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We fund & support open technology projects that promote human rights and open societies. We help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks.

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Surge and Sustain Fund: Solicitation FAQs

Below are responses to the frequently asked questions about the Surge and Sustain Fund application. Submit your application by 11:59 PM PT on October 30, 2024. Is this open to individuals and businesses located outside the US? Yes, applicants don’t need to be based in...

OTF’s Rapid Response Fund Expands Community Partners

About the Rapid Response Fund As internet freedom continues to decline, human rights defenders, journalists, and other at-risk communities in repressive information contexts face mounting digital emergencies that traditional funding mechanisms are often not equipped...

OTF provides financial support for projects through these funds & fellowships >>

OTF has supported 450+ projects to date.

Internet Freedom Fund

The Internet Freedom Fund is OTF’s primary way to support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies.

Rapid Response Fund

The Rapid Response Fund aims to facilitate the digital emergency response community to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed.

Surge and Sustain Fund

The Surge and Sustain Fund is the primary way that OTF provides resources to leading VPN and circumvention solutions to support user costs in highly restrictive environments.

Information Controls Fellowship

The Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) cultivates research, outputs, and creative collaboration on topics related to repressive Internet censorship and surveillance.

Lab Fact

OTF has supported 450+ projects to date.

OTF provides service & training support for projects through these resource labs:
Localization Lab

Localization Lab

Making Internet freedom tools available in new languages.

Red Team Lab

Red Team Lab

Strengthening the security of open-source Internet freedom software.

Localization Lab

Secure Usability & Accessibility Lab

The Usability Lab aims to increase user safety and promote practical Internet freedom.

Localization Lab

Learning Lab

Telling the stories of projects and the results they produce.

Lab Fact

OTF provides ongoing project support for security audits, usability and user safety, translations, and community learning.

OTF New Projects: dComms

Researching, developing, and deploying decentralized communications infrastructure in shutdown-prone contexts

OTF New Projects: Resilient Media Project

Supporting exiled and underground media organizations by promoting the adoption of robust digital publishing strategies

OTF New Projects: Open Measurement Gatherings

Bringing together internet measurement groups to collaborate and converge on best practices for data collection

OTF Key Impacts

2+ BILLION

global users circumvent online censorship with OTF-supported technologies

1+ MILLION

words translated in 240 languages and dialects

35+

advisory council members from academia, industry, and civil society

1042

projects received

OTF HAS PROVIDED RAPID RESPONSE ASSISTANCE FOR DIGITAL EMERGENCIES IN

20+

COUNTRIES GLOBALLY.