The Internet Confrerie Stichting is primarily a grantmaking institution. Its core activity is raising funds from donors — including international foundations and NGOs, bilateral and multilateral donors, governments and others — who trust the Foundation’s expertise in distributing this money to appropriate recipients. It distributes funds to institutions and individuals directly engaged in protecting and promoting fundamental rights in the field of communication freedom, monitors how these funds are used, and reports appropriately to its donors and relevant authorities.
The Internet Confrerie Stichting’s partners are primarily other nonprofit entities registered in the Netherlands who share our objectives. These entities in turn carry out or commission a range of activities – such as researching and responding to threats to communication freedom, training of journalists and human rights activists, and education of policy makers and the general public.
The primary activities of the Internet Confrerie Stichting are:
- Identifying needs in the field of communications freedom;
- Raising monies from donors to address these needs;
- Identifying the institutions capable of addressing these needs efficiently;
- Making grants to these institutions;
- Monitoring activities and deliverables;
- Reporting as required by law and obligations