[tor-project] Hewlett Foundation Grants

Tom Ritter tom at ritter.vg
Mon Jun 6 21:12:10 UTC 2016


Someone pointed out the Hewlett Foundation grants to me:
http://hewlett.org/blog/posts/refining-our-cyber-initiative-grantmaking-strategy
http://hewlett.org/sites/default/files/Cyber%20Initative%20Refined%20Grantmaking%20Strategy_2016.pdf

It does not seem that they have 'open' grant applications, but they
fund in the hundreds-of-thousands of dollars range to orgs like
Berkman, New America, CDT, and a bunch of universities - so it seems
worthwhile to think about and see if Tor could put in a proposal...?

The goals for their grants are:
- Building Capacity of Civil Society Orgs
- Building Capacity of Individual Decision-Makers and Influencers
- Building a Robust Network of Cybersecurity Experts
- Generating Policy Driven Research and Thought Leadership
- Cofunding

It's not a slam dunk for the main sort of work Tor does, but it seems
like it may fit OONI quite well or could be a vehicle for sponsorship
of devs to attend things like Open Web Summits.

-tom


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