DTF Grants Additional Support for Privacy and Safety Advocacy The Digital Trust Foundation was charged to disburse $6,700,000 to support efforts in privacy and online safety. We have granted over $6,200,000 of this money and have a small percentage left. Our Board recently voted unanimously to divide $300,000 of the remaining funds evenly among 12 existing Read more…
The Digital Trust Foundation board of directors has now made grants in four program areas: (1) Privacy Education for Youth; (2) Understanding Socioeconomic Status and Online Privacy and Security; (3) Assessing, Preventing, and Addressing Digital Abuse; (4) General Funding for Promotion of Online Privacy, Safety, and Security. As of today, Read more…
It’s been awhile since we last had an update. Here’s a quick summary of the last few months at the Digital Trust Foundation: We announced the grantees from our first round of grant-making in March. We opened and closed two more requests for proposals in our Understanding Socioeconomic Status and Read more…
After careful deliberation, the Digital Trust Foundation board of directors has made funding decisions for our Privacy Education for Youth and General Funding program areas (see last month’s post for a summary of the applications we received). On January 28, 2015, we sent out decision letters to all of the Read more…
Earlier this month, we closed our first funding cycle and began reviewing proposals. We received many strong proposals, which speaks to the great work happening in the online privacy, safety, and security fields. Not surprisingly, we received requests for funding that far exceed our grant-making capacity, and, inevitably, we will Read more…
We released our first two requests for proposals last Friday. The official announcement is below. You can also check out board member Larry Magid’s Huffington Post piece announcing the RFPs. Be sure to review the RFPs carefully, noting the deadlines, eligible entities, and eligible activities. Check back here regularly for Read more…
Over the last few months, the Digital Trust Foundation board and I have been refining the Foundation’s funding goals and preparing to launch the first funding cycle in the fall. The details are settled enough that we are ready to share dates and an overview of the program areas that Read more…
One of the goals that I have heard loud and clear from the Digital Trust Foundation (DTF) board is to set up a transparent and accountable grant-making process. In May and June, the board took steps to implement that goal by adopting a conflict of interest policy and deciding to hire Read more…
Welcome to the new Digital Trust Foundation website. We will use this website to provide updates on the grant-making process, post requests for proposals, and accept grant proposals. Who am I? This blog and website will be updated by Christine Fry. I am the newly-hired senior philanthropic advisor or, as Read more…