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Foundations based in the United States

  • William Penn FoundationOtto Haas and his wife Phoebe established a grant-making foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during 1945. They named it the Phoebe Waterman Foundation…
  • Internet ArchiveBrewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive in May 1996, establishing a digital library with the mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.
  • Electronic Frontier FoundationIn April of 1990, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent walked into the home of John Perry Barlow in California. The agent did not understand how computers…