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= Sample Budget =
Below is an itemized sample budget for a small neighborhood mesh consisting of 50 Home Nodes and 15 Extender Nodes.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Category !! Item !! Units !! Unit Cost !! Total Cost !! Description
|-
| Node Hardware || NanoStation M5 || 8 || $70 || $560 || Extender Nodes
|-
| Node Hardware || NanoBridge M5 || 7 || $70 || $490 || Extender Nodes
|-
| Node Hardware || MyNet n600 or 750 || 50 || $20 || $1,000 || Home Nodes
|-
| Node Hardware || Server Costs || 12 || $120 || $1,440 || Exit Node (1yr)
|-
| Mounting Hardware || [https://www.showmecables.com/cat6a-shielded-connector|Grounded Shielded RJ45s] || 5 || $16 || $80 || Pack of 10, 50 total
|-
| Mounting Hardware || [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I21YDM Regular RJ45s] || 2 || $4.26 || $21.30 || Box of 100, 200 total
|-
| Mounting Hardware || [https://www.ebay.com/i/282717792550?chn=ps&dispItem=1 Wall-Mount Cable Ties] || 2 || Example || Example || 100 pcs, 200 total
|-
| Mounting Hardware || Safety Equipment || 3 || $50 || $150 || Hard hats, harness, sunscreen, etc;
|-
| Mounting Hardware || [https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV0W85626818 Hose Clamps] || 5 || $7.39 || $36.95 || Box of 6 assorted
|-
| Mounting Hardware || [https://www.cablewholesale.com/products/network-phone/cat-5/product-10x6-061th.php Indoor Ethernet Cable] || 2 || $72.92 || $145.84 || 2000 sqft total
|-
| Mounting Hardware || Outdoor Ethernet Cable || 1 || $200 || $200 || 1000 sqft total
|-
| Tools || Binoculars || 1 || $40 || $40 ||
|-
| Tools || [https://www.google.com/shopping/product/8508442306676621411 Ladder] || 1 || $211.85 || $211.85 || 24' aluminum ladder
|-
| Tools || [https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/906569-REG/Platinum_Tools_100054C_EZ_RJPRO_HD_Crimp.html Crimpers] || 1 || $70 || $70 ||
|-
| Tools || Wire Cutters || 2 || $10 || $20 ||
|-
| Tools || [https://www.cpoindustrialpowertools.com/factory-reconditioned-makita-lxph01z-r-18v-cordless-lxt-lithium-ion-1-2-in--hammer-driver-drill--bare-tool-/mktrlxph01z-r,default,pd.html Drill] || 1 || $70 || $70 || Makita cordless 1/2" hammer-driver drill
|-
| Workshop Supplies || Educational Materials || 4 || $75 || $300 || Handouts, office supplies, signage, swag, A/V livestream
|-
| Workshop Supplies || Advertising || 4 || $20 || $80 ||
|-
| Workshop Supplies || Food || 4 || $75 || $300 ||
|-
| '''Total: $5,232.42'''
|}
=Grants=
=Grants=
*[http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/knowledge Awesome Foundation - Knowledge Chapter]
*[http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/knowledge Awesome Foundation - Knowledge Chapter]
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*[http://thepollinationproject.org/ The Pollination Project]
*[http://thepollinationproject.org/ The Pollination Project]
:We already applied for and received this one in 2014 ($1000)
:We already applied for and received this one in 2014 ($1000)
:See our award on the [https://thepollinationproject.org/grants-awarded/marc-juul-peoples-open-network/ Pollination Project's website]
*[https://www.opentechfund.org/submit Open Tech Fund]
*[https://www.opentechfund.org/submit Open Tech Fund]
:Applied for OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund in Jan 2016 and declined with this message:
<blockquote>
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
</blockquote>
** OTF is a sketchy RFA / State Dept-backed fund, anywayz :P - [[User:Tunabananas|Tunabananas]] ([[User talk:Tunabananas|talk]])
*[https://knightfoundation.org Knight Foundation]
:Applied for Knight Foundation Journalism and Media Innovation grant in Dec. 2015 and declined.
*[http://nlnet.nl/ NL Net Foundation]
*[http://nlnet.nl/ NL Net Foundation]
*[http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-awards/community-grants Internet Society's Community Grants]
*[http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-awards/community-grants Internet Society's Community Grants]
*[http://www.challenge.bfi.org/ The Buckminster Fuller Challenge]
*[http://www.challenge.bfi.org/ The Buckminster Fuller Challenge]
*[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]
** this is some George Soros shit. no tx. - [[User:Tunabananas|Tunabananas]] ([[User talk:Tunabananas|talk]])
*[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]
*[https://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://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.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=

Latest revision as of 21:14, 12 August 2018

Sample Budget

Below is an itemized sample budget for a small neighborhood mesh consisting of 50 Home Nodes and 15 Extender Nodes.

Category Item Units Unit Cost Total Cost Description
Node Hardware NanoStation M5 8 $70 $560 Extender Nodes
Node Hardware NanoBridge M5 7 $70 $490 Extender Nodes
Node Hardware MyNet n600 or 750 50 $20 $1,000 Home Nodes
Node Hardware Server Costs 12 $120 $1,440 Exit Node (1yr)
Mounting Hardware Grounded Shielded RJ45s] 5 $16 $80 Pack of 10, 50 total
Mounting Hardware Regular RJ45s 2 $4.26 $21.30 Box of 100, 200 total
Mounting Hardware Wall-Mount Cable Ties 2 Example Example 100 pcs, 200 total
Mounting Hardware Safety Equipment 3 $50 $150 Hard hats, harness, sunscreen, etc;
Mounting Hardware Hose Clamps 5 $7.39 $36.95 Box of 6 assorted
Mounting Hardware Indoor Ethernet Cable 2 $72.92 $145.84 2000 sqft total
Mounting Hardware Outdoor Ethernet Cable 1 $200 $200 1000 sqft total
Tools Binoculars 1 $40 $40
Tools Ladder 1 $211.85 $211.85 24' aluminum ladder
Tools Crimpers 1 $70 $70
Tools Wire Cutters 2 $10 $20
Tools Drill 1 $70 $70 Makita cordless 1/2" hammer-driver drill
Workshop Supplies Educational Materials 4 $75 $300 Handouts, office supplies, signage, swag, A/V livestream
Workshop Supplies Advertising 4 $20 $80
Workshop Supplies Food 4 $75 $300
Total: $5,232.42

Grants

We already applied for and received this one in 2014 ($1000)
See our award on the Pollination Project's website
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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