Omidyar Network is a philanthropic organization whose mission is to bend the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility. We invest in and collaborate with visionaries and ventures to guide our digital future toward the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
A defining thread in Omidyar Network Fund Inc’s grantmaking is its repeated support for research and policy work on the digital economy. The foundation has backed the Santa Fe Institute of Science three times across 2023, 2024, and 2025 for the Emergent Political Economies: Rules, Dynamics and Diversity Research Theme, showing a sustained interest in how digital systems shape economic outcomes. It also funds institutions working on public-interest infrastructure around technology and society, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s ID4D Multi Donor Trust Fund and The Aspen Institute’s Aspen Digital project. Their portfolio reaches beyond research into worker power, journalism, civic infrastructure, and AI governance. Recent grants also show attention to coalitions and pooled vehicles, such as Amalgamated Charitable Foundation’s BuildUS Fund and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ Pop Culture Collaborative and Trust for Civic Infrastructure projects. The foundation’s program-related investments and regular-funder status align with a grantmaking model that combines direct grants with collaborative funding structures.
On worker power, Omidyar Network Fund Inc gave $1.1 million in 2025 to Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California for the California Coalition for Worker Power. It also funded the Center for Community Change with $750,000 in 2023 for a modernizing regulation project, linking labor organizing with policy work. In digital identity and public infrastructure, the foundation gave $1 million in 2023 to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the ID4D Multi Donor Trust Fund, and it supported the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s Digital Centre of Excellence with $1 million in 2024 and $800,000 in 2025. Its media and narrative work includes $1.125 million in 2023 to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors for the Pop Culture Collaborative, plus a $500,000 grant in 2023 to United Nations Foundation Inc for Co-Develop.
Typical grants cluster around six figures, with a p25 of $25,000, a median of $100,000, and a p75 of $200,000. The recent record also includes several seven-figure awards, which shows that the foundation uses a mix of smaller project grants and larger strategic commitments. Repeat funding appears across years for several recipients and initiatives, including the Santa Fe Institute of Science, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation. Omidyar Network Fund Inc is a regular funder and makes program-related investments, and the data identifies multiple pooled, coalition, and trust-fund vehicles alongside direct grants.
$37.7M
$382.5M
$18.2M
$38.6M
Most grants fall between $25K and $200K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$200K
About 18% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Omidyar Network Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 570 | $127.4M | 89.3% |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
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Grant activity is national, with the largest share of recipients in the US. Within the recent grants list, Washington, DC appears frequently, including grants to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, New Venture Fund, The Aspen Institute Inc, and United Nations Foundation Inc. Other repeated recipient locations include New York, NY; Berkeley, CA; and Santa Fe, NM. Outside the US, recent grants reached Addis Ababa, London, Haryana, and Geneva, and the recipient-country distribution also includes grants in the UK, India, Ethiopia, Singapore, Canada, the Netherlands, and France.
Its focus areas include responsible technology, generative AI safety and governance, tech policy and regulation, tech competition and antitrust, digital public infrastructure, online safety and children's digital well-being, workers and jobs in the digital economy, independent journalism, and narrative change and culture. Recent grants also show support for worker power, civic infrastructure, and identity systems.
Yes. Recent grants include support for Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc’s BuildUS Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ Pop Culture Collaborative and Trust for Civic Infrastructure project, and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation’s Partners for a New Economy fund. The foundation also lists coalition pooled initiatives such as Humanity AI.
The typical grant-size distribution is p25 $25,000, median $100,000, and p75 $200,000. The recent list also includes larger commitments above $1 million, so the foundation works across a wide range of award sizes.
Yes. The recent grants list shows repeat funding across multiple years for several recipients, including the Santa Fe Institute of Science, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.
Some active programs do. Humanity AI, the Tech Journalism Fund, the Social Science Research Council partnership, and Reporters in Residence all accept unsolicited proposals, while the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund and the generative AI funding initiative do not.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 25 |
| $6.9M |
3.9% |
| 3 | India | 10 | $6.6M | 1.6% |
| 4 | Switzerland | 7 | $2.3M | 1.1% |
| 5 | Canada | 7 | $535K | 1.1% |
| 6 | France | 4 | $495K | 0.6% |
| 7 | Netherlands | 4 | $484K | 0.6% |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 3 | $2M | 0.5% |
| 9 | Mauritius | 2 | $6M | 0.3% |
| 10 | South Africa | 2 | $104K | 0.3% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Institute of Science | Santa Fe, NM | $1,250,000 | 2025 | To support the Emergent Political Economies: Rules, Dynamics and Diversity Research Theme |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,100,000 | 2025 | To support's Grantee's project, the California Coalition for Worker Power ("CCWP") |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $900,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's BuildUS Fund project |
| United Nations Economic Commission for Africa | Addis Ababa | $800,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's Digital Centre of Excellence |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 2025 | Support Grantee's project, the BuildUS Fund |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $562,500 | 2025 | To support Grantees Pop Culture Collaborative |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $562,500 | 2025 | To support Grantees Pop Culture Collaborative |
| Swiss Philanthropy Foundation | Geneva | $500,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's fund, Partners for a New Economy |
| Swiss Philanthropy Foundation | Geneva | $500,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's fund, Partners for a New Economy |
| Economic Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, EARN |
| Economic Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, EARN |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $475,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's Mayoria Project |
| Welcoming America Inc | Decatur, GA | $457,500 | 2025 | General operating support |
| Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society | San Francisco, CA | $405,859 | 2025 | To support Grantee's work advancing responsible technology |
| National Employment Law Project Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's Strategic Partnerships project |
| IllumiNative Inc | Lafayette, CO | $400,000 | 2025 | General Operating Support |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, Decolonizing Wealth |
| Designing Justice Designing Spaces | Oakland, CA | $350,000 | 2025 | General operating support |
| The Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $350,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's Othering and Belonging Institute |
| The Christchurch Call Foundation | Wellington | $350,000 | 2025 | General Operating |
| Movement Advancement Project Inc | Boulder, CO | $350,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, Winning Jobs Narrative |
| American Economic Liberties Project | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2025 | General operating support |
| Better Markets Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2025 | General operating support |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $350,000 | 2025 | To support research being conducted by Grantee's Program in Science, Technology, and Society |
| Neighborhood Funders Group Inc | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, the LIFT Fund |
| Data & Society Research Institute Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2025 | General operating support |
| Code for Science & Society Inc | Portland, OR | $300,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, Distributed AI Research Institute |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2025 | General Operating Support |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's Democracy + Tech Initiative at the DFRLab |
| Jobs with Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2025 | General operating support |
| Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2025 | General Operating Support |
| NewPublic Inc | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's belonging work |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $275,000 | 2025 | To support Rochester Institute of Tech's project, Usable Tools for Deepfake Identification and Mitigation |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project NFP | Chicago, IL | $260,000 | 2025 | General Operating |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, Open Forum for Artificial Intelligence |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | Support Grantee's project, Reimagine America |
| The New School | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, the Institute on Race and Political Economy |
| Consumer Reports Inc | Yonkers, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, Permission Slip |
| The Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's Labor Center |
| Investigative Studios Inc | Greenbrae, AZ | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's documentary work |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's research on artificial intelligence |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, Change Collective |
| The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, the AFL-CIO Technology Institute |
| The Associated Press | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's efforts to investigate and report on the impacts of generative artificial intelligence |
| The New School | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | To support Grantee's project, the Institute on Race and Political Economy |
| Topos Public | Providence, RI | $250,000 | 2025 | Supporting the Think Big Alliance |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | General operating support |
Santa Fe Institute of Science
$1,250,000To support the Emergent Political Economies: Rules, Dynamics and Diversity Research Theme
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California
$1,100,000To support's Grantee's project, the California Coalition for Worker Power ("CCWP")
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$1,000,000Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$1,000,000Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$1,000,000Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
To support Grantee's BuildUS Fund project
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
$800,000To support Grantee's Digital Centre of Excellence
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
$600,000Support Grantee's project, the BuildUS Fund
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$562,500To support Grantees Pop Culture Collaborative
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$562,500To support Grantees Pop Culture Collaborative
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
$500,000To support Grantee's fund, Partners for a New Economy
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
$500,000To support Grantee's fund, Partners for a New Economy
Economic Policy Institute Inc
$500,000To support Grantee's project, EARN
Economic Policy Institute Inc
$500,000To support Grantee's project, EARN
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
$475,000To support Grantee's Mayoria Project
Welcoming America Inc
$457,500General operating support
Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society
$405,859To support Grantee's work advancing responsible technology
National Employment Law Project Inc
$400,000To support Grantee's Strategic Partnerships project
IllumiNative Inc
$400,000General Operating Support
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
$400,000To support Grantee's project, Decolonizing Wealth
Designing Justice Designing Spaces
$350,000General operating support
The Regents of the University of California Berkeley
$350,000To support Grantee's Othering and Belonging Institute
The Christchurch Call Foundation
$350,000General Operating
Movement Advancement Project Inc
$350,000To support Grantee's project, Winning Jobs Narrative
American Economic Liberties Project
$350,000General operating support
Better Markets Inc
$350,000General operating support
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$350,000To support research being conducted by Grantee's Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Neighborhood Funders Group Inc
$300,000To support Grantee's project, the LIFT Fund
Data & Society Research Institute Inc
$300,000General operating support
Code for Science & Society Inc
$300,000To support Grantee's project, Distributed AI Research Institute
Democracy Forward Foundation
$300,000General Operating Support
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc
$300,000To support Grantee's Democracy + Tech Initiative at the DFRLab
Jobs with Justice Education Fund
$300,000General operating support
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
$300,000General Operating Support
NewPublic Inc
$300,000To support Grantee's belonging work
Rochester Institute of Technology
$275,000To support Rochester Institute of Tech's project, Usable Tools for Deepfake Identification and Mitigation
Financial Services Stakeholder Project NFP
$260,000General Operating
Carnegie Mellon University
$250,000To support Grantee's project, Open Forum for Artificial Intelligence
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$250,000Support Grantee's project, Reimagine America
The New School
$250,000To support Grantee's project, the Institute on Race and Political Economy
Consumer Reports Inc
$250,000To support Grantee's project, Permission Slip
The Regents of the University of California Berkeley
$250,000To support Grantee's Labor Center
Investigative Studios Inc
$250,000To support Grantee's documentary work
Social Science Research Council
$250,000To support Grantee's research on artificial intelligence
Civic Nation
$250,000To support Grantee's project, Change Collective
The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute Inc
$250,000To support Grantee's project, the AFL-CIO Technology Institute
The Associated Press
$250,000To support Grantee's efforts to investigate and report on the impacts of generative artificial intelligence
The New School
$250,000To support Grantee's project, the Institute on Race and Political Economy
Topos Public
$250,000Supporting the Think Big Alliance
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$250,000General operating support
Current and upcoming funding from Omidyar Network Fund that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organizations working at the frontiers of AI and the public interest; specific criteria and application timeline were not yet published for the forthcoming open call.
Deadline: Aligned grantmaking begins in fall 2025; pooled fund grants begin in 2026.
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