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Funding a better tech future
Mozilla Foundation's grantmaking supports changemakers building better
Right now, researchers are exposing AI bias that could change hiring processes forever. Activists are protecting encryption that keeps journalists secure. Technologists are building climate justice tools that put communities in control of their own data.
The future is being shaped not only by Silicon Valley but by people who refuse to accept that technology has to be extractive and harmful. Mozilla Foundation funds the innovators who aren’t just wrestling with tech’s current issues—they’re building the alternatives a better future demands.
Funding an ecosystem where changemakers thrive
Whether you're building environmental justice tools in partnership with communities, teaching computer science with ethics at its core, researching AI bias, or organizing for digital rights, we want to connect you to the funding, expertise, and networks that will help your great work scale without compromise.
Supercharging innovators through connection
Over the last decade, Mozilla Foundation has invested over $35 million in building a better technology future. This funding has not only supported individual projects but also fueled a community of changemakers committed to building better. Technology innovators don't just need funding, they need community, connections, and networks that understand their values. That's why community is an essential part of how we invest in better alternatives.
Our grantmaking is entwined with community at every stage. We:
- Scout promising leaders and technologies through our global community and partner network
- Invest our grant dollars in promising projects and leaders
- Connect these changemakers to a larger community to help them find the mentors, peers, funders, and collaborators they need to flourish
- Amplify their work within our community and to the broader field.
Our grantees serve as living proof points that there are viable success pathways outside of the extractive tech status quo. Incubator participants secure follow-on funding, and Fellows advance their careers in public interest technology. All of them go on to have real world impact, independent of us.
This is what success looks like for us.
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