Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) works to promote freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights.
Grant Status: Completed
South Asian Americans Leading Together
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national movement strategy and advocacy organization working to promote racial justice through federal policy and advocacy, local and national partnerships, coalition building, and strategic communications.
Tech Talent Project
The Tech Talent Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, increases the federal government’s ability to recruit modern technical leaders to achieve critical human, economic, and policy outcomes.
Government Accountability Project Inc
Government Accountability Project’s mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists.
FairVote
FairVote is a nonpartisan organization working for better elections for all. They research and advance voting reforms that make democracy more functional and representative for every American, with a focus on two key reforms: ranked choice voting and the Fair Representation Act.
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College
To support the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, which is developing a research agenda and public facing initiatives to translate their research to advance solidarity journalism.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
To provide support for the Deliberative Media Lab’s research on the intersection of people of color and social media platforms, situated within the new Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia.
North Carolina Community Foundation, Inc.
The North Carolina Local News Lab Fund at North Carolina Community Foundation provides support to the local news ecosystem with a focus on underserved communities and the organizations that serve them.
The University of Texas at Austin
The Center for Media Engagement will produce peer-reviewed research and practical recommendations that inform journalists and newsrooms on engagement practices, building and restoring trust, and serving diverse audiences.
International Women’s Media Foundation
International Women’s Media Foundation’s Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund offers stipends to women-identifying Black journalists facing financial hardship to access critical mental health services.