Public Knowledge receives financial support for its mission from a wide array of sources, to ensure that its funding remains diversified and its mission independent. Funding sources include some supporters who may disagree with our positions on various policies, as well as charitable foundation grants and general support contributions from generous individuals and companies.
However, there are some values that are core to Public Knowledge’s work but not mentioned in our mission, such as equity for traditionally marginalized individuals and groups, and the importance of democratic institutions that preserve free expression and equal justice. Public Knowledge factors these values into its decisions on accepting support.
Charitable foundations account for the majority of Public Knowledge’s annual revenue. The remainder of support comes from corporate and individual donations, including sponsorship of the IP3 Awards. Public Knowledge recognizes individual donors and companies if they wish through the IP3 Awards event materials. Public Knowledge limits contributions from any single corporation to 10 percent of its annual budget to ensure that no funders can attempt to assert undue influence on Public Knowledge.
You may also view the 2023, 2022 and 2021 funding sources.
2024 Annual Giving From Major Supporters & Sponsors*
$300,000+
Anonymous Donor
Democracy Fund
Ford Foundation
Cy Pres Settlement Funds, Krakauer v DISH
$100,000+
Dish
Google
Knight Foundation
Meta
Microsoft
NDIA/Ballmer Group
Netflix
Omidyar
OpenAI
$50,000+
Anonymous Donor
AT&T
Duck Duck Go
Mission Telecom
Proton
TikTok
T-Mobile
$25,000+
AARP
Amazon
Booking Holdings
Charter
Mozilla
$10,000
ADT
Anonymous Donor
Bloomberg
DirecTV
Jim Thompson and Lisa Macpherson
Pinterest
The Walt Disney Company
Uber
Verizon
Y Combinator
Yelp
$5,000+
ACA Connects
Al Kramer
Cooley LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
CTIA
Fiber Broadband Association
Gary Slaiman
Glen Echo Group
HWG LLP
iFixit
INCOMPAS
Lumen
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Sportsfan Coalition Inc
USTelecom
Writers Guild of America West
$250+
Andrew Schwartzman
Angela Campbell
Angie Kronenberg
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Blair Levin
Christian Dawson
CLE Business Services
Forscey PLLC
Free Press
Gene Kimmelman
Gerald Leverich
Gigi Sohn
Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright
Greg Guice
Lam Abrams Family
Matthew Schruers
Michael Weinberg
NTCA
Quadra Partners
Seth Greenstein
Steptoe & Johnson
TravelTech
Wilkinson Barker Knauer
*Additionally, we were supported by hundreds of individual donors during this period of time.
*This list does not include donors who requested to remain anonymous or donations from the Sherwin Lee Siy Memorial Fund.