About Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit building a better technology future — powered by people, open by design, fueled by imagination. We deliver people-first alternatives to today’s extractive systems and build side by side with developers, innovators and advocates.
Focus Areas
PrivacyAI fairness, accountability & transparencyDemocracy and civic technologyData governance and stewardshipClimate justiceOpen infrastructureSupport for creators
Who They Fund
technology researchers and policy researcherscivil society and advocacy organizations (digital rights groups)speakers of underrepresented languages / language justice communitiessmallholder farmers (Tanzania)
About Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation’s grantmaking is anchored by a large cluster of public-interest technology fellowships and research grants, including $250,000 awards to New Venture Fund in both 2023 and 2024 for collaboration to advance public interest in the digital age. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs work on AI accountability, responsible computing, digital rights, broadband inequality, tenant screening audits, and data transparency, often through universities, advocacy groups, and collaborative intermediaries. Its program structure shows a mix of fellowship support, incubators, collaborative funds, and project grants. One thread is public-interest AI: trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received $100,000 for research on greater transparency and accountability in AI, while the Regents of the University of California Berkeley received $150,000 for the AI Incident Database. Another thread is rights and civic infrastructure: Access Now Inc received $85,000 for the Digital Rights Emergency Fund and RightsCon, and Howard University received $150,000 to improve and expand Juris App educational content. The foundation also supports language justice, open projects, and creator-centered or climate-linked work through targeted grants and fellowship programs.
What Mozilla Foundation Funds
A clear theme is responsible computing and AI accountability. The foundation awarded $175,000 to Women’s March Network for project support to integrate responsible computing and ethics, and $150,000 to the Regents of the University of California Berkeley for the AI Incident Database. It also gave $100,000 to Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for research on greater transparency and accountability in AI. Digital inclusion and access are another recurring area. Datakind Inc received $100,000 for an interactive data tool on broadband inequalities, while Northeastern University received $150,000 for development of a tenant screening audit tool. In language justice, Women Win Foundation received $150,000 for general operating support for language justice work. The foundation also supports public-interest technology education and infrastructure. Howard University received $150,000 to improve and expand Juris App educational content, and Code for Science and Society Inc received $50,000 for Real ML.
How Mozilla Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$712K
Total Assets
$123.3M
Total Revenue
$37.2M
Total Expenses
$41.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $150K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$150K
Geographic Reach
National23 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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