Funding for The Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation was launched in April 2006 with a $3.5 million contribution from co-founder Michael Klein (read a brief bio here; also see Jeffrey Birnbaum's story from the Washington Post on Sunlight's launch here.
| 2005 | ||
| Michael Klein | $3,500,000.00 | |
| 2006 | ||
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $1,900,000.00 | |
| N. Colin Lind | $100,000.00 | |
| Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation | $100,000.00 | |
| Fuller Foundation | $20,000.00 | |
| Fischer & Company, LLC | $15,000.00 | |
| Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc. | $5,000.00 | |
| Springcreek Advisors, LLC | $3,125.00 | |
| Seven gifts $250 or less | $945.00 | |
| 2007 | ||
| Omidyar Network | $2,000,000.00 | |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $1,000,000.00 | |
| David Bonderman | $250,000.00 | |
| Sage Foundation | $50,000.00 | |
| Blum Family Foundation | $50,000.00 | |
| Fischer & Company, LLC | $40,000.00 | |
| Ted and Jim Pedas / Circle Management Company | $25,000.00 | |
| Fuller Foundation | $20,000.00 | |
| Raymond C. Clevenger, III | $10,000.00 | |
| Springcreek Foundation | $6,000.00 | |
| CRESA Partners of Greater Washington | $2,500.00 | |
| Peter Gottesman, CRESA Partners | $2,500.00 | |
| Springcreek Advisors, LLC | $2,125.00 | |
| Domenico and Eleanor De Sole | $1,000.00 | |
| Artifex Software, Inc. | $1,000.00 | |
| Five gifts of $250 or less | $555.00 | |
| 2008 | Omidyar Network | $2,000,000.00 |
| Michael Klein | $500,000.00 | |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $500,000.00 | |
| Open Society Insitute | $250,000.00 | |
| Pew Charitable Trust * | $122,200.00 | |
| Pro Publica | $50,000.00 | |
| Blum Family Foundation | $50,000.00 | |
| Shel Kaphan | $50,000.00 | |
| Miles Curtain Laws Robinson | $25,000.00 | |
| Cutts Foundation | $25,000.00 | |
| Stuart Marshall Bloch and Julia Chang Bloch | $10,000.00 | |
| Gerson and Barbara Bakar | $10,000.00 | |
| Robert L. Miller | $10,000.00 | |
| Sage Foundation | $10,000.00 | |
| Elbaz Family Foundation | $10,000.00 | |
| Raymond C. Clevenger, III | $5,000.00 | |
| James and Theodore Pedas Family Foundation, Inc. | $5,000.00 | |
| Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund | $2,500.00 | |
| Sunil Pail and Michelle Odom Foundation | $2,000.00 | |
| Springcreek Advisors | $1,125.00 | |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,000.00 | |
| Matthew Regan and Yoon-Young Lee | $1,000.00 | |
| Lisa and Gregory Stanger Charitable Foundation | $1,000.00 | |
| Kobayashi Family Foundation | $1,000.00 | |
| Bank of America | $1,000.00 | |
| Conrad Cafritz | $1,000.00 | |
| LaSalle D. Feffall | $1,000.00 | |
| Chad J. Fitzgerald | $500.00 | |
| Kobayashi Family Foundation | $442.00 | |
| Anonymous money order | $300.00 | |
| 30 gifts $250 or less | $2,925.00 | |
| 2009 | ||
| Omidyar Network | $4,000,000.00 | |
| $51,067.00 | ||
| Michael Klein | $50,000.00 | |
| Jewish Community Endowment Fund (Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund) †† | $10,000.00 | |
| Anita M. Antenucci | $5,000.00 | |
| Blue State Digital LLC † | $2,000.00 | |
| Andrew C. Florance Charitable Fund | $2,000.00 | |
| Robert S. Grimes, Esq. | $1,000.00 | |
| The San Francisco Foundation | $1,000.00 | |
| Armeane M Choksi | $1,000.00 | |
| Ross & Moncure, Inc. | $1,000.00 | |
| Dr. & Mrs. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. | $1,000.00 | |
| Google † | $500.00 | |
| TheCapitol.Net | $500.00 | |
| Leonard Simon Clow | $300.00 | |
| 33 gifts under $250 | $1,382.10 |
Sunlight focuses on expanding online access to information about the workings of Congress and the influence of money in politics, and enhancing that access with cutting-edge tools that will enable journalists, bloggers and ordinary citizens to oversee and engage in what Congress is doing. To see information on our grantees, check out Grants and Grantees page. To apply for a grant from the Sunlight Foundation, contact us for guidelines.
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† donation for TransparencyCamp09
†† donation for Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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Apps for America 2
The Data.gov Challenge -
Pass S.482
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ReadTheBill.org
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OOGL
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Apps for America
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Sunlight Labs
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Capitol Words
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2009 Tariff Suspensions
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Transparency Jobs
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Capitol Tweets
Keep up on the latest tweets from members of Congress who use Twitter. -
The Open Senate Project
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FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
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