Centre for Internet & Society

CIS's donors' names and the amount of the grants they've provided are being published in an effort to be absolutely transparent and to make it clear that our donors do not dictate the policy and research positions we espouse.

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According to some news reports, the Centre for Internet and Society's criticisms of some government policies are being seen as being motivated by our funding.  To set the record clear, we are publishing the names of all our donors, and the amounts received from them.  It is to be noted that this list does not include donors (such as Privacy International) with whom we have agreements, but from whom we have not yet received any funding.


Name of Donor
2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 Total
1 Kusuma Trust
र14,473,000
र21,226,199
र22,190,787
र10,000,000
र2,32,99,038 र9,11,89,024
2 Hans Foundation र1,40,85,662 र1,40,85,662
3 Wikimedia Foundation र1,11,41,246 र1,11,41,246
4
Hivos
र6,49,635
र47,68,347
र22,82,939

र77,00,921
5 Ford Foundation र45,01,370 र45,01,370
6 Privacy International र25,05122 र25,05,122
7
Estudios para la Democracia Social

र24,32,877
र24,32,877
8
LexUM र13,49,137 र7,11,716
र20,60,853
9
Open Society Institute, London

र900,000

र9,00,000
10
National Internet Exchange of India
र535,000
र100,000

र6,35,000
11
International Telecommunications Union
र616,487

र6,16,487
12
Rohini Nilekani
र5,00,000

र5,00,000
13
UNESCO
र2,63,480

र2,63,480
14
iCommons
र2,22,300

र2,22,300
15
Centre for the Study of Culture and Society र1,61,100

र1,61,100
16
National Institute for the Visually Handicapped
र50,000

र50,000
Total र1,44,73,000
र2,43,09,971
र3,23,67,094
र1,22,82,939
र5,10,31,068
र13,89,65,320

While CIS is not opposed to corporate funding (and is not opposed to corporations), we do not adopt policy positions on the basis of our funding.  We adopt policy positions based on what we consider is in the public interest, specifically in the interest of consumers and developing countries such as India, as that would give effect to CIS's vision statement.  While these interests may sometimes align themselves with the interests of multi-national corporations, it often does not.

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