"Organization name","Area of work","Geographic focus",Year,"Amount committed (US$)","Funding purpose","Investment Description"
"Haki Yetu","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2022,100000,"General Funding Grant","To support Haki Yetu's work in civic empowerment to help underrepresented people to fully participate in governance and leadership in Kilifi, Kwale, and Mombasa counties."
"Amazon Land Documentary","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,313600,"Project Agreement","To support The Territory, a film that tells the story of an Indigenous community - the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people - in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggle to keep their land."
"America's Voice","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,500000,"Project Agreement","To provide funding for America's Voice to strengthen pro-immigrant strategic communications and advocacy to achieve pro-immigrant policies."
"Brand New Bundestag","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2021,60000,"Project Agreement","To support Brand New Bundestag's work to find and support new progressive candidates to run for political office in Germany."
"BuscaVida Filmes","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,"For-profit figures not reported","Project Agreement","To support Dystopia, a Brazilian documentary that will shed a light on the COVID-19 crisis in the country."
CANVAS,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2021,400000,"General Funding Grant","To contribute to CANVAS' work in advocating for the use of nonviolent resistance in the promotion of human rights and democracy."
"Citizens' Gavel","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,200000,"General Funding Grant","To provide core support to Citizens' Gavel's operations and implementation of their strategy over two years."
"Co-Creation Hub","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,"For-profit figures not reported",Other,"To support CcHub's GoVote initiative geared towards improving citizens' participation in elections through voter education, registration, and voter-turnout activities."
"Community Initiatives","Civic Empowerment",Global,2021,200000,Other,"To contribute to the Global Philanthropy Project in supporting organisations working across the globe to defend and claim LGBTI rights."
"Community Partners","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,200000,Other,"To provide support to Storyline Partners to strengthen the field of narrative change for civic empowerment in the United States."
Extituto,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,210000,"General Funding Grant","To support Extituto's work in Colombia, fostering more representative, participative, and accountable governments."
"Haki Africa","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,220000,"General Funding Grant","To support Haki Africa's Haki Mtaani project."
"Instituto Betty & Jacob Lafer","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,40000,"Project Agreement","To support Instituto Betty & Jacob Lafer, a Brazilian philanthropic organization that focuses its grant-making and activities in empowering Brazilian organizations and offering support to agendas such as the defense of democracy, public security, data & digital rights, and human rights more broadly."
"Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,250000,"Project Agreement","To support the Peregum Black Reference Institute."
"Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS)","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,80000,Other,"To support the Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS), a non-profit that uses technology opportunities to drive positive social change."
"Instituto Igarapé","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,120000,"Project Grant","To support Instituto Igarape, an independent think and do tank devoted to evidence-based policy and action on complex security, justice, and development challenges in Brazil, Latin America, and Africa."
"Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,250000,"Project Grant","To support Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), a non-profit and non-governmental organization that seeks to ensure the rights of Indigenous peoples, working closely with the Indigenous movement in Brazil."
JoinPolitics,"Civic Empowerment",Europe,2021,200000,Other,"To support JoinPolitics, a new organisation and fund in Germany with a mission to seed capital for political talents. JoinPolitics empowers political talent and teams (individuals who want to run for office, or teams who want to work on specific political issues/projects) to develop and implement innovative solutions to the big political challenges of our times."
"Just Futures Law","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,600000,"General Funding Grant","To provide general operating funding for Just Futures Law as they provide innovative legal support that strengthens the immigrant rights and racial justice movements, centering the leadership and lived experience of organizers, activists, and base-building community groups."
JustaPaz,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,71600,"Project Agreement","To support JustaPaz's 2022 Elections project in Colombia. This project will seek to increase the representation of historically marginalized groups in Congress both before and after elections."
"Katiba Institute","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,600000,"General Funding Grant","To provide unrestricted support to Katiba Institute, which works to achieve social transformation in Kenya through the Constitution. It uses research, collaborative workshops on constitutional issues, public interest litigation, and advocacy to achieve economic and social progress for all Kenyans through full implementation of the Constitution."
"Mathare Social Justice Centre","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,80000,"Project Agreement","To support MSJC's work to promote social justice through engaged community and social movement platforms."
"Merdeka Center","Civic Empowerment",Asia,2021,450500,"Project Agreement","To provide project funding to carry out a youth empowerment and leadership program towards the goal of youth voter engagement and mobilisation in semi-rural and rural communities."
Namati,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,360000,"Project Grant","To support Namati's work in Kenya on the Right to Citizenship."
"No Ficción","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,85000,"Project Agreement","To support the implementation of impact campaigns for films highlighting the crisis of impunity in Mexico."
"Olas Altas Productora","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,50000,"Project Agreement","To support an impact campaign for ""La Vocera"", a film about the first indigenous woman to formally aspire to the Mexican Presidency. The impact campaign for the film is designed to contribute to the effort of making Mexican politics more inclusive and representative."
"Open Institute International","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,400000,"General Funding Grant","To support expanding Open Institute's active citizen work at the Kenyan Coast."
"Our Future Engagement and Empowerment Initiative","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,200000,"Project Agreement","To support the Run-To-Win initiative that aims to increase the capacity and chances of youths in Nigeria to participate and get voted into elected offices."
"Reimagine Politics Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2021,1700000,"Project Agreement","To support a fund and incubator that will develop a nascent ecosystem in Europe working to reimagine political power: who holds it; how it's exercised; and how people connect to it."
"Represent Justice","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,500000,"General Funding Grant","To support Represent Justices work to turn stories about injustices within the criminal legal system into action to change the system, while building power within system-impacted communities to build a movement for change."
"Ruta Cívica","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,300000,Other,"To support Aina's programmatic work in advancing the participation of women in Mexican politics by supporting them through training, mentorship, and other activities designed to gradually tackle entrenched barriers to enter or stay in public decision-making processes at every level (neighborhood, city, state, and national levels)."
"The Accountability Lab","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,400000,"General Funding Grant","To support Accountability Lab's South Africa and Nigeria country programs for two years."
"The Glitch","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2021,150000,"General Funding Grant","To support Glitch, a not-for-profit organisation working towards ending online abuse."
"The Praxis Project","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,500000,Other,"To support UndocuBlack's work to advocate for legislation and executive actions to protect and provide permanent immigration status relief to Black undocumented immigrants facing the dual threat of xenophobia and racism."
"Tous Elus","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2021,100000,"Project Agreement","To support Tous Elus, which exists to increase representation in politics by providing people with the information they need to participate in elections, supporting people who typically do not stand for election to do so, and building national and local community to bring energy and imagination to local democracy."
"Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,150000,"Project Agreement","To enable the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education to grow their regional work, and to operate as an activist education centre across multiple African countries"
Undocublack,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,500000,Other,"To support UndocuBlack's work to advocate for legislation and executive actions to protect and provide permanent immigration status relief to Black undocumented immigrants facing the dual threat of xenophobia and racism."
"United We Dream","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,1200000,"General Funding Grant","To support UWD Network's movement building work to ensure that undocumented immigrant youth are centered in immigrant rights advocacy efforts."
"United We Dream Action","Civic Empowerment","United States",2021,800000,Other,"To support UWD Action's c4 policy advocacy efforts to ensure full protections for undocumented immigrants in the United States."
"University of the Witwatersrand Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,215000,"Program Grant","To support the Civic Tech Innovation Network, a community of practice based at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa that aims to advance research, learning, and application in the field of civic tech in southern Africa."
"Washington Office on Latin America","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2021,800000,"Program Grant","To provide a renewal grant to WOLA to support its work fostering civil society efforts in the region that seek to build democratic governance, attack systemic corruption, defend human rights, secure peace, and promote equity, especially in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico."
"All Out","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,300000,Other,"To support All Out's work in Latin America, particularly related to empowering LGBT+ people in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico."
"Amalgamated Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,500000,"Project Grant","To support Amalgamated Foundations' Families and Workers Fund."
"Amalgamated Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,500000,Other,"To support Emergent Fund's COVID relief efforts that assist communities in responding to rapidly changing conditions and in seeking long-term social justice and economic justice."
amandla.mobi,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,600000,"General Funding Grant","To provide general support to amandla.mobi, which empowers anyone to initiate both online and offline campaigns to protest for a more just society and take co-ordinated, strategic action."
"American Immigration Council","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,500000,"Program Grant","To support the operations and goals of the American Immigration Council's Immigrant Justice Campaign."
Artemisas,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,25000,Other,"To support Artemisas' work aiming to protect the right to peacefully assemble and de-stigmatize social demonstrations in Colombia."
"Asylum Access","Civic Empowerment",Global,2020,400000,"Program Grant","To support Asylum Access' Global Systems Change work which seeks to transform the refugee system into one that is led and influenced by refugees and host communities, and that prioritises efforts that defend refugee rights and secure access to services."
"Avina Americas","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,1800000,"Program Grant","To support the ALTEC project, providing the resources necessary for the project to fund civic empowerment organisations, social movements, and rapid-response campaigns which are striving to protect civic space and democratic governance."
"Betterplace Lab","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2020,180000,"Project Grant","To support Betterplace Lab's project to foster healthy and productive collaboration between social change organisations in Germany."
"Black Stripe Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,400000,"Project Grant","To support The Big Debate, a townhall debate TV show produced by the Black Stripe Foundation that provides a unique platform for public engagement that helps to promote informed discussion and accountability on critical topics."
"Citizens' Gavel","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,50000,Other,"To support Citizens' Gavel's Covid-19 legal empowerment work in Nigeria."
"Civic Hall Labs","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,150000,"General Funding Grant","To assist Civic Hall in transitioning from a physical co-working space and programming to a virtual community."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,1750000,"General Funding Grant","To support Code for America, an organization working to make government work in the digital age for the people who need it most."
Colab.re,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,"For-profit figures not reported",,"This convertible seeks to support Colab, a Brazilian civic tech company, which provides a platform for citizens to engage with local governments and utility companies."
"Democracy Works","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support Democracy Works' efforts to increase their R&D capabilities to make their voter engagement tools even more effective at serving under-reached voter populations."
"Démocratie Ouverte","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2020,200000,Other,"To support Démocratie Ouverte, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit collective which seeks to integrate more transparency, participation, and collaboration into political systems and organisations."
"East West Management Institute","Civic Empowerment",Asia,2020,800206,"Project Grant","To support East West Management Institute's work in Malaysia strengthening Freedom of Expression civil society organizations"
"Fund for Global Human Rights","Civic Empowerment",Global,2020,380000,"Program Grant","To contribute to the Fund for Global Human Rights in supporting grassroots organisations working across the globe to enable activists to remain agile in the face of crackdowns on their work."
"Georgetown University","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,1000000,"Program Grant","To provide general operating support to the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law."
"Human Dignity Trust","Civic Empowerment",Global,2020,380000,"Project Grant","To support Human Dignity Trust to work towards the decriminalisation of LGBT people through strategic litigation and legislative reform."
"Instituto Update","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,190000,Other,"To support Update Institute, a Brazilian organisation that studies and fosters civic engagement and political innovation in Latin America, seeking increased representation in politics and higher trust in democracy across the region."
MediaJustice,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,750000,"General Funding Grant","To support MediaJustice's work to build a movement at the intersection of data and digital rights and racial justice, organising around the unique challenges of sustaining grassroots organisations in creating concerted, amplified change. MediaJustice centers the rights and voices of people of color, lower-income communities, and all those who face historic discrimination and disadvantage."
"National Conference on Citizenship","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,100000,"Project Grant","To support the National Conference on Citizenship's projects related to the 2020 Census."
"National Conference on Citizenship","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,100000,"Project Grant","To support NCOC's Public Data Integrity project to ensure census data integrity through coordination with experts and stakeholders in government and the private sector."
"Neo Philanthropy","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,2250000,"Project Grant","To support a donor collaborative working toward full integration of immigrants as active participants in our democracy."
"Network of European Foundations","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2020,700000,Other,"To renew support to Civitates - the Fund for Solidarity and Democracy in Europe."
"New Media Ventures","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,760000,Other,"To support New Media Ventures, a seed fund and angel network investing in media and technology startups that support advocacy movements, create new narratives, and drive civic engagement. This investment supports NMV's activities building the ecosystem and financing early-stage, for-profit and non-profit startups."
"New Media Ventures","Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,240000,Other,"To support New Media Ventures, a seed fund and angel network investing in media and technology startups that support advocacy movements, create new narratives, and drive civic engagement. This investment supports NMV's activities building the ecosystem and financing early-stage, for-profit and non-profit startups."
New/Mode,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2020,20000,Other,"To pilot an Accessibility Fund to subsidize the costs of online organizing tools for grassroots organizations and campaigns."
"Open Collective Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Global,2020,275000,Other,"To support internet freedom projects through the ""Internet Freedom Support Fund"", jointly created with the Ford Foundation."
OpenUp,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,650000,"General Funding Grant","To support tool development, open data, and data training to support an active citizenry and help communities and governments work better."
"Res Non Verba","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,400000,"General Funding Grant","To support Civic House's efforts to incubate civic innovations and to advance the Latin America civic technology ecosystem."
"Res Non Verba","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,194500,Other,"To support Change.org Argentina's citizen mobilization efforts, with a specific focus on impact-driven campaigns and expanding its reach at the local level."
Rhize,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,150000,"General Funding Grant","To support Rhize's coaching and mentoring efforts geared towards building more people-powered movements that amplify the voices of historically marginalised groups and communities."
Temblores,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2020,85000,"Program Grant","To support Temblores' work in Colombia, with a focus on increasing visibility of systematic police violence while supporting citizens' capacity and tools to access the justice system."
"Vox Public","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2020,50000,Other,"To support running a network of rights and justice NGOs, movements, lawyers, and academics to monitor the state of emergency in France during COVID-19."
"Yiaga Africa","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,50000,Other,"To support Yiaga Africa's operations and activities of its Centre for Legislative Engagements during Covid-19."
"Avalanche Insights","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Avalanche in building organising infrastructure for the digital era that helps causes, campaigns, and companies better understand their stakeholders and lead advocacy campaigns that resonate."
"California Immigrant Policy Center","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,200000,"Project Grant","To support the California Immigrant Policy Center's Immigration Strategic Messaging Project."
"Campaign Bootcamp","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2019,1000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Campaign Bootcamp, which aims to provide people with the skills, confidence, and community necessary to run effective campaigns."
"Civic Hall Labs","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,450000,"Program Grant","To support Civic Hall Labs, the non-profit R&D arm of Civic Hall"
"Color of Change","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,1500000,"General Funding Grant","To support Color of Change's ongoing civic empowerment programmes, which will help to create more authentic and representative narratives about criminal justice reform and other issues of importance to Black and historically marginalised communities in the United States."
Conectas,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2019,1000000,"General Funding Grant","To support the work of Conectas in the defense of Brazilian civic space"
"Democracy Club","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2019,200000,"General Funding Grant","To provide general support to Democracy Club, which envisions a United Kingdom with the digital foundations to support everyone’s participation in democratic life."
"Fundacion Mi Sangre (FMS)","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2019,267127,"General Funding Grant","To provide general operating support to Fundacion Mi Sangre"
"Fuse Corps","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,3000000,"General Funding Grant","To help Fuse Corps continue to grow its executive-level Fellowship program, which places experienced leaders within local governments to work on year-long projects tackling strategic issues like economic and workforce development, healthcare, public safety, climate change, and education."
"Instituto Update","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2019,305000,Other,"To support Update Institute in its efforts to advance political innovation in Latin America."
"Magamba Network","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2019,315000,"Project Grant","To support Magamba Network in increasing youth participation in national civic processes and consolidating citizen engagement through digital media and the use of civic tech in Zimbabwe."
Memria,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2019,100000,Other,"To support Memria in capturing and curating stories of victims from the Colombian armed conflict."
"More in Common","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2019,2500000,"General Funding Grant","To support More in Common, an organisation which aims to build communities and societies that are stronger, more united, and more resilient to the increasing threats of polarisation and social division."
Namati,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2019,300000,"Program Grant","To support Namati's work in Kenya on the Right to Citizenship."
"National Conference on Citizenship","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,100000,"Project Grant","To support the National Conference on Citizenship's projects related to the 2020 Census."
New/Mode,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support New/Mode, a multi-channel advocacy and engagement platform that helps causes activate grassroots support, reach lawmakers, and win campaigns on the issues."
"Open Cities Lab","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2019,240000,"General Funding Grant","To support Open Data Durban, a non-profit civic technology lab that implements and advocates for open data, open government, and civic technology through projects, events, workshops, and dataquests. They work with government, citizens, civic society, and the media to democratise knowledge and enable informed decision making and evidence‐based planning."
"Race Forward","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,600000,"Project Grant","To support Race Forward as they launch a 24-month practitioner cohort to support organizations in creating and amplifying more accurate and humanizing immigration narratives."
"Res Non Verba","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2019,68200,"Project Grant","To support Change.org Argentina in developing an online platform to provide citizens with opportunities for civic engagement and interaction with candidates."
"Unite US","Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Unite US in continuing to scale the platform to reach more customers in more verticals and geographies."
Univision,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2019,100000,"Project Grant","To educate Spanish-speaking audiences on how to identify misinformation and disinformation related to the 2020 census and election, and will also help identify and debunk disinformation aimed at reducing Latino-participation in these events."
"Women's Legal Centre","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2019,50000,"Project Grant","To support The Women's Legal Centre, a public interest litigation non-profit that works to create a South Africa in which women and people identifying as women are free from violence, empowered to ensure their own reproductive and health rights, free to own their own share of property, have a safe place to stay, and are empowered to work in a safe and equitable environment."
amandla.mobi,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2018,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support amandla.mobi's growth."
"Black Stripe Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2018,331000,"Project Grant","To support The Big Debate, a townhall debate TV show produced by the Black Stripe Foundation that provides a unique platform for public engagement that helps to promote informed discussion and accountability."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2018,4000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Code for America, an organisation working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the digital age."
"Democracy Works","Civic Empowerment","United States",2018,585000,"Project Grant","To support Democracy Works Lab, an innovation arm in service to the wider civic engagement sector."
"Fast Forward","Civic Empowerment","United States",2018,345000,"Project Grant","To support civic tech startup Raheem.ai, a project of Fast Forward, in collecting and publishing data about interactions with police in the U.S. that local organisations, lawmakers, and police departments can use to better support their communities."
"Four Freedoms Fund","Civic Empowerment","United States",2018,3100000,"Project Grant","To support the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF), a national donor collaborative working toward full integration of immigrants as active participants in our democracy."
"New Media Ventures","Civic Empowerment","United States",2018,1000000,Other,"To support New Media Ventures, a seed fund and angel network investing in media and technology startups that support advocacy movements, create new narratives, and drive civic engagement. This investment supports NMV in financing early-stage, for-profit and non-profit startups with seed funding."
Nossas,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2018,1000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Nossas in scaling and refining their Civic Empowerment model."
"Social Impact Fund","Civic Empowerment","United States",2018,100000,"Project Grant","To support A Day of Unreasonable Conversation, bringing together leading television writers, producers, and executives across the broadcast, streaming, and cable networks to connect with world leaders, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, and activists to discuss the greatest challenges and opportunities facing the world in 2019."
"The Democratic Society (Demsoc)","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2018,750000,"Project Grant","To support the 'Public Square' project, a partnership between the Democratic Society and mySociety to develop and build consensus around the case for common social and technological infrastructure to support citizen participation in the democratic process at local and regional level in the UK."
"University of the Witwatersrand Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2018,215000,"Program Grant","To support the Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) hosted at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. CTIN is a community of practice and a learning network of civic tech practitioners in South Africa, currently hosted as a programme of the Journalism and Media Department."
Zenysis,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2018,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Zenysis, a technology company dedicated to building the powerful, collaborative software that governments and international organisations need to confront the greatest challenges facing humanity."
"Campaign Bootcamp","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2017,1000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Campaign Bootcamp, which aims to provide people with the skills, confidence, and community necessary to run effective campaigns."
"Co-op Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2017,940000,"Project Grant","To support the Co-op Foundation's project at The Federation (Federation House in Manchester), an open community and hub run by the Co-op Group. It provides co-working space and venture support to digital social enterprises and an events programme."
"Digital Security Exchange","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,50000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support the Digital Security Exchange (DSX), a matchmaking effort seeking to increase digital security capacity by bridging the gap between civil society organisations that are particularly vulnerable given the U.S. political climate, and the digital security providers who want help them."
DoSomething.org,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,4000000,"General Funding Grant","To support DoSomething.org, the largest member organisation for young people and social change in the world."
Elucd,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Elucd, which enables cities to measure how residents feel and prioritise fixing what isn't working."
"ePanstwo Foundation (ePF)","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2017,400000,"General Funding Grant","To support ePanstwo, a non-profit that aims to increase the transparency and accountability of government in Poland."
"Equality Labs","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,50000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Equality Labs, a South Asian American human rights arts organisation working at the intersection of storytelling, design, technology, and digital security to end caste apartheid, Islamophobia, and religious intolerance."
"Fractured Atlas","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,50000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Equality Labs, a South Asian American human rights arts organisation working at the intersection of storytelling, design, technology, and digital security to end caste apartheid, Islamophobia, and religious intolerance."
"Global Integrity","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,60000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support a project by the Sunlight Foundation and Open Gov Hub called Global Lessons for US Democracy."
Grassroot,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2017,180000,"General Funding Grant","To support Grassroot, a non-profit organisation whose mobile tools enable ordinary people in communities across South Africa to organise groups, meetings, and events - using any mobile phone - which eliminate the transaction costs of collective action. This is a core grant to support the expansion of their work."
"Magamba Network","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2017,280000,"Project Grant","To support the development and use of new media tools to educate citizens and promote new forms of civic engagement in Zimbabwe."
MediaJustice,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,50000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support the Center for Media Justice, in partnership with Wellstone and United We Dream, in conducting three day-long local events that deliver grassroots digital security workshops to activists and organisers and engage them in related advocacy or educational events."
"Migratory Notes","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,75000,"Project Grant","To support Migratory Notes, a weekly guide to rapidly developing immigration issues for journalists, policymakers, lawyers, academics, advocates, and immigrants themselves."
"New Media Ventures","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,600000,"Project Grant","To support New Media Ventures, a seed fund and angel network investing in media and technology startups that support advocacy movements, create new narratives, and drive civic engagement. This investment supports NMV Innovation Fund in financing early-stage, for-profit and non-profit startups with seed funding."
NextRequest,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support NextRequest, which streamlines the public records request process with a user-friendly, cloud-supported digital portal that makes it easier for civil servants to respond to the public."
OpenUp,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2017,900000,"General Funding Grant","To support Open Up in scaling its work and assisting local municipalities in narrowing the gap between government and citizens."
OpenUp,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2017,70189,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support a project by OpenUp and Grassroot called Delivering the Accountability Stack."
ParliamentWatch,"Civic Empowerment",Europe,2017,400000,"Project Grant","To support a cross-media campaign to promote Candidate Check, a vote-matching platform, leading up to the 2017 federal elections in Germany."
"Res Non Verba","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2017,742147,"General Funding Grant","To support Wingu's general operation, with a particular focus on expansion and professionalisation of tech engagement, civic impact, and experimentation with sustainability models."
"The Governance Lab","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,75690,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support a project by The Governance Lab, Reboot, and the New York City Mayor's Office called Powering New Yorkers via NYC Open Data."
"Unite US","Civic Empowerment","United States",2017,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Unite US, which designs, builds, and delivers the best-in-class collaboration and coordination software to streamline the delivery of health and human services."
Wingu,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2017,742147,"General Funding Grant","To support Wingu's general operation, with a particular focus on expansion and professionalisation of tech engagement, civic impact, and experimentation with sustainability models."
"Avina Americas","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2016,2900000,"Program Grant","To support ALTEC in spurring the development of the civic tech ecosystem in Latin America."
Change.org,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Change.org, an online petition platform that empowers individuals to initiate and win campaigns for social change."
Citymart,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Citymart, which transforms the way cities solve problems, connecting them with new ideas through open challenges to entrepreneurs and citizens."
"Civic Hall","Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support the launch of Civic Hall, a one-of-a-kind innovation center for civic tech innovators. Located in New York City, it provides a space to share knowledge, build tools, and solve problems."
"Civic Hall Labs","Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,2000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Civic Hall Labs, a research and design organisation that brings together sector experts, the public, funders, data scientists, researchers, designers, technologists, media makers, community groups, and entrepreneurs to explore how the use of design, data, and technology can create scalable, sustainable solutions for the public good."
Colab.re,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2016,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Colab.re, a Brazil-based civic tech platform that enhances governments' ability to engage and respond to their citizens."
"Fundacion Ciudadanía Inteligente (FCI)","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2016,495000,"General Funding Grant","To support Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente in amplifying its regional positioning, strengthening its operational team, and increasing citizens' engagement through the development of civic tech tools and platforms."
"Fuse Corps","Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,3000000,"General Funding Grant","To support FUSE Corps, which helps urban communities by partnering with civic leaders to identify pressing strategic challenges and recruiting executive-level fellows to help design innovative solutions."
Nossas,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2016,480000,"General Funding Grant","To support Nossas in the expansion of its model for people-powered political participation at the city-level, originally developed by Meu Rio."
Purpose,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,175000,"Project Grant","To fund research on the civic tech movement to better inform policies, products, investments, and civic actions."
"Urban Innovation Fund","Civic Empowerment","United States",2016,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To provide funding to Urban Innovation Fund, a venture fund focused on identifying early-stage innovators disrupting entrenched industries, and providing them with the capital and regulatory expertise to scale into tomorrow's most valued and impactful companies."
Viamo,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2016,1435338,"Project Grant","To support Voto's work with EiE to help increase National Assembly transparency and accountability via an advocacy campaign."
"Well Told Story","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2016,1083340,"Program Grant","To support Well Told Story's 24-month Governance Campaign."
"Where is my Transport","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2016,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Where Is My Transport, an integrated mass transit solution for emerging markets, focused on providing public transport data and technologies that enrich services, empower people, and enable innovation."
"ccHub Growth Capital","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support CcHub's financial sustainability and seed innovation."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2015,6000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Code for America, an organisation working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the digital age."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2015,50000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support a project by Code for America and ePanstwo to accelerate the global civic technology movement by breaking down silos, spreading best practices, and building stronger working relationships between civic technologists around the world."
"Fundacion Ciudadanía Inteligente (FCI)","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2015,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente, a non-profit in Chile that seeks to promote government transparency and accountability, using web and mobile technology to encourage active citizen participation and engagement in the political process."
"Livity Africa","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2015,534616,"General Funding Grant","To provide general operating support for Livity Africa to help increase the participation of youth in South Africa's democracy."
NationBuilder,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To provide support for NationBuilder, a software platform enabling leaders and communities to organise, rally supporters, and take action on causes and issues that matter to them."
"New America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2015,300000,"Project Grant","To provide project support to New America Foundation to ""rethink the think tank"". NAF will pilot a model of building a national network of public problem-solvers, offering a new model for public engagement and civic discourse that bridges local, state, and federal policy levels."
OpenUp,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2015,300000,"General Funding Grant","To support Code for South Africa, a civic technology lab using data and technology for social change."
SeeClickFix,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support SeeClickFix, a web and mobile platform to enable citizens to report non-emergency issues, such as potholes, graffiti, abandoned vehicles or property, to their cities in order to improve service delivery and citizen engagement with local government."
"Unite US","Civic Empowerment","United States",2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To provide funding to Unite US, an outcome-focused technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers."
Zenysis,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Zenysis, a technology company dedicated to building the powerful, collaborative software that governments and international organisations need to confront the greatest challenges facing humanity."
Change.org,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2014,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Change.org, an online petition platform that empowers individuals to initiate and win campaigns for social change."
Change.org,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2014,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Change.org, an online petition platform that empowers individuals to initiate and win campaigns for social change."
Change.org,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2014,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Change.org, an online petition platform that empowers individuals to initiate and win campaigns for social change."
"Civic Hall","Civic Empowerment","United States",2014,500000,"Program Grant","To support Personal Democracy Media in developing the Personal Democracy Center, which will be an accelerator / incubator in New York that supports civic start-ups and serves related purposes."
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","Civic Empowerment",Global,2014,401033,"One-Off Funding Grant","To fund the Omidyar Network-MIT Collaboration for Impact Assessment, a project to test theories of change for organisations in the government transparency sector."
mySociety,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2014,3600000,"General Funding Grant","To provide general operating support to mySociety, a UK-based organisation that provides technology, research, and data to help people globally to be active citizens."
NationBuilder,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2014,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To provide support for NationBuilder, a software platform enabling leaders and communities to organise, rally supporters, and take action on causes and issues that matter to them."
SEATTI,"Civic Empowerment",Asia,2014,70000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support the Openness Marketplace Conference, which seeks to spark and inspire new ideas relating to the Open Government Partnership."
Tumml,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2014,300000,"General Funding Grant","To support Tumml, an organisation in San Francisco that operates as an accelerator, supporting early stage companies developing innovative consumer products and services that improve urban living."
VoteRunLead,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2014,200000,"General Funding Grant","To support VoteRunLead, a nonpartisan organisation focused on increasing women's political representation at the local and state level in the U.S."
"Co-Creation Hub","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2013,300000,"General Funding Grant","To support the Co-Creation Hub, Nigeria's first pre-incubation ""hub"" designed as a multi-functional space for catalysing creative social tech ventures."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2013,1065000,"Project Grant","To support Code for America, an organisation working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the digital age."
DATA,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2013,50000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To sponsor a regional conference on open data for Latin America held in Uruguay."
"ePanstwo Foundation (ePF)","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2013,600000,"General Funding Grant","To support ePanstwo, a non-profit that aims to increase the transparency and accountability of government in Poland."
"Laboratorio para la Ciudad","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2013,100000,"Project Grant","To support The Laboratorio para la Ciudad (LabPLC), an civic innovation office within the Mexico City government. The grant enables LabPLC to test and document its theory of change, to learn how to most effectively increase civic engagement & government responsiveness."
"Livity Africa","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2013,186048,"Project Grant","To support Livity Africa, which seeks to transform the lives of young people in South Africa by using youth-created media platforms and campaigns that engage, empower, and cause young people to act, including through political and democratic processes."
NationBuilder,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2013,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To provide support for NationBuilder, a software platform enabling leaders and communities to organise, rally supporters, and take action on causes and issues that matter to them."
Nossas,"Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2013,475000,"General Funding Grant","To support Meu Rio, a city-focused platform for civic engagement and people-powered political action."
"Personal Democracy Forum","Civic Empowerment",Global,2013,150000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Personal Democracy Forum 'Poland-Central Eastern Europe' (PDF-PCEE), a two-day event in 2014 exploring the interaction between open Internet and open government."
"Personal Democracy Forum","Civic Empowerment",Global,2013,100000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support the WeGov project, a hub for current reporting, analysis, and background on groups working on government transparency, operated by the Personal Democracy Forum."
"Personal Democracy Forum","Civic Empowerment",Global,2013,100000,"Project Grant","To support Personal Democracy Media's efforts to develop a new facility in New York, to be called the Personal Democracy Center, which will serve as an accelerator / incubator for civic start-ups and related purposes."
"Skylight Pictures","Civic Empowerment",Global,2013,175000,"Project Grant","To support a new endeavor called the Toolbox, the purpose of which is to create a platform where citizen activists and other stakeholders, such as app developers and large non-profits, can actively engage on a range of social issues."
"Sunlight Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Global,2013,60000,"Project Grant","To support the Sunlight Foundation in funding a multi-party effort to explore the merit and feasibility of an Open Data Charter, an initiative that would examine and develop policies and resources that countries could use to build meaningful new open data reforms."
Versa,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2013,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Versa, a for-profit civic startup developing digital products to deliver engaging, factual information to citizens through partnerships with online publishers, with the aim to increase transparency and foster citizen participation on local issues."
"Aventura Capital Partners","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2012,40000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support a hackathon competition in Mexico that pits teams of programmers against each other to develop mobile applications for government agencies."
"Avina Americas","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2012,2300000,"Project Grant","To support ALTEC, a fund that invests in early-stage organisations focused on the use of technology to increase civic engagement and government effectiveness."
"Bridgespan Group","Civic Empowerment",Global,2012,229500,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Bridgespan research on early stage for-profit investment opportunities in the Government Transparency area."
Change.org,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2012,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Change.org, an online petition platform that empowers individuals to initiate and win campaigns for social change."
"Cidade Democratica","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2012,202500,"Program Grant","To support Cidade Democratica, a revenue-generating non-profit that provides an open innovation platform designed for Brazilian users and municipal governments."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2012,3000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Code for America, an organisation working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the digital age."
"Making All Voices Count","Civic Empowerment",Global,2012,5000000,"Program Grant","To provide support for a new fund providing financial and human capital support to grow the nascent technology for transparency and accountability sector, globally."
"Personal Democracy Forum","Civic Empowerment",Global,2012,175000,"Project Grant","To support the Personal Democracy Forum's creation of The DoTank, a news-blog/online hub for reporting and analysis on groups working globally on government transparency, anti-corruption, open data, and civic hacking."
"Personal Democracy Forum","Civic Empowerment",Global,2012,75000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support the Personal Democracy Forum in convening government transparency organisations and activists from East and Central Europe."
"Praekelt Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2012,275000,"Program Grant","To support the Praekelt Foundation's work on JoziHub, a technology hub in Johannesburg that seeks to catalyse the development of new technology ventures by creating an environment where social entrepreneurs, techies, and other stakeholders can interact."
SEATTI,"Civic Empowerment",Asia,2012,2140000,"Program Grant","To support SEATTI (the Southeast Asia Technology and Transparency Fund), a partnership between Omidyar Network and Hivos supporting technology-driven civil society organisations working on media and government transparency in Southeast Asia."
Yar'Adua,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2012,30000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To sponsor a conference on new media and governance, organised by the Shehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation and Enough is Enough."
"Arab Techies","Civic Empowerment",Global,2011,70000,"Project Grant","To sponsor an event in July 2011 for the 'Arab Techies', a network of technologists in the Middle East that fosters collaboration in the development of Internet and mobile applications."
"Co-Creation Hub","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2011,200000,"General Funding Grant","To support Co-Creation Hub, which seeks to bring together stakeholders from different walks of life to work collaboratively on solutions to social challenges facing Nigerian society. It operates Nigeria's first multi-functional, multi-purpose space for social entrepreneurs, and provides related services."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2011,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support Civic Commons, which was incubated as a 2011 Code for America project and sponsored by the District of Columbia to help government agencies share code, best practices, and innovations in IT."
"ePanstwo Foundation (ePF)","Civic Empowerment",Europe,2011,200000,"General Funding Grant","To support ePanstwo, a non-profit that aims to increase the transparency and accountability of government in Poland."
FrontlineSMS,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2011,350000,"General Funding Grant","To support Frontline SMS in its business development activities."
"Fundacion Ciudadanía Inteligente (FCI)","Civic Empowerment","Latin America",2011,500000,"General Funding Grant","To support Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente, a non-profit in Chile that seeks to promote government transparency and accountability, using web and mobile technology to encourage active citizen participation and engagement in the political process."
"Mideast Youth","Civic Empowerment",Global,2011,600000,"Project Grant","To support Mid East Youth, a group of websites that serves as an interactive and educational platform for its users throughout the Arab world, offering what the region's mainstream media overlooks: uncensored information, human rights abuses, personal anecdotes from underrepresented minorities, and articles on culture."
mySociety,"Civic Empowerment",Europe,2011,2900000,"General Funding Grant","To support the continuing efforts of mySociety, including further innovation on its core platforms and products and growth in its international work."
"Sunlight Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2011,6000000,"General Funding Grant","To support the Sunlight Foundation, which aims to increase government transparency in the United States."
"Sunlight Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2011,24000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support an annual event organised by the Sunlight Foundation at which various communities of activists, government, NGOs, technologists, and others share their knowledge, challenges, and engagements in open government, transparency, and accountability efforts."
Ushahidi,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2011,380000,"Project Grant","To support SwiftRiver, a free and open source platform that helps people make sense of a lot of information in a short amount of time. It offers organisations an easy way to combine natural language/artificial intelligence process, data-mining for SMS and Twitter, and verification algorithms for different sources of information."
Ushahidi,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2011,1900000,"General Funding Grant","To support the continuing efforts of Ushahidi, including further innovation on its core platforms and products."
"African Technology and Transparency Initiative","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2010,2400000,"Program Grant","To support African Technology and Transparency Initiative, which seeks to support organisations in Africa that use technology and media platforms to empower citizens in their countries to hold their leaders accountable by providing access to credible public information, influence, and stewardship of resources."
"Code for America","Civic Empowerment","United States",2010,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support Code for America, an organisation working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the digital age."
FrontlineSMS,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2010,350000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Frontline SMS, which is professional messaging platform."
Herdict,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2010,300000,"Project Grant","To support Herdict, the Berkman Center's crowdsourcing platform for providing insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of website accessibility."
Infonet,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2010,99942,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support InfoNet, which develops open source technologies that give individuals the ability to share public information, therefore improving government transparency and enabling communities to build social capital for democratic social action."
mySociety,"Civic Empowerment",Europe,2010,575000,"General Funding Grant","To support mySociety, which provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens."
"Praekelt Foundation","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2010,825000,"General Funding Grant","To support Praekelt Foundation in its pioneering use of mobile technology to drive positive social change."
"Refugees United","Civic Empowerment",Global,2010,2600000,"General Funding Grant","To support Refugees United, a  non-profit organisation that uses an online forum and mobile phones to help refugees reunite with family."
SeeClickFix,"Civic Empowerment","United States",2010,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support SeeClickFix, a web and mobile platform to enable citizens to report non-emergency issues, such as potholes, graffiti, abandoned vehicles or property, to their cities in order to improve service delivery and citizen engagement with local government."
Mzalendo,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2009,64200,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Mzalendo, whose mission is to keep an eye on the Kenyan parliament."
"Sunlight Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2009,9000000,"General Funding Grant","To support the Sunlight Foundation, which aims to increase government transparency in the United States."
Ushahidi,"Civic Empowerment",Global,2009,1400000,"General Funding Grant","To support Ushahidi, a social enterprise that provides software and services to numerous sectors and civil society to help improve the bottom up flow of information."
"Sunlight Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2007,2000000,"Program Grant","To support the Sunlight Foundation, which aims to increase government transparency in the United States."
"Sunlight Foundation","Civic Empowerment","United States",2006,2000000,"Program Grant","To support the Sunlight Foundation, which aims to increase government transparency in the United States."