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 community development of low cost tool for monitoring sand frac operations and pilot testing of tool_
Rita Allen Foundation - $50,000
_General support_
New World Foundation - $25,600 (In partnership with Northeastern University Social Science and Environmental Health Research Institute)
_Preparing crowdsource disaster response to Fracking Emergencies_
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_
Raspberry Pi Foundation - $13,000
_Support for development of curriculum around near-infrared imaging_
###2013
Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $71,373 - 1,556 backers
_[Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/publiclab/infragram-the-infrared-photography-project)_
MakerBot
_In-kind donation of ten MakerBot Replicator1 3D printers_
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
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###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