Tor: Sponsors
The Tor Project's diversity of users means we have a diversity of funding sources too — and we're eager to diversify even further!
Thank you to all the people and groups who have made Tor possible so far, and thank you especially to the individual volunteers who have made non-financial contributions: coding, testing, documenting, educating, researching, and running the relays that make up the Tor network.
Active Sponsors in 2014:
- SRI International (2011-2014)
- US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2013-2015)
- National Science Foundation joint with Georgia Tech and Princeton University (2012-2016)
- Radio Free Asia (2012-2014)
- An anonymous North American ISP (2009-present)
- The Ford Foundation (2013-2014)
- Google Summer of Code (2007-present)
- More than 4,300 personal donations from individuals like you (2006-present)
Past sponsors
We greatly appreciate the support provided by our past sponsors in keeping the Tor Project progressing through our ambitious goals:
- The Knight Foundation (2012-2013)
- Sida - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (2010-2013)
- An anonymous North American NGO (2008-2013)
- Broadcasting Board of Governors (2006-2013)
- National Science Foundation via Drexel University (2009-2011)
- Access Now (2012)
- Google (2008-2009)
- Human Rights Watch (2007)
- Torfox (2009)
- Shinjiru Technology (2009-2011)
- National Christian Foundation (2010-2012)
- NLnet Foundation (2008-2009)
- Naval Research Laboratory (2006-2010)
- Internews Europe (2006-2008)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (2004-2005)
- DARPA and ONR via Naval Research Laboratory (2001-2006)
- Cyber-TA project (2006-2008)
- Bell Security Solutions Inc (2006)
- Omidyar Network Enzyme Grant (2006)
- NSF via Rice University (2006-2007)
This sponsors page is based upon un-audited and un-reviewed financial and in-kind donations, contract, and other data. Further details about our audited and reviewed funding can be found on our Financial Reports page.