New York · Public charity
Calyx Institute
The Calyx Institute's purposes are 1) to develop the best practices standards for privacy, security and free speech in the telecommunications industry and on the Internet; and 2) Educating the general public and service providers on privacy, security and free speech practices.
- $95k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 88% of the organizations Calyx Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $95k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $189k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $118k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distributed Denial of Secrets | $107,135 | 4 | 64% |
| Demand Progress Education Fund | $65,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Blacks in Cybersecurity Headquarters Incorperated | $53,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Article 19 Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sunset Spark Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Restore the Fourth Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Muslim Justice League | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Theorem Media Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Center for Emerging Futures Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distributed Denial of Secrets | $107,135 | 4 | 64% |
| Demand Progress Education Fund | $65,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Blacks in Cybersecurity Headquarters Incorperated | $53,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Article 19 Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sunset Spark Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Restore the Fourth Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Muslim Justice League | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Theorem Media Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Center for Emerging Futures Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Watershed Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Independent Arts & Media | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucy Parsons Labs | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Superbloom Design | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Defending Rights and Dissent Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Tor Project Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Calyx Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · New Venture Fund · Proteus Fund Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Calyx Institute
- How much does Calyx Institute give?
- Calyx Institute reported 3 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Calyx Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (41%), Civil Rights (23%), Education (18%).
- Who are Calyx Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Distributed Denial of Secrets ($107k), Demand Progress Education Fund ($65k), Blacks in Cybersecurity Headquarters Incorperated ($54k).
- Does Calyx Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Calyx Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, New Venture Fund, Proteus Fund Inc.
- Where is Calyx Institute based?
- Calyx Institute is based in NY.
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