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| Company type | Impact investor,non-profit organization |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) |
| Founder | Pierre Omidyar |
Key people | Mike Kubzansky (CEO)[1]Michele Jawando[2] |
| Revenue | 25,198,385 United States dollar (2022)  |
| Total assets | 367,592,522 United States dollar (2022) |
| Website | omidyar |
Omidyar Network is a self-styled "philanthropicinvestment firm," composed of a foundation and animpact investment firm.[3] Established in 2004 byeBay founderPierre Omidyar and his wife Pam,[4][5][6] Omidyar Network has committed over US$1.5 billion tononprofit organizations andfor-profit companies across multiple investment areas.[7]
The organization is based inRedwood City, California,[8] with an office inWashington, D.C., United States.[9]
The Omidyar Network comprises a501(c)(3) and aLimited Liability Company (LLC), and part of The Omidyar Group.[10][11] It was established in 2004 byPierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam.[6]
By 2025, Omidyar Network had awarded almost $2 billion to more than 700 organizations, encompassing spending on grants to nonprofits and investments in for-profit companies.[12]
As of 2022, the CEO of Omidyar Network is Mike Kubzansky.[5] Its board of directors include the managing directors of The Omidyar Group, Jeff Alvord and Pat Christen[13] and in 2023Michele Jawando was senior vice president for programs.[14]
Jawando became president of the organization in 2025.[15] Pam Omidyar is also on the organization's board,[16] which in 2023 added Marta L. Tellado and Mona Sutphen.[17]
Omidyar Network invested in the microfinance sector, includingUnitus Inc.[18]
In 2009, the Omidyar Network donated $2 million over two years to theWikimedia Foundation, and during that same time, Matt Halprin of Omidyar Network was appointed to Wikimedia's board of directors.[19][20]
From 2012, Omidyar Network has been a partner ofBetter Than Cash Alliance.[21][22]
In 2017, Omidyar Network together with AVINA Americas andAvina Foundation founded the Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC) to invest in and support the development in Latin America of civic technology platforms and related scalable technologies.[23]
In 2020, it invested $150,000 in the legal assistance organizationWhistleblower Aid.[24]
In 2024, the organization created the Data Empowerment Fund to support initiatives promoting greater individual and community control in information privacy.[25]
The Reporters in Residence program was launched in 2022 and is designed to give freelance reporters financial support (in the form of a monthly stipend) in an effort to increase coverage of deeper and more pressing economic issues.[26][27]
In 2011, Democracy Fund was established as an Omidyar Network initiative; three years later, it became an independent foundation.[28] Omidyar Network spun out Spero Ventures, a venture capital fund, in March 2018.[29]
In 2018, Omidyar Network spun off its Governance & Citizen Engagement initiative.[30] The group now operates as Luminate, a global philanthropic organization that invests in civic empowerment, data anddigital rights,financial transparency, andindependent media.[30] Melanie Hui is its CEO.[31] In 2019, Omidyar Network spun off its Financial Inclusion initiative.[32] The group now operates as Flourish and is led by Tilman Ehrbeck, Arjuna Costa, and Emmalyn Shaw. A year later, the organization spun off its education portfolio as Imaginable Futures.[32]
In January 2020, Omidyar Network spun out its property rights initiative as a new nonprofit organization called PlaceFund.[33]
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In 2010, Omidyar Network established an operation in India to invest in Indian start-ups seeking to solve problems faced by half a billion people.[34]
In July 2023, it was reported the company had $673 million worth of investments under management in Indian and had made investments in companies including 1mg, Bounce, Vedantu, Bijak, DealShare, Doubtnut, Entri, HealthKart, Indifi, M2P and Pratilipi.[34][35]
In 2022, it was reported that the company was investigated by theCentral Bureau of Investigation in India over alleged violation on the receivership of oversees donations.[34]
In December 2023, the company announced it would cease operations in India by the end of 2024, saying it had "achieved its primary objective of catalysing impact,".[34]
Through his Omidyar Network, launched in 2004, he's put over $1.5 billion into impact investments and nonprofits that tackle global problems.
Omidyar Network just announced that it's making a $2 million grant to the Wikimedia Foundation … Matt Halprin, a partner at [Omidyar], is also joining Wikimedia's board of trustees.
The Omidyar Network, a fund established by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, has pledged $2 million over two years to support the site, and in return landed fund partner Matt Halprin a seat on a shaken-up board of trustees.
And Omidyar participates in the Better Than Cash Alliance, an advocacy group that partners with governments and others to encourage the distribution of money digitally instead of through cash handouts.
the Better Than Cash Alliance [is] funded by United States Agency for International Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Citi Foundation, Ford Foundation, Mastercard, Omidyar Network and Visa Inc.
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