How Public Lab is Funded
The funders listed below support the Public Lab nonprofit organization. Other Public Lab community members have received funding from different organizations which are not listed below.
2012
Kickstarter- $110,538 DIY Spectrometry Kits
Kickstarter- $34,646 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- $8,285 Grassroots Mapping of the BP oil spill
Awesome Foundation Boston- $1,000 Grassroots Mapping of the BP oil spill