Creative Commons
For General Operating Support
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Amount$1,500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/19/2013
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Creative Commons continues to serve as a crucial intellectual property organization for Open Educational Resources by providing free, machine-readable copyright licenses. This grant would extend core support as Creative Commons develops next-generation licenses and launches the Open Policy Institute to support advocacy for open licenses 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.
