Omidyar Network is a philanthropic organization whose mission is to bend the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility.
We invest in and collaborate with some of the world’s brightest visionaries and ventures to guide our digital future toward the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
billion committed to initiatives that share our vision
Our Approach
We are strategic thinkers, collaborators, investors, and innovators with a unique approach underpinned by three defining pillars.
Big Tent
It will take all of us to guide our digital future intentionally. We actively seek out and support diverse perspectives reimagining tech and its influence. Too often, critical voices have been left out of the conversation. We collaborate and convene across difference to counter the exclusionary, divisive, and fragmented era of technology.
Tech Fluency and Foresight
We are always learning and honing our ability to see around corners. Our Silicon Valley roots mean we have deep experience and insight into tech’s drivers, effects, and alternatives. Omidyar Network and its partners also have first-hand knowledge of how tech, policy, markets, and culture interact and impact real people’s lives.
Impact through Innovation
Our approach is proactive and bold. Our dual checkbook structure enables us to back some of the world’s most innovative nonprofits and businesses putting humanity first. Our broad investment toolkit means we are not bound by convention, but alive to experimentation in service of outsized impact.
Our Values
We are committed to integrating our values into our culture, operations, investments, and relationships.
Boldness
We aspire to address some of the most complex and critical problems of our time by challenging orthodoxy, making catalytic bets, embracing risk and ambiguity, and being creative in the way we work to create positive, systemic change in the world.
Connection
We recognize that genuine change requires many actors and collaborative action. As such, we work in a networked way, supporting and engaging one another and building strong, diverse communities of practice internally and externally.
Curiosity
We recognize that our world and context are dynamic and constantly evolving. We approach our work with flexibility and experimentation, seeking new perspectives, learning from our successes and failures, and nimbly adapting our work to meet the changing needs of society.
Integrity
We strive to do what is right even when it is hard. We know that we may not always get it right, but we work to earn the trust of others by holding ourselves accountable to high standards that reflect our values and help us achieve our vision.
Respect
We treat all people as though they are inherently good and capable. We warm-heartedly acknowledge and appreciate the diverse experiences and perspectives of our partners, grantees, and employees, and we value the perspectives of those who disagree with us.
Belonging
We stand for fairness, dignity, and opportunity for everyone, celebrating diversity as our collective strength. Our societies thrive when everyone's voices are valued, their perspectives are welcomed, and every person is treated with respect.
Our Founders
Pierre and Pam Omidyar
Parents, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, citizens, thinkers, doers, problem solvers, and philanthropists
Omidyar Network is a venture of The Omidyar Group.
The Omidyar Group is a diverse collection of companies, organizations and initiatives, each guided by its own approach, but all united by a common desire to catalyze social impact.