The Digital Trust Foundation granted over $6,200,000 in its core phase of grantmaking, which involved a series of RFPs issued in the first half of 2015.
Grant Numbers by Program Area
Program Area | Number of Grants | Total Amount |
1. Privacy Education for Youth | 11 | $1,290,000 |
2. Understanding Socioeconomic Status and Online Privacy and Security |
6 | $1,793,480 |
3. Assessing, Preventing, and Addressing Digital Abuse | 9 | $1,651,000 |
4. General Funding for Promotion of Online Privacy, Safety, and Security | 12 | $1,400,000 |
Grant Numbers by Award Amount
Range | Number of Grants |
$40,000 – $99,000 | 8 |
$100,000 – $199,000 | 23 |
$200,000 – $299,000 | 4 |
$300,000 – $400,000 | 1 |
Over $400,000 | 2 |
Geographic Focus
Most of the funded projects tackle privacy, safety, and security issues at a national or general level. However, several grants focus on a particular geographic region, including:
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Detroit, Michigan
- Harris County, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- New York, New York
- Rochester Metro Area, New York
- Rural Appalachia
- The State of California
Population Focus
Some grants focus on the general U.S. population while others home in on specific categories or groups, including:
- Middle school students
- Teens and young adults
- Low-income youth
- Parents
- Low-income adults
- Teachers and school administrators
- Consumers
- Workers
- Low-wage workers
- Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other digital abuse
Main Grant Activity
It may be useful to get a picture of how many grants focus mainly on conducting pure research, versus developing and disseminating informational resources, versus providing direct services. Classifying the grants in these categories is a bit difficult because the lines among the activities blur. For instance, all of the research grants have a dissemination component (which arguably puts them in the resource development category), most of the grants focused on resource development have a hefty research component, and many of the direct services grants require formal evaluation (which is a type of research). The following is a rough attempt to break down the grants according to their primary activity:
Main Activity | Percentage of Grants |
Direct Services | 16% |
Resource Development | 50% |
Research | 34% |