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Item | Value |
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Country | |
Facebook page | eff |
Website | https://www.eff.org/ |
Twitter username | eff |
Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation |
Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=Electronic+Frontier+Foundation |
Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
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Overall | 12 | 400,000 | 452,208 | 2,500 | 25,000 | 100,000 | 199,000 | 250,000 | 400,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 750,000 | 900,000 | 1,000,000 |
1 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | |
Civic Engagement | 1 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
FIXME | 8 | 600,000 | 618,750 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 400,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 750,000 | 900,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
AI safety | 1 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 | 199,000 |
Technology | 1 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Donor | Total | 2017 | 2016 | 2014 | 2013 | 2010 | 2007 | 2004 | 2003 |
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MacArthur Foundation (filter this donee) | 3,450,000.00 | 0.00 | 900,000.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 | 750,000.00 | 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 |
Pineapple Fund (filter this donee) | 1,000,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Ford Foundation (filter this donee) | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 199,000.00 | 0.00 | 199,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
John Merck Fund (filter this donee) | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 |
Elizabeth Van Nostrand (filter this donee) | 2,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Knight Foundation (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 5,176,500.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 1,499,000.00 | 2,500.00 | 700,000.00 | 750,000.00 | 600,000.00 | 25,000.00 | 600,000.00 |
Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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Peter McCluskey's favorite charities | 2015-12-06 | Peter McCluskey | Peter McCluskey | Center for Applied Rationality Future of Humanity Institute AI Impacts GiveWell GiveWell top charities Future of Life Institute Centre for Effective Altruism Brain Preservation Foundation Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Electronic Frontier Foundation Methuselah Mouse Prize SENS Research Foundation Foresigh Institute | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | The page discusses the favorite charities of Peter McCluskey and his opinion on their current room for more funding in light of their financial situation and expansion plans |
Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 12) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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Pineapple Fund | 1,000,000.00 | 1 | FIXME | https://pineapplefund.org/ | -- | ||
Open Philanthropy | 199,000.00 | 9 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/electronic-frontier-foundation-ai-social | -- | Grant funded work by Peter Eckersley, whom the Open Philanthropy Project believed in. Followup conversation with Peter Eckersley and Jeremy Gillula of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Peter_Eckersley_Jeremy_Gillula_05-26-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-05-26. Announced: 2016-12-15. | |
Ford Foundation | 400,000.00 | 7 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to improve global understanding of digital threats to privacy and security through research, development of educational resources and implementation privacy-protective solutions. Affected regions: 1045###United States###50@@@1110###Worldwide###50; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
MacArthur Foundation | 900,000.00 | 2 | FIXME | https://www.macfound.org/grants/ | -- | in support of the organization's general operations. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco. | |
Elizabeth Van Nostrand | 2,500.00 | 12 | -- | https://acesounderglass.com/2014/12/29/how-to-figure-out-how-much-to-donate/ | -- | Half the patent bonus; see https://acesounderglass.com/2015/01/02/why-i-donated-to-the-eff-this-year/ for more. | |
Ford Foundation | 100,000.00 | 10 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | To improve worldwide understanding of threats to digital privacy and security through the development of research, educational resources and frameworks to implement privacy-protective solutions. Affected regions: 1110###Worldwide###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
MacArthur Foundation | 600,000.00 | 4 | FIXME | https://www.macfound.org/grants/ | -- | In support of general operations (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco. | |
MacArthur Foundation | 750,000.00 | 3 | FIXME | https://www.macfound.org/grants/ | -- | In support of general operations (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco. | |
MacArthur Foundation | 600,000.00 | 4 | FIXME | https://www.macfound.org/grants/ | -- | In support of a domestic intellectual property program (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco. | |
John Merck Fund | 25,000.00 | 11 | Civic Engagement | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To support the Verify the Vote! Project. | |
MacArthur Foundation | 600,000.00 | 4 | FIXME | https://www.macfound.org/grants/ | -- | For work to represent the public interest in international industry standards-setting meetings on digital rights management and intellectual property (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco. | |
Knight Foundation | 250,000.00 | 8 | -- | Technology | https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6702 | -- | Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To collect information about online censorship incidents to explore concerns about censorship and preserve freedom of expression. As private Internet companies handle a growing amount of online communication, society faces a new set of challenges about censorship and free speech: When should governments and companies be able to remove content from a private Internet service? What policies should companies follow when dealing with copyright or censorship requests? The Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the country’s leading advocates for an open Internet, will further develop OnlineCensorship.org. Co-founded by Jillian York and Ramzi Jaber, the project collects information about online censorship incidents. The Electronic Frontier Foundation will make use of this data to explore concerns about censorship and map a better way forward for freedom of expression online. |