Omidyar Network

• Omidyar Network funds organisations working on how culture, policy, markets and technology shape society's digital future, including inclusive digital technology systems, digital coalitions, governance and accountability, and responsible corporate tech governance, and it does not fund work coping with the downstream effects of digital technology, applying technology to specific verticals such as financial inclusion, health care, education, agriculture or climate, advancing other forms of technology such as crypto, NFTs, Web3, robotics, space exploration, medicine or biotech, energy, transportation or environmental and advanced materials, catalysing social impact companies and entrepreneurs, equipping non-profits or philanthropy to use technology, or candidates, political parties, PACs or Super PACs, so organisations whose work falls into any of these should not apply.
• Its geographic focus gives United States as a priority.
• Most grants to organisations fall between $2,500 and $350,000, with half of the 619 grants recorded across its recent filings at $100,000 or less, so a modest request in that range is realistic; the Tech Journalism Fund sets a narrower range of $5,000 to $25,000 for that programme.
• How to apply varies by programme, and the Tech Journalism Fund has its own application form, so check which programme best matches before approaching.
• The foundation describes itself as looking beyond established networks for organisations it does not already work with and identifying opportunities through research, partner introductions, referrals from other funders, events and media, but three-quarters of its grant dollars go to organisations it had funded before, suggesting many of its relationships are ongoing rather than one-off.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Santa Fe Institute of Science · To support the Emergent Political Economies: Rules, Dynamics and Diversity Research Theme
  $1,250,0002024 tax year
• Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California · To support's Grantee's project, the California Coalition for Worker Power ("CCWP")
  $1,100,0002024 tax year
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · To support Grantee's BuildUS Fund project
  $900,0002024 tax year
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · To support Grantee's Digital Centre of Excellence
  $800,0002024 tax year
• Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Support Grantee's project, the BuildUS Fund
  $600,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.