Make your idea come to life
The Open Technology Fund is continually seeking to support innovative efforts and new ideas from individuals and organizations globally defending freedom of expression online.
Internet Freedom Fund
The Internet Freedom Fund supports innovative internet freedom projects, including technology development, research, digital security projects, and convenings.
FOSS Sustainability Fund
Next deadline: May 17, 2024
The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund supports the long-term sustainability of established FOSS projects and the communities that maintain them.
Rapid Response Fund
The Rapid Response Fund aims to resolve threats in a timely manner for individuals, communities, and organizations facing digital attacks and emergencies. OTF offers both direct financial support and technical services to those at high-risk, such as cyber activists, bloggers, journalists, and human rights defenders.
Learning Lab
The Learning Lab offers communications services to OTF-supported projects and contributes to knowledge sharing among the internet freedom community. Vendors have expertise in writing, editing, graphic design, and communications strategy.
SUA Lab
The Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab offers secure usability and user-interface assistance, and accessibility assessments to internet freedom and digital security tools to help them recognize and solve usability and accessibility challenges that hamper tool adoption in repressive contexts.
Security Lab
The Security Lab creates a safer online environment for people in repressive contexts by making the tools they use more secure.