Stiftung Erneuerbare Freiheit

The Stiftung Erneuerbare Freiheit is a non-profit private foundation based in Germany, dedicated to the defense and promotion of human and freedom rights in the digital age. It supports free and open source software projects, tech activists, research and educational initiatives, as well as strategic litigation to ensure transparency, privacy, and freedom from censorship in the digital realm. Its core activities include networking technology experts with human rights activists, promoting encryption and censorship circumvention technologies, providing legal support for freedom of information, and offering long-term support to free and open software communities.

The Renewable Freedom Foundation's mission is to preserve the universality of human and freedom rights in a rapidly digitizing world. It believes that only free and open technologies can sustainably guarantee security, privacy, and resistance to censorship. Therefore, it supports projects and communities in the long term that build bridges between technology, politics, and civil society, creating an environment where activists, developers, and legal experts jointly advocate for freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and legal certainty on the internet.

The funding programs of the Renewable Freedom Foundation are aimed at: tech activists and developers of free and open software working on encryption and censorship circumvention tools; human rights organizations and investigative journalists promoting transparency and freedom of information; legal professionals and NGOs conducting strategic litigation in the fields of freedom of information and data protection; researchers and think tanks operating at the intersection of technology, politics, and society; as well as volunteer networks, hackerspaces, and community initiatives strengthening local and global networking.