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.
###2015
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight News Challenge - $167,000 ($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 - $120,000 ($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_
Foundation to Promote Open Society, a part of the Open Society Foundations - $75,000 ($150,000 awarded over two years, beginning in 2014)
_Support for launching the Public Lab data advocacy initiative_
[Rita Allen Foundation](http://www.ritaallenfoundation.org/) - $50,000 ($150,000 awarded over three years beginning in 2015)
_Support for a snapshot evaluation of Public Lab and development of an evaluation framework for co-created citizen science projects in partnership with UC-Davis_
Rackspace - $24,000
_In-kind donation of server space for [MapKnitter.org](Mapknitter.org) and [Public Lab Archive](http://publiclab.org/archive)_
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation - $5,000
_General operating support_
Microsoft - $4,000
_In support of our spring 2015 Barnraising in Chicago, IL_
MapBox - $4,000
_In support of our spring 2015 Barnraising in Chicago, IL_
**We'd also like to thank the following supporters who are going above and beyond in 2015!**
Heeja Yoo-Warren, Tim Regan, ELGEA Inc, Cindy Regalado and Ted Fjallman, Karan Wood, and the Captain Planet Foundation.
###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_
Foundation to Promote Open Society, a part of the Open Society Foundations - $75,000 ($150,000 awarded over two years, beginning in 2014)
_Support for launching the Public Lab data advocacy initiative_
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - $52,185
_To train community members and wetland restoration advocates to monitor and track progress at eight ongoing urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain._
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_
New Knowledge Foundation Ltd. - $3,000
_Partnership support on behalf of their EECapacity Project, an effort funded by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency through a cooperative agreement with Cornell University, in collaboration with the North American Association for Environmental Education under Assistant Agreement No. NT-83497401-0_
**We'd also like to thank the following supporters who went above and beyond in 2014! **
Hank Boschen, Glorianna Davenport, Illah Nourbakhsh, Eugene Ruenger, Heeja Yoo-Warren, and William Dosemagen.
###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 2013 Financial Statements**
PublicLab_2013_990s.PDF (_Audit available upon request_)
**Public Lab 2012 Financial Statements**
PublicLab_2012_990s.pdf (_CPA review available upon request_)
**Public Lab 2011 Financial Statements**
Public_labs_990_2011-2012.pdf (_CPA review available upon request_)