Alt Funding Innovation Lab
A wave of funding cuts is putting at risk the digital skills training, device access, and navigator programs that help unconnected Americans get online and use the internet. In this moment of need, we have an opportunity to forge cross-sector partnerships and build alternative funding models that can sustain the digital inclusion sector beyond the peaks and troughs of grant cycles.
Building sustainable funding models
Access to the internet and digital skills is essential for participation in today’s world — but traditional grant funding alone can’t meet the scale or durability of the challenge.
Alongside leading organizations and experts, Connect Humanity is designing and testing alternative financing models that capture the value of connectivity — and reinvest it back into the programs that expand digital opportunity. By blending philanthropy, public funding, and private capital, we aim to create a cycle of reinvestment that keeps communities connected for years to come. Join us as we pilot solutions, publish insights, and build the financial architecture for a connected future.
Building sustainable funding for digital adoption
The Alt Funding Field Guide
Developed by the Alternative Funding Working Group, this series makes the case for co-investment from the sectors that quietly depend on community-based digital inclusion to deliver their outcomes: healthcare, education, workforce, housing, local government, and telecommunications. It gives practitioners the language, the evidence, and the partnership structures to start building it.
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Introducing the Alt Funding Field Guide
A series on pathways to bring more sustainable capital to digital adoption
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Meet the experts shaping the Alt Funding Guide
From healthcare to workforce development, these experts are building the case for cross-sector co-investment in digital adoption programs.
Call for Research
Creating a sustainable cycle of digital inclusion
Samantha Schartman and Angela Siefer call for researchers to contribute insights and evidence to help secure the future of the digital inclusion sector.
Get involved
To learn more about the Alt-Financing Working Group, email samantha@connecthumanity.fund.
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