Creative Commons
For A Project To Increase The Amount Of Foundation Content Published Under Creative Common Licenses
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Amount$100,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/21/2012
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Creative Commons is an anchor grantee in the Education Program’s Open Educational Resources work. It is launching an initiative to increase the amount of content in the nonprofit sector that is covered under flexible Creative Commons licenses. These licenses make it easier for knowledge to be used, distributed, and remixed. This work would build on recent research in which foundations are encouraged to, where appropriate and aligned with their goals, orient internal policies and procedures around intellectual property towards openness.
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.
