The funders listed below support the [Public Lab nonprofit organization](/about). Other Public Lab community members have received funding from different organizations which are not listed below. Public Lab also creates earned revenue through sales of open hardware kits in the Civic Information Starter Kit program area. **2013** Rackspace - $2,000 _Support for [2013 Public Lab Barnraising](/wiki/barnraising-2013)_ John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - $10,000 _Support for [2013 Public Lab Barnraising](/wiki/barnraising-2013)_ Patagonia - $9,000 _Gulf Coast Restoration - monitoring wetlands through community-led aerial imaging_ Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $71,373 - 1,556 backers _[Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/publiclab/infragram-the-infrared-photography-project)_ John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - $10,000 _Match for 1,000 backers on Infragram Kickstarter_ Points of Light Civic Accelerator - $10,000 _Investment in development of Civic Information Starter Kit program_ **2012** Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $110,538 - 1,633 backers _[Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jywarren/public-lab-diy-spectrometry-kit/)_ Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $34,646 - 463 backers _[Balloon Mapping Kits](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1775485688/balloon-mapping-kits)_ DenizenMedia.org - $3250 Balloon Mapping Kits, 2 day workshop, remote support **2011** John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight News Challenge- $500,000 General support Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Civic Media- In-kind support Staff and research equipment support National Affordable Housing Network, Butte, MT- In-kind support Butte site support Shpilman Institute for Photography- $10,000 Evaluation of work at Gulf Coast, New York and Montana sites UNICEF Rio- $4,500 To implement a week long training on aerial mapping in Rio de Janiero, Brazil American Anthropological Association, Anthropology and Environment Section- $2,000 In support of hydrogen sulfide sensing tool development DevelopmentSeed- $1,000 To support printing the July 2011 Wilkinson Bay Grassroots Mapping Forum **2010** Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $8,285 - 145 backers _[Grassroots mapping the Gulf oil spill with balloons and kites](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jywarren/grassroots-mapping-the-gulf-oil-spill-with-balloon)_ Awesome Foundation Boston- $1,000 Grassroots Mapping of the BP oil spill