Open Technology Fund’s newest mechanism to support the long-term maintenance of established FOSS projects and the communities that susta...
Civic Engagement Microgrant Program
Microgrants of up to $3,000 will be awarded, on a rolling basis, to STEM groups led by master’s, PhD, postdoc, or professional students to design and execute projects that create dialogue with public...
Kapor Center
A family of interrelated justice-seeking organizations that both independently and collectively work to reimagine and reconstruct a more inclusive and equitable technology sector.
Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia)
The APNIC Foundation’s main grants and awards fund...provides funding across Infrastructure, Inclusion and Knowledge.
Digital Rights Fund for West Asia and North Africa
This initiative aims to empower individuals, informal groups, and entities to effectively counter digital rights threats and violations online.
Yield Giving
Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value by giving up control.