Our mandate is to help build the open knowledge economy and to accelerate the time taken for that to happen. As a small foundation, we can be nimble and are unburdened by bureaucracy. We also have the support of our funder, who is keen to learn and contribute in the best way possible.
As we evolve and the way in which we work changes, we are keen to keep a record of our organisational journey and share our observations, our pivots, our wins and our stumbles. We fully expect some of the thinking today to be different tomorrow, and we will add to these pieces to reflect that.
Open Strategy
Open as a Strategy for Philanthropy and Social Change Philanthropic and charitable institutions seek to alleviate and solve social problems. It is private practice for public good. If we...
Read MorePrivacy
We have many different selves and present them in different ways to the world. We craft personas appropriate to various aspects of our lives. These are not static, but ever evolving and layered in...
Read MoreThe How of Open
Open source, open access and open educational resources are a positively disruptive force on markets and have increased choice for citizens in many different ways. Be it the manner in which you...
Read MoreApplication Pointers
Over the years we have reviewed (and funded) many, many proposals and fellowship applications. In the current incarnation of the Foundation we support individuals to implement their idea for social...
Read MoreOpenness
Openness is at the core of the Foundation's experiment in the world. Our founder and funder, Mark Shuttleworth, achieved great commercial success by building his first enterprise on existing free...
Read MoreFrom traditional funder to today
The Shuttleworth Foundation was established in October 2000 with the belief that education is the key to unlocking the creative and intellectual potential of the South African youth. Our main goal...
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