Creative Commons
For Support Of The Creative Commons Global Affiliate Network
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Amount$1,500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2016
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools, supported by a network of affiliate chapters in 85 countries. The organization will develop and implement a global affiliate network strategy to support its chapters to work in open education, open policy, and open access research. A more robust infrastructure for OER licensure will help practitioners and policymakers solve major challenges in education around the world.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.creativecommons.org
Address
P.O. Box 741107, Los Angeles, CA, 90074-1107, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people and communities by equipping them with the legal, technical, and policy solutions that they require to address real challenges on the ground. Creative Commons promotes better sharing of knowledge and culture in ways that serve the public interest. This includes reshaping the open ecosystem to support equitable and pro-social sharing, enhancing open infrastructure to foster sustainable and ethical sharing, and transforming institutions to make knowledge and cultural heritage assets as openly accessible as possible. (Substrategy: Field Building)
for general operating support
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization and global community dedicated to supporting an open and accessible Internet that is enriched with free knowledge and creative resources for people around the world to use, share, and cultivate. This grant will provide general operating support for Creative Commons as it works toward its bold vision over the next several years. The work of Creative Commons furthers the transparency goals of the Foundation in general and provides a core infrastructure for the OER movement.
