The Bright Initiative (powered by Bright Data) provides pro-bono access to web-data collection tools, datasets, proxy infrastructure, and technical expertise to support data-driven social impact projects worldwide. Its giving is program- and partnership-driven, prioritizing climate and environmental data work, AI-for-good and digital transparency projects, and initiatives that use large-scale web data to advance gender equality, health, labor and human-rights outcomes. Bright typically supports organizations through in-kind credits and technical partnerships rather than cash grants, and it often operates via intermediaries or invitation/partnership arrangements.
Primarily in-kind support: program-allocated pro-bono credits (typically up to ~$15K in platform credits) and technical services; partnership-driven (e.g., Subak) and invite or application-via-program only rather than open unsolicited cash grants. Occasional $10K-equivalent targeted support tied to partner fellowships; global, programmatic engagement rather than multi-year unrestricted operating grants.
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Apply through The Bright Initiative portal or via named partner programs (e.g., Subak); unsolicited general proposals are typically not accepted. Emphasize clear, data-driven use cases that require web-data collection or proxy infrastructure, estimate required credits (up to ~$15K), and describe technical capacity or need for Bright’s engineering support. If your work intersects climate/open data, AI-for-good, public-policy transparency, or human-rights research, highlight measurable impact and potential for open-source outputs to increase chances of selection.
Current and upcoming funding from The Bright Initiative (powered by Bright Data) that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Designed for journalists and newsrooms seeking public web data tools for storytelling. The program is described as free and regularly used by trusted media outlets.
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