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Financials

CDT is committed to sound financial stewardship and transparency. We have received clean audits each year from an independent auditing firm and have high ratings from nonprofit watchdogs GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and GreatNonprofits.

CDT’s financial supporters have no influence or control over CDT’s projects or priorities, including the content of educational programs, research, written reports, or other work product. (Click here to review our gift acceptance policy). Our profuse thanks to our donors who make our work possible.

2022 Revenue

CDT's 2022 income: $9,133,050. 46% Foundations (4,170,713). 29% Corporations (2,603,970). 12% Tech Prom (1,082,400). 11% Cy Pres & Others (1,041,096) (Includes $754,411 of in-kind donations of pro bono legal services). 3% Individuals (234,871).
CDT’s 2022 income: $9,133,050. 46% Foundations (4,170,713). 29% Corporations (2,603,970). 12% Tech Prom (1,082,400). 11% Cy Pres & Others (1,041,096) (Includes $754,411 of in-kind donations of pro bono legal services). 3% Individuals (234,871).

2022 Expenses

CDT's 2022 expenses: $8,145,309. Programs: 84% (6,814,020). Administration: 8% (644,013). Fundraising: 6% (475,563). Public Events: 3% (211,713).
CDT’s 2022 expenses: $8,145,309. Programs: 84% (6,814,020). Administration: 8% (644,013). Fundraising: 6% (475,563). Public Events: 3% (211,713).

Thank you to our supporters

500k+

Amazon • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative • Ford Foundation • Google • John S. & James L. Knight Foundation

100k+

Anonymous • Apple • Cooley* • Democracy Fund • Patrick J. McGovern Foundation • Meta • Microsoft • Omidyar Network • Open Society Foundations • Ropes & Gray* • TikTok • WhatsApp • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati*

50k+

Airbnb • Davis Wright Tremaine* • Spotify • Uber • Verizon • Vinson & Elkins*

25k+

Adobe • AT&T • Covington & Burling • Discord Inc. • Intuit • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co Latham & Watkins • Mozilla • Visa • XR Association • Zoom Video Communications

10k+

Accenture • ACT | The App Association • Akin Gump • American Express • Anonymous • Arnold & Porter • Boger Family Foundation • Brunswick Group • BSA | The Software Alliance • Business Roundtable • Christoff & Co. • Cloudflare • Comcast • Consumer Technology Association • Data Protocol • Dentons Global Advisors • Dropbox • Fenwick & West • Glen Echo Group • IBM • Information Technology Industry Council • Interactive Advertising Bureau • Internet Society • Jenner & Block • Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips • McDermott Will & Emery • Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas • Monument Advocacy Netflix • Okta • Perkins Coie • Andrew Pincus • Red Hat • Salesforce • Stand Together Trust • T-Mobile • Trusted Future • Twilio • Wiley Rein • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr • Yahoo! Inc

5k+

Bill & Lori Bernstein • Todd Hinnen • Hogan Lovells • Invariant • Mayer Brown* • Oversight Board • Administration Pinterest • Mark Seifert & Jeff Dygert • Shopify • Wilkinson Barker Knauer

2.5k+

Chamber of Progress • EqualAI • Alexandra & Garren Givens • Peter Hustinx • ICANN • Junior State of America Foundation • Carl & Jurate Landwehr • Next Century Cities • Jonathan Pool • Philippa Scarlett • Steptoe & Johnson

1k+

Anonymous x3 • Julie Brill • Cantellus Group • Patrick Carome • Dedrick Family Foundation at the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo • eco Verband der Internetwirtschaft e.V. • Filecoin Foundation • Firehouse Strategies LLC • Future of Privacy Forum • David Gossett • Lisa Hayes & Tom Henneberg • Bruce Heiman • Samir Jain • Kountoupes Denham • Kristopher Larsen • Lumen Technologies • Jonathan Mayer • Amy & Bruce Mehlman • Laura W. Murphy & William G. Psillas • Matthew Neiger • Sarah Novotny • Public Interest Registry • Eric Rescorla • Software & Information Industry Association • Team A2E • TechFreedom • TechNet • David Vladeck • Richard Whitt • Windstream • Adrianne & Bruce Wonnacott

<1k

Margie Adams • AFL-CIO • AmazonSmile • Anonymous x25 • Jocelyn Aqua • Timothy Ball • Alvaro Bedoya • William Bergen • Susyn Berger • Maya A. Bernstein • Bipartisan Policy Center • Bloomberg News • Michele Borkoski • Sharon Bradford Franklin • Nicholas Bramble • Justen Caldwell • Joseph Callahan • CATO Institute • Michael Cheah • Catherine Cheng • Clear • Ilona Cohen • Alexander Cole • Combined Federal Campaign • Sally Czaja • Christian Dawson • Dell • James Dellon • Rachel Dellon • Michael Douglas • Will Duffield • Elaine Ellis • Willmary Escoto • Matthew Evans • Rebecca Farr • Andrew Ferguson • Theresa Flynn • Megan Gray • Mike & Jamie Grimes • Elyse Grubb • Erich Heller • Jennifer Hess • John Higgiston • Daniel Hopkins • Incompas • Internet Education Foundation • Internet Engineering Task Force • Claudia James • O’Donavan Johnson & Azadeh Erfani Ronald • Jordan • Chhaya Kapadia • Richard Kapit • Laura Kaplan • Jacob Katz • Cameron Kerry • Jim Laiuppa • Brian Lalonde • Chris Laughlin • Tom Lee • Eli Lehrer • Leibowitz – Marcus Charitable Fund • John Levin • LGBT Technology Partnership Institute • Rebecca Livingston • Adanna Love • Katherine Marek • Christopher Martin • Kyle Martin • Papayamarinade Mermelon • David Morar • John B. Morris, Jr. • Ann Morton • Laura Moy • Eric & Lauren Muhlheim • Deirdre Mulligan • Naver Labs Europe • New America • Nkechi Obgue • Cathy Orel • Chris Painter • Jason Park • Partnership on AI • PayPal • Jadzia Pierce • Public Knowledge • Donald Purdy • Kurt Reinmiller • Matthew Rice • Cate Riegner • Natalie Roisman • David Santiago • Ellen Satterwhite • Andy Sayler • Jefferson Scher • Nicholas Schneider • Andrew Schwartzman • Jonah Seiger • Sonny Sinha • Jeff Smith • Gigi Sohn • Erik Stallman • Pim Steutel • Dow Street • Lawrence E. Strickling • Helene Tekulsky • Maurice Turner • Simone Valmonte • Alex Vornsand • Lawrence Walters • Bruce Wells • Brian Wesolowski & Alex Cole • Heather West • Ruth Whittaker • Rachel Wilgoren • Justin Wilson • Dwight Wintersgill

* Represents total support, including value of pro bono services.

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Updated October 9, 2023.

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