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_ * $50,000 _Support of DIY water turbidity monitoring in communities affected by frac sand mining_ Autodesk Foundation
* $100,000 _General operating support_ 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_ Claneil Foundation Emerging Leaders Fund * $60,000 ($200,000 awarded over four years, beginning in 2015) _General operating support_ [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 * _In-kind donation of server space for [MapKnitter.org](Mapknitter.org) and [Public Lab Archive](http://publiclab.org/archive)_ MIT Media Lab * _In-kind donation of server space for Public Lab infrastructure_ 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_ Ashoka * _Recognition of Executive Director Shannon Dosemagen as an Ashoka Fellow_ **We'd also like to thank the following supporters who are going above and beyond in 2015!** _Heeja Yoo-Warren, Tim Regan, Micah Sifry, ELGEA Inc, Cindy Regalado and Ted Fjallman, Karan Wood, and the Captain Planet Foundation._ [![2015DonorLogos.png](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/197/medium/2015DonorLogos.png)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/197/original/2015DonorLogos.png) ###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_ Mozilla Open News - $1,000 _Support for ProPublica/Public Lab mapping in Louisiana_ **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 ---- ###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_)