California · Public charity
Creative Commons Corporation
Develops legal and technical infrastructure for digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
- $477k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Creative Commons Corporation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to New Venture Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2023
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $154,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $154,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $9.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Creative Commons Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $201k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $209k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Knowledge | $200,888 | 1 | 5% |
| Software Freedom Conservancy Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
About Creative Commons Corporation
- How much does Creative Commons Corporation give?
- Creative Commons Corporation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $154,500, out of $476,947 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Creative Commons Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (59%), Public Benefit (36%), Science & Tech (5%).
- Who are Creative Commons Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Public Knowledge ($201k), Software Freedom Conservancy Inc ($28k).
- Does Creative Commons Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Creative Commons Corporation based?
- Creative Commons Corporation is based in CA.
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