Peter Bloom

Connecting under-served communities


So, what's the big idea?

Peter is the founder of Rhizomatica, establishing low-cost, low-power, community owned open-source cellular infrastructure that can serve rural areas profitably using inexpensive handsets that many already own.

We support Peter because affordable, immediate communication is essential to participating in modern society. Peter is democratising access to telecommunication technology by localising control and decreasing cost, building replicable policy and business models in the process.

Peter Bloom's flash grant nominations

Twice a year we award a number of small grants to a collection of social change agents, no strings attached, in support of their work. We call these Flash Grants and recipients are selected based on nominations from our Fellows. Each award is worth $5,000.

Female
Lucia Egana Rojas
luciaegana.net/
Male
Oliver Utne
karasolar.com/
Male
Roberto Soto Garrido
numerica.latina.red/
Male
Onyekachi Okoro
mediaforjusticenigeria.org/
Male
Joaquin Yescas
rising.globalvoices.org/l...
Female
Paz Peña
pazpena.com/
Male
Gioacchino Mazzurco
libremesh.org/
Male
Oliver Froehling
surcooaxaca.org/
Male
Mariano Gomez Mendez
www.facebook.com/colectiv...
Female
Graciela Pérez Rodríguez
www.geografiadeldolor.com...
Male
Rafael Diniz
www.radiolivre.org/
Male
Javier Obregon
javierobregon.com.ar/
Male
Guido Iribarren
www.altermundi.net
Male
Santiago Garcia Gago
radioslibres.net/

Spend breakdown

At the heart of our co-investment fellowship model is the principle that Fellows continue to invest in their own ideas. The Foundation amplifies the Fellow’s investment by matching it at least tenfold, along with covering the cost of their time for the year.

The figures you see here do not reflect each Fellow’s fellowship year funding, but rather the funds unlocked within each calendar year, as the fellowship years start either March or September and Fellows are not required to spend the available funds proportionately throughout the year.

2014

Fellow contribution:
$8,452.53
Our contribution:
$124,525.35
Total funds:
$132,977.88

2015

Fellow contribution:
$9,318.27
Our contribution:
$198,195.99
Total funds:
$207,514.26

2016

Fellow contribution:
$18,245.02
Our contribution:
$269,153.63
Total funds:
$287,398.65

2017

Fellow contribution:
$13,589.30
Our contribution:
$164,148.66
Total funds:
$177,737.96

2018

Fellow contribution:
$18,664.69
Our contribution:
$186,646.85
Total funds:
$205,311.54
People
Marketing
Software
Travel
Infrastructure
Training
Office space
Legal
Total funding to date:
$1,010,940.29