Omidyar Network is a U.S.-based philanthropic organization that funds and invests across nonprofit and market-based tools to shape a more accountable digital future centered on shared power, prosperity, and public interest.
Its mission is to help steer the digital revolution so that technology serves broader public benefit, with more shared power, opportunity, and human-centered outcomes.
Omidyar Network was founded in 2004 by Pierre and Pam Omidyar. It operates as part of The Omidyar Group and uses a hybrid structure that combines a private 501(c)(3) foundation with an LLC, allowing it to support nonprofits, policy and advocacy efforts, and mission-aligned businesses. The audited financial statements identify the legal foundation entity as Omidyar Network Fund, Inc., incorporated in Delaware. The organization’s current strategy focuses on shaping how digital technology affects society, especially through policy, markets, culture, and technology itself.
Omidyar Network uses a dual structure: a 501(c)(3) foundation for grants and an LLC for investments and other forms of support. Through the foundation, it funds work such as research, journalism, convenings, general operating support, and project support. Through the LLC, it can back for-profit startups and certain nonprofit or advocacy entities beyond public charities. The organization says it sources opportunities proactively through research, referrals, introductions, events, and media rather than through open applications. It states that funded organizations retain autonomy over their operations and public positions.
Omidyar Network reports more than $1.94 billion committed since inception, including more than $1.12 billion in nonprofit grants and more than $739 million in for-profit investments. Its model has made it a notable example of hybrid philanthropy that combines grantmaking, investing, policy engagement, and coalition-building. Its recent work emphasizes AI governance, accountable digital systems, and cross-sector collaboration, while its partnerships show a sustained role in narrative change, civic life, and digital public infrastructure.
The organization highlights collaboration as central to systems change and features partnerships including AI Collaborative, Co-Develop Fund, New Pluralists, Pop Culture Collaborative, Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund, and Trust for Civic Life. It also notes that investment decisions are led primarily by program and policy staff, with committee review depending on award size and type. Omidyar Network states that its partners maintain independence over their own programming and public positions.
Omidyar Network describes itself as a philanthropic organization focused on ensuring digital technology develops in ways that support shared power, prosperity, and possibility. Its public materials emphasize three broad strengths: convening diverse perspectives, applying long-standing technology fluency and foresight, and using a broad investment toolkit for experimentation and systems change. The foundation’s audited 2023 financial statements show $388.1 million in net assets and $27.2 million in grants awarded for the year. The official site says the organization is funded solely and directly by the Omidyars. In 2026, Omidyar Network announced Michele L. Jawando as chief executive officer. Public contact is handled through a website form rather than a published general program email for funding requests.