On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Shawn K. Quinn
   <[1]skquinn@rushpost.com> wrote:

     Maybe funded, as in past tense. The current Tor project is not
     dependent
     at all on US government funding that I can see. If you can prove
     otherwise, please post the proof.

   proof is right there on Tor's own site. there is still substantial US
   government funding. according to the Tor Project "Sponsors" page
   ([2]https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en), current funders
   include:
   -- the Open Technology Fund ([3]https://www.opentech.fund/page/faq), a
   subsidiary of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
   ([4]http://www.bbg.gov/, [5]https://www.bbg.gov/who-we-are/mission/), a
   long-time sponsor of Tor, and the US government agency that sponsors
   the various "Radio Free" projects and has deep ties to CIA and other
   parts of the intelligence apparatus;
   -- the National Science Foundation, the science funding body of the
   Federal government.
   Other funders who might raise red flags due to relatively deep involved
   with both government and corporate power bases include SRI
   International, a non-profit that works closely with the US government
   on many projects, Media Democracy Fund, and Google.
   of the direct US govt funders it is probably OTF that is most
   concerning & the one that's been discussed by journalists and others.
   OTF is a... very weird organization, and it's been the main target of
   those who've criticized Tor's funding, other than past direct military
   funding.
   NSF is pretty basic-science oriented and the grants that funded those
   are publicly available & probably not for general operating funds.
   also of note is that while that page says US State Dept funding ended
   in 2016, for some reason it remains listed under "Current sponsors."
   hard to tell what "current" means since the page isn't dated. at any
   rate, State was still a funder as of the latest annual Financial
   Report.
   - z

References

   1. mailto:skquinn@rushpost.com
   2. https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en
   3. https://www.opentech.fund/page/faq
   4. http://www.bbg.gov/
   5. https://www.bbg.gov/who-we-are/mission/