Omidyar Network


Omidyar Network is a self-styled "philanthropic investment firm," composed of a foundation and an impact investment firm. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, Omidyar Network reports it has committed more than $992 million to nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies across multiple investment areas.

Structure

Composed of a 501 and a Limited Liability Company, Omidyar Network is structured to work across the social, business, and government sectors. Like a traditional foundation, it makes grants through its 501 entity; through its LLC, it invests in for-profit entities. It is "a Part of the Omidyar Group".
In 2018, Omidyar Network spun off its Governance & Citizen Engagement initiative. The group now operates as Luminate, a global philanthropic organization that invests in Civic Empowerment, Data & Digital Rights, Financial Transparency, and Independent Media. It is led by Stephen King.
In 2019, Omidyar Network spun off its Financial Inclusion initiative. The group now operates as Flourish and is led by Tilman Ehrbeck, Arjuna Costa, and Emmalyn Shaw.

People

The managing partner of Omidyar Network is Mike Kubzansky, a former partner at Monitor Group. Jeff Alvord is the managing director of The Omidyar Group.
The organization has offices in Redwood City, Bengaluru, Johannesburg, London, Mumbai, Nairobi, Singapore, and Washington D.C.,

Investees

, Omidyar Network counts the following organizations as partners:
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Comat Technologies,
Creative Commons,
Digg,
DonorsChoose,
Endeavor,
Federated Media Publishing,
GlobalGiving,
Goodmail,
GuideStar,
Linden Lab,
Media Development Investment Fund
Meetup,
Metaweb,
ModestNeeds,
Open Data Institute,
Opportunity International,
PRBC,
Prosper,
Rappler,
SeaChange Capital Partners,
Seesmic,
Socialtext,
Sunlight Foundation,
Virgin Money,
Wikia,
World of Good.
In 2017, Omidyar Network together with AVINA Americas and Avina Foundation founded the Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology to invest in and support the development in Latin America of civic technology platforms and related scalable technologies.
In 2009, the Omidyar Network donated $2 million over two years to the Wikimedia Foundation, and at the same time, Matt Halpin of Omidyar Network was appointed to Wikimedia's board of directors.