The funders listed below support the [Public Lab nonprofit organization](/about). Other Public Lab community members and project partners 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. **2014** John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight News Challenge - $183,000 ($350,000 awarded over two years, beginning in 2014) Support for the [Homebrew Sensing Project](http://publiclab.org/notes/Shannon/01-14-2014/public-lab-launches-new-initiative-to-affordably-detect-pollutants-with-open-hardware-tools) The 11th Hour Project, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation - $110,000 ($230,000 awarded over two years, beginning in 2014) Support for developing a lowcost tool for monitoring sand frac operations and pilot testing of tool Rita Allen Foundation - $50,000 General support Rackspace - $24,000 In-kind donation of server space for [MapKnitter.org](Mapknitter.org) and [Public Lab Archive](http://publiclab.org/archive) Passport Foundation - $20,000 Support for indoor air quality monitoring project Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation - $15,000 General support **2013** Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $71,373 - 1,556 backers _[Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/publiclab/infragram-the-infrared-photography-project)_ Environmental Leadership Program (through the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation) - $10,000 _Support for joint proposal to develop a community urban garden management toolkit with Ironbound Community Corporation in New Jersey_ John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - $10,000 _Support for [2013 Public Lab Barnraising](/wiki/barnraising-2013)_ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - $10,000 _Air Quality Monitoring program for Cypress Hills school in Brooklyn, NY_ 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_ Patagonia - $9,000 _Gulf Coast Restoration - monitoring wetlands through community-led aerial imaging_ Rackspace - $2,000 _Support for [2013 Public Lab Barnraising](/wiki/barnraising-2013)_ **2012** John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight News Challenge- $200,000 ($500,000 awarded over two years, beginning in 2011) General support 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 - $3,250 Balloon Mapping Kits, 2 day workshop, remote support Environmental Defense Fund - $2,500 Development of near-infrared imaging for agricultural use iLab iLand - $1,000 Development of urban mapping workshop with iLand fellows **2011** John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight News Challenge- $300,000 ($500,000 awarded over two years, beginning in 2011) 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 [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/223/original/Funders_logo_file.jpg) ---- _Non-profit papers_ **Public Lab Tax Exemption Letter** PublicLab_EIN_letter.pdf **Public Lab 2012 Financial Statements** PublicLab_2012_990s.pdf **Public Lab 2011 Financial Statements** Public_labs_990_2011-2012.pdf