Omidyar Network Fund Inc
Invitation OnlyRedwood City, California · EIN 20-1173866 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$38.1M
Organizations funded242
Typical grant$100,000
Total assets$382.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $40,000 and $200,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
81% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Institute of Science | Santa Fe, NM | To support the Emergent Political Economies: Rules, Dynamics and Diversity Research Theme | $1,250,000 |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | To support's Grantee's project, the California Coalition for Worker Power ("CCWP") | $1,100,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project | $1,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project | $1,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Support for Grantee's Trust for Civic Infrastructure project | $1,000,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's BuildUS Fund project | $900,000 |
| United Nations Economic Commission for Africa | Addis Ababa, ET | To support Grantee's Digital Centre of Excellence | $800,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Support Grantee's project, the BuildUS Fund | $600,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | To support Grantees Pop Culture Collaborative | $562,500 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | To support Grantees Pop Culture Collaborative | $562,500 |
| Economic Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, EARN | $500,000 |
| Economic Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, EARN | $500,000 |
| Swiss Philanthropy Foundation | Geneva, SZ | To support Grantee's fund, Partners for a New Economy | $500,000 |
| Swiss Philanthropy Foundation | Geneva, SZ | To support Grantee's fund, Partners for a New Economy | $500,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's Mayoria Project | $475,000 |
| Welcoming America Inc | Decatur, GA | General operating support | $457,500 |
| Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society | San Francisco, CA | To support Grantee's work advancing responsible technology | $405,859 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, Decolonizing Wealth | $400,000 |
| IllumiNative Inc | Lafayette, CO | General Operating Support | $400,000 |
| National Employment Law Project Inc | New York, NY | To support Grantee's Strategic Partnerships project | $400,000 |
| American Economic Liberties Project | Washington, DC | General operating support | $350,000 |
| Better Markets Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | $350,000 |
| Designing Justice Designing Spaces | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $350,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | To support research being conducted by Grantee's Program in Science, Technology, and Society | $350,000 |
| Movement Advancement Project Inc | Boulder, CO | To support Grantee's project, Winning Jobs Narrative | $350,000 |
| The Christchurch Call Foundation | Wellington, NZ | General Operating | $350,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | To support Grantee's Othering and Belonging Institute | $350,000 |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's Democracy + Tech Initiative at the DFRLab | $300,000 |
| Code for Science & Society Inc | Portland, OR | To support Grantee's project, Distributed AI Research Institute | $300,000 |
| Data & Society Research Institute Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $300,000 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | $300,000 |
| Jobs with Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | General operating support | $300,000 |
| Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy | Los Angeles, CA | General Operating Support | $300,000 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group Inc | Oakland, CA | To support Grantee's project, the LIFT Fund | $300,000 |
| NewPublic Inc | Oakland, CA | To support Grantee's belonging work | $300,000 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | To support Rochester Institute of Tech's project, Usable Tools for Deepfake Identification and Mitigation | $275,000 |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project NFP | Chicago, IL | General Operating | $260,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's fund, the Families and Workers Fund | $250,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | To support Grantee's project, Open Forum for Artificial Intelligence | $250,000 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, Change Collective | $250,000 |
| Consumer Reports Inc | Yonkers, NY | To support Grantee's project, Permission Slip | $250,000 |
| Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility | New York, NY | General operating support | $250,000 |
| Investigative Studios Inc | Greenbrae, AZ | To support Grantee's documentary work | $250,000 |
| RadicalxChange Foundation Ltd | Moraga, CA | Support for Grantee's Future of Property Rights project | $250,000 |
| SeedAI Inc | Washington, DC | Support Grantee's educational efforts around Artificial Intelligence | $250,000 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | To support Grantee's research on artificial intelligence | $250,000 |
| The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, the AFL-CIO Technology Institute | $250,000 |
| The Associated Press | New York, NY | To support Grantee's efforts to investigate and report on the impacts of generative artificial intelligence | $250,000 |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | General operating support | $250,000 |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | To support Grantee's research on generative artificial intelligence | $250,000 |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | Support Grantee's project, Reimagine America | $250,000 |
| The New School | New York, NY | To support Grantee's project, the Institute on Race and Political Economy | $250,000 |
| The New School | New York, NY | To support Grantee's project, the Institute on Race and Political Economy | $250,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | To support Grantee's Labor Center | $250,000 |
| Topos Public | Providence, RI | Supporting the Think Big Alliance | $250,000 |
| Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | $250,000 |
| Cambiar Education | San Diego, CA | To support Grantee's project, The Rithm Project | $225,000 |
| The Collective Intelligence Project Inc | Encino, CA | General operating support | $223,000 |
| The New Press Inc | New York, NY | To support Grantee's work creating a book program focusing on new economic paradigms | $212,500 |
| Common Future | Oakland, CA | Support Grantee's Mobility Alliance Project | $200,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 242 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possibility Labs | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, the Build US Fund | $1,336,958 |
| Get Free Movement Fund Inc | Oakland, CA | To support Grantee's project, the LIFT Fund | $300,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | To support Grantee's Othering and Belonging Institute | $300,000 |
| Topos Public | Providence, RI | Supporting the Think Big Alliance | $300,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | To support Grantee's project, AI Now | $200,000 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantees project, The Horizon Project | $150,000 |
| Aspiration | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $100,000 |
| New Venture Fund | San Francisco, CA | Support for Grantee's BLIS project | $100,000 |
| The History CoLab | Milton, MA | To support Grantee's Belonging Barometer project | $75,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38,062,347 | 251 |
| 2023 | $29,327,963 | 215 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 17, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543219349106224
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 20-1173866
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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