Catalog · Funders

Funders

Some projects in this catalog receive money or other support from organizations outside the project. This page lists those organizations and what they say about their own mission. Each project page links to the funders that support it, with a source for each grant. MDMTMR has no partnership with, sponsorship from, or affiliation with any of them. Funding is not a criterion for being listed, and it says nothing about a project's license. Each claim links to a primary source.

FUTO

https://futo.tech/

FUTO describes itself as "an organization dedicated to giving people back control over their technology." It builds software in-house and funds outside projects through investments, grants and public education, aiming to challenge the dominance of large tech companies. Founded in 2021 by Eron Wolf, it says it operates without relying on existing tech companies or venture capital. (About FUTO)

FUTO lists its own projects (futo.tech/projects) and its grant recipients (futo.tech/grants).

NLnet

https://nlnet.nl/

NLnet is a Dutch foundation that traces its history to EUnet, the first public wide-area network in Europe, founded in 1982. Since selling its commercial activities in 1997, it says it has focused on "supporting the open internet, and the privacy and security of internet users," mainly by funding independent organizations and people. Much of its current grant-making is done on behalf of the European Commission's Next Generation Internet program (NGI Zero funds). (About NLnet)

NLnet lists every funded project on its own site (nlnet.nl/project).

Next Generation Internet (NGI), European Commission

https://ngi.eu/

NGI is a European Commission initiative that "aims to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet of Trust", one that meets people's needs for trust, security and inclusion and reflects European values and norms. The Commission says it invested more than EUR 250 million in NGI research and innovation in 2018-2020 and has renewed funding under Horizon Europe. For projects in this catalog, NGI money was passed on through NLnet's NGI Zero funds. (About NGI)

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