Project Liberty Institute

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “technologist” · $520,000

• $250,000

  Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2023

  Support organization in hosting discussions that bring together educators from multiple fields with technologist to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions. Conduct a membership drive … read allSupport organization in hosting discussions that bring together educators from multiple fields with technologist to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions. Conduct a membership drive to leverage community support and increase membership. less
• $20,000

  The Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support the organization to host roundtable discussions bringing together young people from multiple fields with technologists to explore the effects of technology on the wellbeing of young people.

• $250,000

  Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2022

  Enable the organization to host discussions bringing together educators from multiple fields with technologists to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions as well as conduct a membersh… read allEnable the organization to host discussions bringing together educators from multiple fields with technologists to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions as well as conduct a membership drive to expand the organization's community. less

Grant history

All 10 reported grants, largest first.

• $7.3M

  Cortico · Boston, MA · 2022

  Support cortico's development and deployment of technologies and methods to advance, accelerate, and integrate the realtalk system - a social network designed for authentic dialogue, deep listening and connection - and … read allSupport cortico's development and deployment of technologies and methods to advance, accelerate, and integrate the realtalk system - a social network designed for authentic dialogue, deep listening and connection - and its transition to the project liberty decentralized social network protocol (dsnp). less
• $7.3M

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  Provide support for the mit center for constructive communication's research and development of technologies and methods to advance, accelerate and deploy the realtalk system - a social network designed for authentic di… read allProvide support for the mit center for constructive communication's research and development of technologies and methods to advance, accelerate and deploy the realtalk system - a social network designed for authentic dialogue, deep listening and connection. less
• $500,000

  Issue One · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support the organization to develop and host educational events and activities that explore the negative mental, civic and public health impacts of digital technology, particularly social media.

• $425,000

  Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Research and development of a project currently known as the "duty of care" project which will deliver an online harms map and has the purpose of establishing a duty of care standard to compel social media platforms to … read allResearch and development of a project currently known as the "duty of care" project which will deliver an online harms map and has the purpose of establishing a duty of care standard to compel social media platforms to be accountable to their users and society. less
• $250,000

  Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2023

  Support organization in hosting discussions that bring together educators from multiple fields with technologist to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions. Conduct a membership drive … read allSupport organization in hosting discussions that bring together educators from multiple fields with technologist to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions. Conduct a membership drive to leverage community support and increase membership. less
• $250,000

  Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2022

  Enable the organization to host discussions bringing together educators from multiple fields with technologists to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions as well as conduct a membersh… read allEnable the organization to host discussions bringing together educators from multiple fields with technologists to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic institutions as well as conduct a membership drive to expand the organization's community. less
• $120,000

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  Supports advanced network architecture group's research to develop a better understanding of how internet applications with dsnp control can be viable in a marketplace dominated by large actors that hold centralized con… read allSupports advanced network architecture group's research to develop a better understanding of how internet applications with dsnp control can be viable in a marketplace dominated by large actors that hold centralized control over their systems. less
• $70,000

  Mediators Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024

  Supports the development of the prosocial ranking challenge, which is the first large-scale, cross-platform, ecologically valid experiment to test bridging-based ranking algorithms to identify the best algorithms to imp… read allSupports the development of the prosocial ranking challenge, which is the first large-scale, cross-platform, ecologically valid experiment to test bridging-based ranking algorithms to identify the best algorithms to improve social cohesion on social media. less
• $25,000

  Radicalxchange Foundation Ltd · Morega, CA · 2024

  Launch activities related to the on-chain tool instantiating the partial common ownership (pco) of art, data, and other intellectual property, as detailed by the grantee in the enclosed proposal.

• $20,000

  The Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support the organization to host roundtable discussions bringing together young people from multiple fields with technologists to explore the effects of technology on the wellbeing of young people.

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