Mitchell Kapor Foundation

What they fund

civicengagementworktechjusticecomputersciencecollective

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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Smash (Mk Level Playing Field Institute)2 grants · $4.7M
• The Barack Obama Foundation2 grants · $4.0M
• University of California Berkeley Foundation2 grants · $2.6M
• East Bay Community Foundation1 grant · $2.0M
• Code for Science and Society2 grants · $1.5M
• Uc Berkeley Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
• Say What Media Llc1 grant · $764,827
• Yale University3 grants · $750,000
• The UCLA Foundation1 grant · $500,000
• Brandeis University1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 164 grants.

• $2.5M

  Smash (Mk Level Playing Field Institute) · Oakland, CA · 2023

  To support youth stem programs

• $2.2M

  Smash (Mk Level Playing Field Institute) · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To support stem programs for underserved youth

• $2.0M

  The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General support

• $2.0M

  East Bay Community Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To support grantmaking

• $2.0M

  The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world

• $1.5M

  University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  To support collaboration between kapor center and uc berkeley's graduate school of education for the second year

• $1.1M

  University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  To support professor tyrone hayes

• $1.0M

  Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  To provide scholarships and programmatic support for alumni of the external smash program

• $983,333

  Code for Science and Society · Portland, OR · 2023

  For the algorithmic justice leagues general operating expenses to support their fellowship program; to support organizations working to make the technology ecosystem more diverse and inclusive, and with whom we'd like t… read allFor the algorithmic justice leagues general operating expenses to support their fellowship program; to support organizations working to make the technology ecosystem more diverse and inclusive, and with whom we'd like to foster collaboration over time; and to support the distributed artificial intelligence research institute. less
• $764,827

  Say What Media Llc · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support the race card project

• $500,000

  Code for Science and Society · Portland, OR · 2024

  To support the center addressing inequities in the digital landscape

• $500,000

  Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022

  To support iere's racial justice x tech policy program

• $500,000

  The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  To support the race and digital justice initiative at the ucla division of social sciences

• $350,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support the public interest technology infrastructure fund

• $340,000

  Smash (Level Playing Field Institute) · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To support the work needed to address social, and economic justice issues

• $333,333

  Code for Science and Society · Portland, OR · 2022

  To suppport the distributed artificial intelligence research intitute

• $300,910

  Detroit Public Schools Community District · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To help five computer science educators; to support assistance direct k-12 cs education

• $300,000

  Free Press · Florence, MA · 2022

  To suport the disinfo defense league in order to address racialized disinformation targeting black, latinx, asian american and pacific islander and other communities of color online

• $300,000

  State Leadership Project · Raleigh, NC · 2022

  To provide fast response re-grants to bipoc-led/serving organizations for investigations, monitoring, outreach, and related activities

• $300,000

  The Uc Davis Foundation · Davis, CA · 2022

  To support smash scholarship fund

• $277,839

  Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To support #oaklandundivided

• $250,000

  Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

  Gift to support programs

• $250,000

  Tech Equity Collaborative · Martinez, CA · 2024

  To support advancing ai in ca

• $250,000

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

  To support the first-year scholars

• $250,000

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

  To establish an endowed fund for the benefit of yale college, to support the first-year scholars program.

• $250,000

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022

  In benefit of yale college first year scholars program

• $200,000

  East Oakland Youth Development Center · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To support youth and young adult steam career exploration

• $200,000

  Footsteps · New York, NY · 2024

  To support programs for former ultra-orthodox community

• $200,000

  Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support ai equity lab

• $200,000

  Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  To support the project, accelerating cybersecurity job entry among women of color.

• $175,519

  Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023

  To support ousd's computer science fund in order to hire a new teacher on special assignment, until the permanent position is finalized with ousd in june; to support a position to research plan, and design tech workforc… read allTo support ousd's computer science fund in order to hire a new teacher on special assignment, until the permanent position is finalized with ousd in june; to support a position to research plan, and design tech workforce strategies for young adults in oakland. less
• $175,000

  Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  To support the constellations center for equity in computing

• $175,000

  Aubin Pictures · New York, NY · 2023

  To support diaspora farms our body politic podcast.

• $175,000

  Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  To benefit the constellations center for equity in computing at the georgia institute of technology (institute), in order to support a senior fellow position

• $150,000

  Ai for the People · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  To support actionable ai project

• $150,000

  Detroit Future City · Detroit, MI · 2024

  To support the tech tomorrow report

• $150,000

  Free Press Inc (Disinfo Defense League) · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support polling and disinfo defense league projects

• $150,000

  Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024

  To support your voices for ethical ai project

• $150,000

  Ai for the People · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  To support an actionable ai project.

• $150,000

  Free Press Inc (Disinfo Defense League) · Florence, MA · 2023

  To support your disinfo defense league projects

• $150,000

  Impactassetsinc · Bethesda, MD · 2023

  To support your voices for ethical ai project

• $150,000

  Techequity Collaborative · Martinez, CA · 2023

  To support the project, building a california campaign to ensure the responsible deployment of ai.

• $150,000

  Campaign for Accountability · Washington, DC · 2022

  To support the tech transparency project

• $150,000

  Color of Changeorg Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To support tech justice campaign to target disinformation

• $150,000

  Equis Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  To support equis lab to monitor and track disinformation in both english and spanish on social media platforms

• $150,000

  Kennesaw State University Foundation · Kennesaw, GA · 2022

  For teacher scholarships, research on computer science education teachers of color production, and the establishment of a community of practice for stem teachers of color in georgia

• $145,000

  Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $125,000

  Goodie Nation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  To support stewarding atlantas black tech community

• $125,000

  Milestone Growth Capital Institute · Detroit, MI · 2024

  To support building pathways for diverse angel investors and founders

• $125,000

  Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To support the atl ecosystem

• $125,000

  Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To benefit the constellations center for equity in comupiting

• $110,000

  Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To support research project on cultually responsive pedagogy in k-5

• $100,000

  Moses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Engabling Strength) · Detroit, MI · 2024

  To support black tech saturdays

• $100,000

  Naacp Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $100,000

  Power Rising · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $100,000

  Public Resource Org · Healdsburg, CA · 2024

  To promote universal access to all human knowledge

• $100,000

  Voto Latino Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $100,000

  Codepathorg · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  To support project, boosting job based learning and continuing education opportunities for bln community college students.

• $100,000

  Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc (Weta) · Arlington, VA · 2023

  To support the inkwell society

• $100,000

  Lawyers Committee Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support digital justice initiative.

• $100,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support the public interest technology university network.

• $100,000

  Sogorea Te Land Trust · Oakland, CA · 2023

  General support

• $100,000

  Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2022

  To support the day one project

• $100,000

  Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc (Weta) · Arlington, VA · 2022

  To support the inkwell society

• $97,000

  Donorschooseorg · New York, NY · 2024

  To support computer science learning in the classroom

• $80,000

  National Coalition On Black Civic Participation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $80,000

  National Council of Negro Women · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $75,000

  National Skills Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support the project, advancing tech pathways policy efforts via state and national coalitions.

• $75,000

  Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To fund for direct programming in atlanta and research report on the atlanta landscape/trends with ecosustem mapping

• $66,379

  Bright Funds Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023

  General support

• $60,000

  Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $60,000

  Dr Huey P Newton Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To support the production of black panter party vr experience and k-12 curriculum

• $55,000

  Center for Open Data Enterprise · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support cross-sectoral program to democratize federal data with genai

• $50,000

  People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $50,000

  Skinner Leadership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $50,000

  The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support the tech accountability coalition

• $50,000

  Vote To Live Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $50,000

  Calvin Hill Day Care Center · New Haven, CT · 2023

  To support research project on the impact of the calvin hill day care center.

• $50,000

  Black Innovation Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To support the atl ecosystem

• $50,000

  Footsteps · New York, NY · 2022

  To support work with former ultra-orthodox jews to provide services and community as they transition and define their own identities

• $45,000

  Power Rising · Washington, DC · 2022

  To support gathering of black women and their allies for educational, inspirational, and social enlightenment and growth

• $40,000

  National Black Justice Collective Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $40,000

  Consumer Reports · Yonkers, NY · 2023

  To support a tech video series to drive awareness and engagement on the topic of algorithmic bias

• $40,000

  Dr Huey P Newton Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

  To support the production of black panther party vr experience and k-12 curriculum

• $40,000

  Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2022

  Civic engagement

• $40,000

  The New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To build power and increase the civic participation of the new georgia majority and other historically marginalized communities

• $30,000

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To support civic engagement efforts for poder latinx collective fund

• $30,000

  Lawyers Committee Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2022

  To support voting rights project

• $30,000

  Naacp Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

  To educate minorities on social and economic issues

• $30,000

  National Coalition for Black Civic Participation · Washington, DC · 2022

  To provide information, skills, support, and collective action the black americans need to fully participate in the democratic process

• $30,000

  Voto Latino Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

  To engage youth, media, and technology to promote civic participation

• $25,000

  Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $25,000

  Georgia Stand Up · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $25,000

  Mi Familia En Accion · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $25,000

  Michigan Organizing Project (Dba Michigan United) · Detroit, MI · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $25,000

  Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $25,000

  Wisconsin Voices · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

  To support civic engagement work

• $25,000

  Camelback Ventures · Garden City, ID · 2023

  To support founders fund

• $25,000

  Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023

  To support the project, miami innovation academy.

• $25,000

  Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To support programs which work to inform and educate through the development of fact-based research, analysis, and solutions for policy makers

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