How Public Lab is Funded
2010
Kickstarter- $10,000 Grassroots Mapping of the BP oil spill
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