€25 Million Gift-Based Fund for Democratic Technology
We're creating cooperative alternatives to surveillance capitalism. No debt burden. No extraction. Just technology that serves democracy.
Join organisations building democratic alternatives to BigTech. Co-governance, shared knowledge, community impact.
Express InterestIndividual contributors who help select and fund cooperative projects. Voting rights, project oversight, community building. Donate through our OpenCollective
Join as BenefactorHave a democratic tech project that needs funding? As we're building up the Fund, feel welcome to join our community. Platform cooperative, community AI, civic technology—we want to hear from you.
Submit ProposalMake a donation through OpenCollective (by credit card) or wire transfer to the Free Knowledge Institute, our fiscal host.
Go to donationsBigTech's $450+ billion wealth concentration isn't just inequality—it's the construction of techno-authoritarian infrastructure threatening democratic society itself.