In June 2018, Luminate commissioned Simply Secure to conduct human- centered research focused on understanding grantees’ experiences of the funding process. This is the public report from that research - a collaboration between Luminate, formerly the Governance & Citizen Engagement (GCE) Initiative at Omidyar Network, and Simply Secure. The interviews and survey were conducted over the course of July - September 2018.
Simply Secure is a US 501(c)3 non-profit building a community of practitioners that puts people at the center of privacy, security, and transparency. We have core team members in New York City, Swarthmore, Berlin, and Toronto. Our small but nimble team collaborates with a global network of professionals to engage domain- specific talent for each project. Read more about Simply Secure.
Simply Secure is a US 501(c)3 non-profit building a community of practitioners that puts people at the center of privacy, security, and transparency. We have core team members in New York City, Swarthmore, Berlin, and Toronto. Our small but nimble team collaborates with a global network of professionals to engage domain- specific talent for each project. Read more about Simply Secure.
Our data on women is scarce, but there are indications that projects with community management and team leadership roles can help to keep women on board. Financially supporting these roles could help tackle the lack of diversity. However, especially for one-person-shops or collectives, this can mean the imposition of a governance structure on the project that the community is not willing to support.