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Determination status: Dropped
Determination status: Dropped


Next Deadline:
Goals and principles: This sounds like a great community project, but we does not fall under our remit. OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund generally funds tools and technologies that can be immediately used in repressive regimes to counteract censorship and surveillance. NYC has awesome mesh networks, Red Hook being the most famous. There is a huge project here funded by the city to bring mesh to other boroughs. Also, this seems like a project that should be funded by the local community - is there similar funding for San Fran for something like this? That might be more in line with the community approach this project is taking.


Goals and principles:
Technical merit: Reasonable, realistic and sustainable:
This sounds like a great community project, but we does not fall under our
remit. OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund generally funds tools and technologies
that can be immediately used in repressive regimes to counteract censorship
and surveillance.
 
NYC has awesome mesh networks, Red Hook being the most famous. There is a
huge project here funded by the city to bring mesh to other boroughs. Also,
this seems like a project that should be funded by the local community - is
there similar funding for San Fran for something like this? That might be
more in line with the community approach this project is taking.
 
Technical merit:
 
 
Reasonable, realistic and sustainable:
 
 
Other comments:
Please refer to our list of alternative sources to see if any of them might
be a better fit. https://www.opentech.fund/apply/alternative-sources-support


Other comments: Please refer to our list of alternative sources to see if any of them might be a better fit. https://www.opentech.fund/apply/alternative-sources-support
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*[https://knightfoundation.org Knight Foundation]
*[https://knightfoundation.org Knight Foundation]
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*[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/transparency-and-new-technologies-initiative Open Society Foundations Transparency and New Technologies Initiative]
*[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/transparency-and-new-technologies-initiative Open Society Foundations Transparency and New Technologies Initiative]
*[https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2014/ Google Impact] - 500K grant to social change nonprofits in the Bay Area.
*[https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2014/ Google Impact] - 500K grant to social change nonprofits in the Bay Area.
*[https://webwewant.org/small-grants-programme-winners-the-first-round/">Web We Want]
*[https://renewablefreedom.org/ Renewable Freedom Foundation]
*[https://www.webfoundation.org/ World Wide Web Foundation]
*[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/ Mozilla Foundation]
*[https://www.accessnow.org/grants/ Access Now]
*[https://jigsaw.google.com/ Jigsaw (Google)]
==Security==
*[http://www.nsf.gov/ National Science Foundation] - [https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16580/nsf16580.htm Cybersecurity] and [https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503306&amp;org=CNS&amp;from=home Computer Systems Research]
*[https://iscproject.org/ Information Safety and Capacity Project]
*[ttps://www.coreinfrastructure.org/grants Core Infrastructure Initiative]
*[http://www.nlnet.nl/ NLNet Foundation]
*[http://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Linux Foundation]
*[https://airvpn.org/mission/ AirVPN]
*[http://www.internet-science.eu/ Network of Excellence in Internet Science]
*[http://www.isif.asia/grant Information Society Innovation Fund]
*[http://berkmanassembly.org/ Berkman Assembly]
*[https://kantarainitiative.org/ Kantara Initiative]
*[https://prototypefund.de/en/ Prototype Fund]
==Digital_Democracy==
*[http://www.fordfoundation.org/issues/freedom-of-expression/advancing-media-rights-and-access Ford Foundation]
*[http://www.mediademocracyfund.org/ Media Democracy Fund]
*[http://www.ned.org/ National Endowment for Democracy (NED]
*[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/arab-partnership-participation-fund Arab Public Participation Fund]
*[http://www.sida.se/democracy-initiative Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)]
*[https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/funding-opportunities European Union’s Digital Agenda for Europe]
*[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/programs/information-program/ Open Society Foundations Information Program]
*[http://formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=324952&amp;nodeid=49334&amp;contentlan=2&amp;culture=en-US Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
*[http://www.norad.no/en/front/funding/ Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation]
*[http://csr.cisco.com/pages/cisco-foundation Cisco Foundation]
*[http://metamorphosis.org.mk/en/ Metamorphosis]
==Human_Rights==
*[http://www.humanityunited.org/ Humanity United]
*[http://www.oakfnd.org/ Oak Foundation]
*[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/programs/human-rights-initiative Open Society Foundations Human Rights Initiative]
*[http://www.freedomhouse.org/issues/human-rights-defense Freedom House Human Rights Defense]
*[http://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/grantmaking-guidelines/human_rights-grant-guidelines/ MacArthur Foundation]
*[https://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/Grantees/Programmes/Free-Expression Sigrid Rausing Trust]
*[https://www.hivos.org/freedom-expression Hivos]
*[http://nexus-fund.org/innovation/ Nexus Fund]
*[http://www.overbrook.org/human-rights-defenders/ Overbrook Foundation]
*[http://www.emhrf.org/en/guidelinesemergency.php Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF)]
*[http://globalhumanrights.org/en/about-fghr/about-thegrants-program Fund for Global Human Rights]
*[http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/topics/human-rights-defenders Human Rights First]
*[http://www.fidh.org/en/human-rights-defenders/ International Federation for Human Rights]
*[http://www.protectioninternational.org Protection International]
*[https://www.democracycouncil.org/ Democracy Council]
*[http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-awards/beyond-net-funding-programme Internet Society Beyond the Net]
*[http://www.comicrelief.com/ Comic Relief]
*[http://www.skollglobalthreats.org/ Skoll Global Threats]
*[http://www.unicef.org/ UNICEF]
*[https://www.acls.org/programs/digital/ American Council of Learned Societies Digital Extension Grant]
*[https://humanrightsfoundation.org/programs/hrf-programs Human Rights Foundation]
*[http://digitalfund.org.uk/ The Digital Fund]
*[https://www.democracyendowment.eu/ European Endowment for Democracy (EED)]
==Digital_Protection==
*[https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/security-grants-programme Frontline Defenders]
*[https://www.hivos.org/activity/digital-defenders-partnership Hivos’ Digital Defenders Program]
*[https://www.digitaldefenders.org/sections/fellowship-2/ Hivos’ Digital Integrity Fellowship Program]
*[https://www.journalistsecurity.net/training/ Global Journalist Security]
*[http://en.justiceandpeace.nl/human-rights-defenders-and-security/the-hague-training-course-for-human-rights-defenders-on-security The Hague Training Course for Human Rights Defenders on Security]
==Internet_Access==
*[https://www.usaid.gov/partnership-opportunities/respond-solicitation United States Agency for International Development (USAID)]
*[https://www.idrc.ca/en/funding International Development Research Centre]
*[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/affordable-access-initiative/home Microsoft]
*[https://www.apc.org/en/about/programmes Association for Progressive Communications (APC)]
*[http://innovationfund.comcast.com/index.php/apply Comcast Innovation Fund]
==Startup_Assistance_Incubators==
[http://garage48.org/ Garage 48]
[https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/en_us/accelerator CyberGhost Privacy Accelator Program]
[https://www.mach37.com/ Mach37]
[http://ihub.co.ke/ iHub]
[http://hf.cx/ Hackers/Founders]
[https://united4iran.org/irancubator IranCubator]
[http://3fs.si/we-homebrew/ 3fs]
[https://www.usaid.gov/div USAID Development Innovation Ventures]
[https://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/home.jsp NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Program]
[http://www.nist.gov/tpo/sbir/index.cfm National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research Program]
[https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/startup-communities/ Google for Entrepreneurs]
[https://www.peacetechlab.org/peacetech-accelerator/ PeaceTech Accelerator]
=Fellowships=
==Coding Fellowships==
*[https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Outreachy Outreachy.org]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/fellowship Mozilla Developer Network]
*[http://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/ Rails Girls Summer of Code]
*[https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ Google Summer of Code]
*[http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/developer/fellowship Linux Foundation]
*[http://www.code2040.org/ Code 2040]
*[http://www.codeforprogress.org/app/home/ Code for Progress]
*[https://generalassemb.ly/opportunity-fund General Assembly]
*[http://voqal.org/initiatives/voqal-fellowship/ Voqal Fellowship<]
*[http://www.walkleys.com/codingscholarships/ Walkley Coding Scholarships for Journalists]
==Policy_Fellowships==
*[https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/ Ford Foundation-Mozilla]
*[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/open-society-fellowship Open Society Foundation]
*[https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/applications/ Shuttleworth Foundation]
*[https://okfn.org/get-involved/fellowships/ Open Knowledge]
*[https://www.hrw.org/fellowships-international-human-rights Human Rights Watch]
*[http://www.internetfreedomfellows.com/about-the-internet-freedom-fellowship/ United States Mission to the United Nations Internet Freedom Fellowship]
*[https://www.google.com/policyfellowship/index.html Google Policy Fellowship]
*[http://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program National Endowment for Democracy]
*[http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship Echoing Green]
*[https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships Harvard University’s Berkman Center]
*[https://ashoka.org/lawforall3 Ashoka]
*[http://www.datasociety.net/initiatives/fellows-program/ Data Society]
*[http://www.ilpfoundry.us/about/fellows/ Internet Law Policy Foundry]
*[http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/ietf-and-ois-programmes/internet-society-fellowship Internet Society]
*[http://itsrio.org/en/2016/02/16/english-its-global-policy-fellowship-program-2016/ Institute of Technology and Society]
*[https://epic.org/epic/jobs.html Electronic Privacy Information Center]
*[https://www.law.georgetown.edu/careers/privacy-fellowships.cfm Georgetown Law School]
*[https://www.freepress.net/internships/c-edwin-baker-media-policy-fellowship C. Edwin Baker Media Policy Fellowship]
*[http://globalnetpolicy.org/our-research/call-for-proposals/ Internet Policy Observatory]
*[https://www.article19.org/pages/en/article-19-fellowships.html Article 19]
=Other Fellowships=
*[https://www.ashoka.org/fellows Ashoka Social Change Fellowship]
*[http://thielfellowship.org/ The Thiel Fellowship]
*[https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504876 NSF Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide]
*[https://www.nsfgrfp.org/ NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program]
*[http://www.horowitz-foundation.org Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy]
*[http://www.sloan.org/sloan-research-fellowships Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships]
*[http://www.tinker.org/content/field-research-grants Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants]
*[https://www.google.com/edu/resources/programs/google-rise-awards/ Google RISE Awards]
*[http://www.nten.org/major-initiatives/dif/ Nonprofit Technology Network Digital Inclusion Fellowship]
*[http://engagementlab.org/kairos-fellowship Kairos Fellowship]


=Crowdfunding=
=Crowdfunding=

Revision as of 10:26, 29 March 2017

Grants

We already applied for and received this one in 2014 ($1000)
Applied for OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund in Jan 2016 and declined with this message:

Determination status: Dropped

Goals and principles: This sounds like a great community project, but we does not fall under our remit. OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund generally funds tools and technologies that can be immediately used in repressive regimes to counteract censorship and surveillance. NYC has awesome mesh networks, Red Hook being the most famous. There is a huge project here funded by the city to bring mesh to other boroughs. Also, this seems like a project that should be funded by the local community - is there similar funding for San Fran for something like this? That might be more in line with the community approach this project is taking.

Technical merit: Reasonable, realistic and sustainable:

Other comments: Please refer to our list of alternative sources to see if any of them might be a better fit. https://www.opentech.fund/apply/alternative-sources-support

Applied for Knight Foundation Journalism and Media Innovation grant in Dec. 2015 and declined.

Security

Digital_Democracy

Human_Rights

Digital_Protection

Internet_Access

Startup_Assistance_Incubators

Garage 48 CyberGhost Privacy Accelator Program Mach37 iHub Hackers/Founders IranCubator 3fs USAID Development Innovation Ventures NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Program National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research Program Google for Entrepreneurs PeaceTech Accelerator

Fellowships

Coding Fellowships

Policy_Fellowships

Other Fellowships

Crowdfunding

For our initial batch of crowdfunded hardware, we ran a 60-day campaign on WePay. See this page for details on that campaign, purchases and standing funds.

Sustainable Business Models

Preliminary Notes/Brainstorm

  • cost
    • buying routers
    • people adopt routers
    • people buy routers
  • couple of full time real employees
    • mounting routers/antennae
    • managing of network
  • bandwidth
  • electricity
  • advertising on splash page
  • name the wifi network as the web address
  • sell service to business districts
  • digital bulletin boards
  • skill share board
  • begging for cash model
    • OLPC model: people pay 2x for themselves and someone else
  • ISPs ToS don’t allow you to share bandwidth
    • get local ISPs to contribute
    • monkeybrains?
    • competing with Unwired, and their radio frequency
  • legal advisers???
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