Omidyar Network

Omidyars' investment firm and philanthropic.arm
Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Stacy Donohue Director of Investments at the Omidyar Network
• Director of Investments
Brian Merchant Technology Journalist
• Resident (Apr '24→?)
Eshanthi Ranasinghe
• Position
Thea Anderson Director for Digital Identity, Omidyar Network
• Director for Digital Identity ('18→?)*
Molly Elgin-Cossart Director Markle Foundation
• Former Principal, Digital Identity ('16→'17)*
Vineet Bewtra Director of Investments, Omidyar Network
• Director of Investments ('11→?)*
Sal Giambanco Former Jesuit, Advisor to Omidyar Network
• Advisor, Former Partner ('08→?)*
Matthew Bannick Managing Director - Omidyar Network
• Former Managing Partner ('07→'18)*

Board Members

Pierre Omidyar Founded eBay in 1995
• Co-founder & Founding partner ('04→?)

Donors

Crisis Text Line SMS Message Service
• Donation/Grant
the Workshop think tank lobby group
• Donation/Grant

Donations

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Endeavor Global Inc
• Donation · 10,000,000 USD ('09)
Common Sense Media Kid's media watchdog group
• Grant · 4,250,000 USD ('06)
Sunlight Foundation DC-based foundation focused on government transparency and technology
• Donation · 2,542,062 USD ('13)
Ushahidi an open source software application which utilises user-generated reports to collate and map data
• Donation/Grant · 1,400,000 USD (Dec '09)
NYU Governance Lab
• Grant · 1,000,000 USD ('16)*
Involve Foundation
• Donation/Grant · 43,693 GBP
The Signals Network Whistleblower Support Organization
• Donation/Grant
The GovLab
• Donation/Grant
American Compass right wing group
• Donation/Grant
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists International Consortium for Investigative Journalism
• Donation/Grant

Holdings

Change Healthcare Inc Independent healthcare technology platform. Revenues are $197 million.
• Owner

Child Organizations

Omidyar Network India Satellite Office Pierre Omidyar
• Child Org ('09→?)*
Imaginable Futures Omidyar Network Education Investment
• Child Org ('20→?)*
Flourish Omidyar Network's Finclusion Venture Capital Spin-Off
• Spin-Poff ('19→?)*

Parents

Omidyar Group
• Parent Org

Memberships

Mojaloop Foundation
• Member
Collective Intelligence Grants for AI NESTA Grant Program
• Partner ('19→?)*
Loris.ai AI Driven Customer Telephone Support Drawn From Crisis Text Data
• Investor*
Global Innovation Fund UK Social Impact Fund
• Member
US Impact Investing Alliance Industry Led Organization to Catalyze Development of this Market
• Member President's Council ('17→?)*
Better Than Cash Alliance UN Housed Program Advocating Digital Payment Systems for Global Poor
• Funding Member ('12→?)
Mission Investors Exchange Inc
• Sustaining Member ('17→?)

Services & Transactions

Frances Haugen Former product manager, Facebook
• Service/Transaction
Bridge International Academies Corporate Education Chain Serving Africa and India, Tech & Social Impact Investor Supported
• Investment of ('13→?)
Goal Mama Omidyar-Backed, Goal Setting App for "At Risk" Pregnant Mothers
• Investment of ('18→?)
Hopelab Omidyar-Backed Social Innovation Labo Combining Tech and Social Psychology
• Funded by ('06→?)
Learning Machine Blockchain Credentialing MIT Media Lab / Sloan School Management
• Investment of
Innovation Edge Catalyst for Social Impact Investing
• Investment Of
EdSurge an independent information resource and community for everyone involved in education technology.
• investment*
Bridgespan Group Philanthropy advising for nonprofits
• consultant to*

Miscellaneous Relationships

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Impact Investment Exchange
• Affiliation
Mozilla Foundation U.S. non-profit behind open source Mozilla project
• Affiliation
Blue Haven Initiative Family office founded Liesel Pritzker Simmons and Ian T Simmons
• Affiliation
NetGain Partnership
• Affiliation
Luminate Omidyar Network Spin Off Funding Civic Engagement
• Spin Off ('18→?)*
NESTA Impact Investment Fund Run Through Big Society Capital $17.6 Million
• Investment of ('13→?)*
Impact Management Project Global Forum Building Consensus on Measuring Social Impact
• Project ('16→?)
Big Ideas, Little Learners Whitepaper on ECE Impact Investing Omidyar Network, 2019
• Project ('19→?)*
US Impact Investing Alliance Industry Led Organization to Catalyze Development of this Market
• Interest ('17→?)*
The Last Mile Pilot Impact Security Project, San Quentin Prison
• Financed by ('18→?)*
Omidyar Network
Updated about 2 months ago

Basic Info

Types Organization, Philanthropy
Website http://www.omidyar.net
Region US and Canada

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