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.

2013

Patagonia - $9,000 Gulf Coast Restoration - monitoring wetlands through community-led aerial imaging

Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $71,373 - 1,556 backers Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project

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

2012

Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $110,538 - 1,633 backers Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit

Kickstarter (crowdfunded) - $34,646 - 463 backers 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 (crowdfunded) - $8,285 - 145 backers Grassroots mapping the Gulf oil spill with balloons and kites

Awesome Foundation Boston- $1,000 Grassroots Mapping of the BP oil spill