The Sunlight Foundation is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses civic technologies, open data, policy analysis and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all.
Our vision is for technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation. Our overarching goal is to achieve changes in the law to require real-time, online transparency for all government information. And, while our work began in 2006 with only a focus on the U.S. Congress, our open government work now takes place at the local, state, federal and international levels. We believe that information is power, or, to put it more finely, disproportionate access to information is power. We are committed to improving public access to public information by making it available to the public, online.
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| Funded by | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Luminate | 2006-01-01 | $2,000,000 |
| Luminate | 2007-01-01 | $2,000,000 |
| Luminate | 2009-01-01 | $9,000,000 |
| Luminate | 2011-01-01 | $24,000 |
| Luminate | 2011-01-01 | $6,000,000 |
| Luminate | 2013-01-01 | $60,000 |
| Luminate | 2017-01-01 | $60,000 |
Project(s): Web Integrity Project
The Global Coalition for Tech Justice is a newly formed global movement to ensure Big Tech plays its role in protecting elections and citizens’ rights and freedoms across the world, particularly in the global majority where companies – Meta/Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter, TikTok et al – have been negligent in dealing with the impacts of their social media and messaging products.
Capture customer and employee feedback in the moment to drive positive change throughout your organization.
Tools to build a movement
Cities and towns across Massachusetts and few in other states have adopted Visual Budget, either the new WordPress plug-in or the original.
On May 1, 2025 (Law Day), lawyers across the country are encouraged to participate in #ReaffirmTheOath—a nonpartisan, nonpolitical national grassroots effort empowering lawyers in communities large and small to speak out, stand together, and publicly renew their commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law.