"Organization name","Area of work","Geographic focus",Year,"Amount committed (US$)","Funding purpose","Investment Description"
"Accountability Counsel","Participation & Dissent",Global,2025,243479,"General Funding Grant","Final funding grant to the Accountability Counsel, an organisation that is dedicated to supporting and protecting communities harmed by internationally financed projects."
"Africa's Voices Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2025,150000,"General Funding Grant","A final grant to Africa's Voices Foundation to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to amplify citizens' voices - placing them at the centre of decision-making, policy responses, and development planning."
Afrobarometer,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2025,200000,"General Funding Grant","This is a one year final funding grant to Afrobarometer to support its data collection, management and storytelling on issues of technology and its intersection with social justice and human rights across Africa."
"Caribe Afirmativo","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2025,161700,"General Funding Grant","This General Operating Grant aims at supporting Caribe Afirmativo in its mission of transforming prejudices, perceptions, and social and institutional practices regarding sexual and gender diversity in Colombia."
"Cedar Seed Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2025,75000,"Project Agreement","This is a final funding grant to Cedar Seed Foundation to support its work on enhancing inclusion and diversity in political leadership in Nigeria, particularly with respect to issues of digital rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)."
"Ciudades Feministas (CISCSA)","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2025,108334,"General Funding Grant","Final funding grant to CISCSA, a feminist organisation dedicated to promoting women's rights and social justice in Argentina."
"Connected Development (CODE)","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2025,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a one-year final funding grant to Connected Development (CODE) to support its core operations and programmatic interventions around strengthening citizens' participation in political and governance processes."
"Debunk Media","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2025,200000,"Project Agreement","A final grant to support Debunk Media expand the product portfolio and build their programs and operations team."
"East Africa Documentary Film Fund (DOCUBOX)","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2025,125000,"Project Agreement","The grant to Docubox will be used for training and mentoring documentary filmmakers to produce films that enhance civic participation & engagement among Kenyan women, youth and the minorities."
"East West Management Institute","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2025,900000,"General Funding Grant","This grant is to continue support to the East West Management Institute Freedom of Expression (FOE) Cluster."
"Foundation for Investigative Journalism","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2025,300000,"General Funding Grant","This is a two-year core grant to FIJ, in support of their work on holding government accountable for citizens data and the protection of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) against harassment and attacks through tech and spyware."
"Fundacion Mi Sangre (FMS)","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2025,51666,"General Funding Grant","This grant aims to support Fundacion Mi Sangre (FMS) by further strengthening youth participation in decision-making and enhancing the organisation's financial sustainability."
Futurelect,"Participation & Dissent",Africa,2025,150000,"General Funding Grant","A program grant to support Futurelect's work in East Africa. Through the EAC Public Leadership Programme, Futurelect will design and deliver non-partisan, intensive, and interdisciplinary leadership development and training to 25-30 emerging young leaders from East Africa annually."
"Global Press Institute","Participation & Dissent",Global,2025,250000,"General Funding Grant","This grant will provide continued support to Global Press so it can meet its core mission of training and supporting local women journalists around the world to become storytellers of record for audiences of local and international changemakers."
Hostwriter,"Participation & Dissent",Global,2025,105000,"General Funding Grant","This grant will provide continued support to Hostwriter so it can meet its strategic objectives and its mission to help journalists collaborate across borders."
"IDEC - Instituto de Defesa do Consumidores","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2025,500000,"Project Agreement","To support IDEC's Telecommunications and Digital Rights Program in promoting a safer, fairer digital environment that protects consumers and upholds human rights in Brazil."
"Instituto Marielle Franco","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2025,156250,"Project Agreement","This project agreement aims at supporting Instituto Marielle Franco in developing its institutional capacities as well as providing support for Afro Descendant Brazilian women to exercise their political rights in the digital era."
Namati,"Participation & Dissent",Africa,2025,250000,"General Funding Grant","A final grant to support Namati's work in Kenya on the right to citizenship which seeks to end inequality in the access to citizenship by working hand-in-hand with marginalised communities towards equal access to documentation and related rights and services."
"Privacy International (PI)","Participation & Dissent",Global,2025,800000,"General Funding Grant","This is a core renewal grant to Privacy International, whose mission is to protect people's privacy, dignity and freedoms from abuses of companies and governments. PI's strategy has the following pillars: i) Challenging Corporate Data Exploitation, ii) Contesting Government Data, iii) Defending Democracy and Dissent and iv) Safeguarding Peoples' Dignity."
Temblores,"Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2025,300000,"General Funding Grant","Temblores ONG, a non-profit founded in 2017, fights social inequality in Colombia through strategic litigation and civic participation. They mobilise community-led transformation to challenge exclusion and systemic rights denial."
"The New Humanitarian","Participation & Dissent",Global,2025,175000,"General Funding Grant","Core support for TNH to advance their mission to create a model of decolonised journalism."
"Yaaj México","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2025,52500,"General Funding Grant","Final funding grant to Yaaj, an organization that works to enhance the political and civic participation of the LGBTI+ community in Mexico."
"Agência Pública","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,750550,"General Funding Grant","This 36-month General Operating grant seeks to support Agência Pública's institutional development in different fronts (strategic, fundraising, and branding) as well as support transnational investigations from a Global Majority perspective, a seed editorial project to enable a more Global footprint for the organisation."
"Amalgamated Charitable Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,1250000,Other,"This is a core general operating grant to the Black Feminist Fund, an organisation that works to meaningfully resource black feminist movements globally. We aim to support their grantmaking activities, centred on Black feminist movements, especially in Africa and Latin America. We also wish to substantially advance their work to support movements in challenging the use of technology by authoritarian and corporate actors, as well as those creating technologies that build visions of a future that are more affirming of Black lives. Additionally, this flexible support from Luminate should enable the BFF to move towards their goal of becoming independent from its fiscal sponsor. This is a collaboration between the Global Programmes, Latin America and Africa teams."
"Amnesty International","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,350000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to advance Amnesty Tech's strategy, which combines research, advocacy, campaigning, creative communications, human rights education, and strategic litigation against governments and tech companies."
Archivi.ng,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,160000,"Project Agreement","A two-year project agreement with Archivi.ng to support the continuation of the organization’s work around utilizing advanced technology to ensure easy access to historical information, stimulating debate around key themes, and ultimately contributing to a healthy information ecosystem."
"ARTICLE 19 (UK)","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,1156000,"Project Agreement","This 27-month project will enhance ARTICLE 19’s Digital Markets Watch initiative by building a global community for training, information exchange, and dialogue to advocate for open and fair digital markets, promote accountability for Big Tech companies by governments and regulators, and foster international discussions on digital market regulations, business models, and competition practices, while amplifying voices from Latin America, Africa, and Asia."
"Association for Progressive Communications (APC)","Information Ecosystems",Asia,2024,505000,"Project Grant","This grant will resource APC to connect organisations in Asia working on Big Tech accountability and enable knowledge exchange and sharing of work and strategies. A portion will also be used to provide fiscal sponsorship for the setting up of the organisation What to Fix."
"Atlantic Council","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,565000,"Program Grant","The Atlantic Council?s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) broadens understanding of regional transformations while demonstrating why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for the world. This grant specifically supports their work on Colombia."
"Bersih Malaysia","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,220000,"Project Agreement","This grant supports Bersih in seeking institutional reforms and to create common narratives and unite civil society and the public behind a common cause."
"BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,325380,Other,"BEUC is the umbrella group for 46 independent consumer organisations from 32 countries. BEUC's main role is to represent them to the EU institutions and defend the interests of European consumers. The BEUC acronym originates from the organisation's French name, ?Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs?."
"Big Cabal","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,300000,"Project Agreement","A two-year grant to Big Cabal Media's Citizen by Zikoko to expand its digital platforms, increasing accessibility for citizens to engage with governance issues and decision-making processes around AI and digital rights in Nigeria."
"Boston Center for Latin America","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,300000,"Project Agreement","This is a two-year project agreement aimed at supporting the Boston Center for Latin America in its efforts with the entertainment industry in Mexico. The goal is to tackle stereotypes and harmful narratives related to depictions of women and LGBT+ characters in popular series and movies."
BudgIT,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,500000,"General Funding Grant","A two-year core operating grant to BudgIT to support the continuation of the organisation's work around ensuring easy access to accurate information and building an ecosystem of social change driver working with advanced technologies to improve availability of and access to accurate information."
"Campaign on Digital Ethics South Africa (CODE SA)","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,320000,"Project Agreement","This is a grant to the Campaign on Digital Ethics South Africa (CODE-SA) to enhance tech accountability, counter disinformation, and empower individuals and communities to take control of their digital lives."
"Catapult Film Fund","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,350000,"Project Agreement","This 2-year project will enable Catapult to support the development of stories that showcase the impact of social media and technology on society."
"Centre for Democracy and Technology (CDT)","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,8800,Other,"CDT Europe advocates for the promotion and protection of democracy and human rights in European tech law and policy."
"Centro de Mujeres Afrocostarricenses","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,225000,"Project Agreement","This 24-month project aims to support Centro de Mujeres Afrocostarricenses by 1) creating training and exchange programs for Black women leaders in Latin America, 2) conducting research on the political participation of Black women in the region, 3) developing and launching communication campaigns to promote the rights agendas of Afro-descendant women, and 4) contributing to the institutional strengthening of the organization."
"Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP)","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,395000,"Project Grant","Supporting CLIP in achieving their institutional objective of fostering public debate and delivering high-quality transnational information to advocates of the public good. Specifically, the grant aims to support the following work streams: Cross-Border Investigations and Editorial Support, Tech Development for Enhanced Journalism Efficiency and Data Processing, Community Development, and the Crossborder Big Tech Investigation Workshop."
"Data Privacy Brasil","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,500000,"Project Agreement","The proposed USD500,000 Project Agreement aims to support Data Privacy Brazil in addressing and mitigating injustices and inequities in global and regional information ecosystems by developing and implementing comprehensive AI governance strategies."
"Diversas y Juntas","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,400000,"Project Agreement","This project agreement with Aúna aims to promote and support women's political participation in Mexico."
"Doc Society","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,480625,"Project Agreement","Grant to Doc Society to identify the most promising narratives being made globally on the theme of ‘tech & democracy,’ and to support and bring together issue experts, campaigners, and creatives to explore and better communicate the impacts of big tech on society."
"East West Management Institute","Information Ecosystems",Asia,2024,150000,Other,"This grant will support a convening regarding digital technology, human rights and social justice in Malaysia and projects and initiatives that emerge from that process."
Ekō,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,800000,Other,"To support this global movement of more than 22 million people that are committed to curbing corporate power."
"Equality Now","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,400000,"Project Agreement","This is a grant to Equality Now to work towards digital rights and the protection of girls and women in the digital space."
"EU DisinfoLab","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,200000,Other,"The funding will support EU DisinfoLab's research, investigative and advocacy work that seeks to detect, tackle and prevent disinformation."
"European Digital Rights (EDRi)","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,25000,Other,"This project grant will support the ""Tech & Society Summit"" - a one day conference in Brussels in October 2024 hosted by 41 non-profit organisations to exchange with European policymakers on technology's impact on society, democracy, and the planet."
"Extituto - Política Abierta","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,260000,"General Funding Grant","This grant to Extituto aims to build upon its previous efforts in Colombia by continuing to train and support emerging leaders through the Occupy Politics program and encouraging the implementation of transparency, collaboration, and citizen involvement strategies via the Inhabiting Politics program, ultimately strengthening public institutions."
"Five Arts Centre","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,115000,"Project Agreement","This grant will enable Five Arts Centre to continue its pioneering work in the arts and cultural ecosystem that has contributed to the building of a more inclusive Malaysia."
Foxglove,"Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,129000,Other,"This project funding supports Foxglove to challenge Big Tech monopolies through policy, litigation, and campaigning interventions."
"Gatefield Impact Foundation","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,160000,"Project Agreement","A two-year grant to Gatefield towards their efforts to stimulate civic awareness and action on tech accountability in Nigeria."
"Global Dialogue","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,100000,"Project Agreement","This is a grant to support Civic Futures, FICS' flagship initiative, building a diverse ecosystem of funders, CSOs and movements to push back against the 'security playbook', with a focus on the use of information technologies to surveil and censor actors perceived to be a threat to the state and its interests."
"Global Dialogue","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,50000,Other,"Ariadne is a European peer-to-peer network of more than 600 funders and philanthropists who support social change and human rights. This one year project grant will support the coordination, convening, and growth of Ariadne's 'Tech and Society' funder community, a sub-group of funders working on issues related to tech accountability and social justice."
"Global Investigative Journalism Network - GIJN","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,400000,"General Funding Grant","The Global Investigative Journalism Network serves as the international hub for the world’s investigative reporters. Their core mission is to support and strengthen investigative journalism around the world—with special attention to those from repressive regimes and marginalized communities."
"Hadis Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,210000,"General Funding Grant","A two-year core grant to Hadis Initiative to support the continuation of the organisation's work to circumvent the prevalent factors of cultural barriers and skill gaps that impede access to, adoption of and ethical use of emerging advanced technologies."
"Haki Africa","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,220000,"General Funding Grant","Core funding to support HAKI Africa's work in enhancing civic participation of underrepresented groups at the Coastal region of Kenya."
"Haki Yetu","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,150000,"General Funding Grant","The goal of this grant is to support HAKI Yetu advance meaningful civic and political participation among Kenyans, especially young people and women living in the coastal region of Kenya."
"Hashtag Generation","Information Ecosystems",Asia,2024,200000,"General Funding Grant","In Sri Lanka, tech platforms have been exploited and weaponised by a range of actors for ethno-political gain. This project will investigate the role of tech platforms on election outcomes, and the impact it has on generating fear and inciting violence against minorities and oppositional voices. The project will also focus on advocacy for tech platforms to do more to remove bad actors and harmful/dangerous content."
"Indonesian Institute for Independent Judiciary (LeIP)","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,200000,"Project Agreement","A project grant to enhance the Court and Judges' expertise on Freedom of Expression online and to carry out research on protection of data privacy in the judicial system."
"Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,467000,"Project Grant","This 32-month grant will support ILSB by training diverse women leaders, equipping women in politics to promote gender equality, and fostering partnerships to protect civic space in Mexico."
"Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,450000,"Project Agreement","This agreement aims at supporting Peregum in preparing leaders of the BIPOC movement for democratic participation."
"Instituto Incube","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,250000,Other,"This is a seed 24-month grant aiming to support More in Common's plan to establish operations in Brazil, hire the top executive team and fully register a legal entity, enabling the development of its first audience mapping in the country as well as the dissemination and establishment of partnerships for its use."
"Instituto Incube","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,500000,"Project Agreement","This pilot funding initiative seeks to establish a Public Interest Journalism Fund in Brazil, aimed at supporting public interest media, combating disinformation, and strengthening democracy through collaborative donor and civil society efforts."
"Instituto Update","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,650000,"Project Agreement","Supporting Instituto Update in bolstering the political engagement of marginalized communities in Latin America, with a particular focus on women, Afro-descendants, indigenous communities, and the LGBTIQ+ community."
"Inter-American Foundation","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,500000,"Project Grant","To establish a collaborative fund for civil society organizations in Argentina to 1) strengthen the country's civic space, 2) promote the civic participation of underrepresented groups and combatting gender-based violence online and hate speech against them, and 3) create opportunities to enhance community development in peripheral areas."
"International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO)","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,270000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to support the work of INCLO, a global coalition of human rights and civil liberties organizations. Its purpose is strengthening its members' regional agendas, and coordinating joint action on global policy and advocacy processes, including themes of civic space, surveillance, and gender equality."
"Legal Aid Center for the Press (LBH Pers)","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,200000,"Project Agreement","To carry out strategic litigation for online freedom of expression cases and strengthen the capacity of legal aid lawyers in handling public cases."
Luchadoras,"Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,300000,"General Funding Grant","The 36-month core grant aims to support Luchadoras in monitoring gender-based violence online in Mexico and the region, as well as carrying out efforts regarding internet governance with platforms and key government stakeholders."
"Mathare Social Justice Centre","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,150000,"Project Agreement","This is a 2 year grant to support MSJC to continue their work on building community agency to advocate for their rights and hold power to account."
"Meliore Foundation","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,900000,Other,"This funding will support The Better Information Project(TBIP) at Meliore Foundation that seeks to create fact-based media, content, and digital infrastructure that can overwhelm oppositional narratives and provide information context that can be used by decision makers - with the support of policy expertise - to drive radical decision making on tech regulation and policy."
"Neo Philanthropy","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,200000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to Migration Tech Monitor's fellowship initiative, which incubates projects that 1) document the impact of technology and surveillance on mobile communities, 2) challenge the use and development of repressive border tools, or 3) build alternative security tech infrastructure and narratives designed by people with lived experience of migration. With this project, Luminate aims to explore how technologies used in border controls and border externalisation inform the use of repressive tech in society at large."
"Network of European Foundations","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,1000000,"Project Agreement","The European AI and Society Fund will provide support to CSOs across Europe to work together on building accountable governance mechanisms on AI."
"Network of European Foundations","Participation & Dissent",Europe,2024,550000,Other,"Luminate will contribute to the Civitates pooled fund to support the 2024-2028 strategy, which will focus on the enforcement of tech regulation at national level across 27 EU member states."
"Next Narrative Africa","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,321000,"Project Agreement","To support the development process of Contest, a Nigerian political drama focused on Tony, a rising star in the Nigerian Afrobeats scene who decides to run for political office following a violent altercation with the police. The show will explore themes of young people and their relationship with democracy, civic participation, and politics, and the ways in which technology impacts these spaces."
"Open Institute International","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a renewal grant to Open Institute for two years. This grant seeks to continue support for ongoing work led by Open Institute in Kilifi County and beyond."
"Open Rights Group","Participation & Dissent",Europe,2024,290000,Other,"Open Rights Group will facilitate initiatives that protect digital rights in the UK, including the regulation of Big Tech and improved enforcement of data protection."
"Policy Innovation Centre","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,1965000,"Project Agreement","This is a three-year grant to Policy Innovation Centre in support of its work to provide policy analysis and ecosystem convening on the technology, development and democracy landscape in Nigeria. PIC will also provide coordination and managerial oversight for Nigeria's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collective, including acting as a fiscal agent to the three organisations that make up the consortium."
"Privacy International (PI)","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,1500000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to support Privacy International in building a transregional and cross-sectoral coalition to challenge the spread of the next generation of repressive tech and its misuse by governments. PI will bring together and coordinate civil society organisations, academics, and investigative journalists that have been working on components of digital authoritarianism (e.g. digital rights, defence sector, weapons control) to start building collective capacity to better understand and interrogate the convergence between civilian and military technology."
"Radio Workshop","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,200000,"Project Grant","By combining their skills in production, training, research and audience growth this grant is structured as a two year grant to support Radio Workshop in partnership with Africapodfest continue in its mission to train and mentor budding African podcasters to tell nuanced and impactful stories about Africa with the hopes of widening and deepening the conversations on issues that matter."
"Red de Innovación Local (RIL)","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,600000,"Project Agreement","This 36-month project agreement aims to support RIL's initiatives in amplifying the influence of women in politics at the local level by offering training and guidance in crafting public policies with a gender perspective, creating platforms for peer learning and accompaniment, and boosting the visibility of local women's leadership in Argentina."
"Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,650000,"General Funding Grant","This 33-month core grant aims to advance R3D's mission of protecting digital rights and preserving civic space in the face of escalating challenges posed by surveillance and cybercrime legislation, content moderation practices, and the rapid advancement of AI at a national, regional, and global level."
"Reporters Without Borders","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,200000,Other,"An 18-month grant to support the Forum on Information and Democracy, to continue building its institutional capacity and expand its activities and partnerships in the Global South."
"Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors","Information Ecosystems",Global,2024,2000000,"Project Agreement","A two year grant renewal to support IFPIM's scale up and sustain its operations and activities including research, policy and strategy on emerging technologies."
"Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,200000,Other,"This is an 18-month grant to prototype an 18-month experiment in resourcing, documenting and potentially scaling methods to tackle harmful narratives as they relate to authoritarianism and securitization, which also considering how they intersect with AI and Big Tech."
Stears,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,200000,"Project Agreement","A two year project agreement to Stears to; Support the flagship product - African Elections Monitor, of the Data for Storytelling Program. Utilise cutting-edge technologies such as real-time satellite imagery and interactive data visualisation technologies to share knowledge with and train independent media organisations within Luminate's existing portfolio on data visualisation"
TechHer,"Participation & Dissent",Africa,2024,260000,"General Funding Grant","This is a two-year core grant to TechHer, in support of their work to address Online Gender Based Violence (OGBV) and building a Community of Practice for the protection of women's digital rights."
"The Citizens","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,450000,Other,"The purpose of this grant is to support the Real Facebook Oversight Board project of The Citizens to challenge the legitimacy of Facebook's Oversight Board and expose the harms of Facebook creatively."
"The Voices Project","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,60000,Other,"This funding is to support the Disinformation project, whose goal is to reduce hate speech and online harassment and protect space for civil society to express solidarity with causes and campaigns for the protection of human rights, civilian protection and refugee rights."
"Tifa Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,550000,"General Funding Grant","This is a core support grant to TIFA to support their Data Policy and Governance Program, and to strengthen the organisation in transforming from a previously pure funding agency into a multi-donor, direct implementing organisation."
"Transnational Institute at Amsterdam","Participation & Dissent",Global,2024,400000,"Project Agreement","This grant will support Noor as the organisation coordinates a transregional network, seeking to build the power of gender justice and progressive movements to obstruct far right agendas, and advance the movement's transformative visions."
"UKM Pakarunding","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,100000,"Project Agreement","This project involves the mapping of group-based empowerment programmes in Malaysia."
"Universidad de Palermo","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2024,510000,"Project Agreement","This project agreement supports CELE in promoting human-rights-based internet governance from the Global South by conducting research to influence global standards, strengthening tech regulation in Latin America, and advocating for these principles regionally and internationally."
"USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2024,103000,Other,"Luminate is providing funding for the Norman Lear Research Center of the Univeristy of California to undertake a content analysis of the portrayal of social media and its industry in news and entertainment."
"USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center","Information Ecosystems","United States",2024,50000,"Project Grant","To provide funding for the Norman Lear Research Center of the University of California to undertake a content analysis of the portrayal of social media and its industry in news and entertainment."
"Washington Office on Latin America","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2024,600000,"General Funding Grant","This grant to WOLA aims to support its work in fostering civil society efforts in the region that promote law and democracy. Additionally, it will expand their focus to include themes such as climate justice, gender and racial justice in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico."
"Women in Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN)","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2024,260000,"Project Agreement","This is a two-year project agreement to support Women in Leadership Advancement Network's work in using technology to inspire a shift to gender-balanced leadership across all levels of political, economic, and public life."
"Yayasan Bahana","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2024,65000,"Project Agreement","To support Yayasan Bahana develop and expand ""Latih Logika"", a free online course on critical thinking for Indonesian youth."
"ABONG - Associação Brasileira de ONGs","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,350000,"Project Agreement","ABONG is a Brazilian association established in 1991 with the aim of strengthening Brazilian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the defense and promotion of common rights and goods. They collaborate with social movements and engage in dialogue with governments for an environmentally just world, with equal rights and free from all forms of discrimination"
"Accountability Counsel","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a renewal grant to support the work of Accountability Counsel, focused on (1) supporting communities to use the non-judicial accountability offices tied to international investment through case support to achieve community goals; (2) policy advocacy to improve the system; and (3) research to understand the field."
"Accountability Lab Nigeria","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,260000,"General Funding Grant","A 2-year grant to Accountability Lab Nigeria to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to shift civic engagement and support the advancement of fundamental freedoms of individuals and communities, particularly those historically marginalized."
"Africa Uncensored","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,300000,"Project Agreement","A two-year project agreement grant to support Africa Uncensored in building out its investigative reporting capacity and audience in Kenya and the wider East African region."
"Africa's Voices Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,300000,"General Funding Grant","A 2-year grant to Africa's Voices Foundation to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to amplify citizens' voices - placing them at the centre of decision-making, policy responses, and development planning."
"African Centre for Media and Information Literacy","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,50000,"Project Agreement","This is a rapid response grant to AFRICMIL to track and document misinformation and disinformation around the Nigeria elections on social media and provide recommendations on appropriate policy responses."
Afrobarometer,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a two year pilot grant to support AfroBarometer train local civil society organisations in data collection, management and story telling using data and pilot tools to get perspectives on youth across Africa."
"AI Forensics","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,253000,Other,"Luminate supports AI Forensics so that it can hold major technology platforms accountable by conducting independent and high-profile technical investigations to uncover and expose the harms caused by their algorithms."
"Algorithim Watch","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,300000,Other,"Luminate is supporting Algorithm Watch to ensure that the use of algorithmic systems benefits the many, not the few."
"All Protocol Observed","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,200000,"Project Agreement","This is a two-year project grant to support the team at All Protocols Observed (APO) to publish The Continent and build out its internal operations and team."
"ALT Advisory","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,450000,"Project Agreement","A two-year grant to support ALT Advisory increase its geographical scope and advance work on information rights across Africa."
"Amazon Land Documentary","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,115000,"Project Agreement","This Project Agreement seeks to help The Territory impact campaign transition to a long-lasting initiative with permanent impact - an institute that helps traditional communities in the Amazon Region become storytellers and shape the public debate from their perspective."
"Amnesty International","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,305000,Other,"Supporting Amnesty International Indonesia in 1) providing a vibrant and supportive ecosystem for youth groups in civic space; and 2) improving public campaigns for social justice."
"Amnistía Internacional Argentina","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,120000,"Project Agreement","This rapid response grant to seeks to promote and defend the human rights of underrepresented groups in the country."
"Architects of Diversity","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,300000,"Project Agreement","Architects of Diversity (AoD) is a youth-led non-profit organisation that works on bridging communities among youth for justice, peace, and a sustainable future in Malaysia."
"Article 19 Eastern Africa","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,300000,"General Funding Grant","A 2-year grant to ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa to support core operations and program work."
"Aspiration Tech","Information Ecosystems","United States",2023,100000,Other,"The AI Now Institute project on monitoring AI policy trends and improvements."
"Association for Progressive Communications (APC)","Information Ecosystems",Asia,2023,320020,"Project Grant","A project grant to fund advocacy work focused on regulatory mechanisms that can generate evidence-based push for new diligence rules and transparency standards around social media platform monetisation programs."
AzMina,"Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,406000,"Project Agreement","Luminate's investment in AzMina will support its main tech projects and its institutional strengthening to enhance policy processes, strategies, governance and management, providing greater sustainability to the organization's activities over the long term."
"Baraza Media Lab","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,520000,"General Funding Grant","Two-year core funding to support Baraza Media Lab to establish a resource centre and increase products available to stakeholders; to expand presence and engagement in East Africa; and to improve internal operations, governance structures, and practice."
"BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,480287,Other,"BEUC is the umbrella group for 46 independent consumer organisations from 32 countries. BEUC's main role is to represent them to the EU institutions and defend the interests of European consumers. The BEUC acronym originates from the organisation's French name, Bureau EuropÈen des Unions de Consommateurs."
CANVAS,"Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a general operating support renewal grant for CANVAS, an organisation focused on: 1) enhancing the effectiveness and safety of democratic movements as they challenge repressive powers and; 2) supporting the transition of movements who are effective in dissenting into building its long-term positive visions."
"Cedar Seed Foundation","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,150000,"Project Agreement","This is a two-year core grant to Cedar Seed Foundation in support of their work to enhance inclusion and diversity in political leadership in Nigeria."
"Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism)","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,500000,"General Funding Grant","This is a two-year core grant to support the CJID's work to improve the media and information ecosystem in Nigeria."
"Citizens' Gavel","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,310000,"General Funding Grant","This grant will support Gavel to institutionalize its operations and work around improving Nigeria's justice system and increasing citizens' awareness on related issues"
"Ciudades Feministas (CISCSA)","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,200000,"Project Grant","To support CISCSA in promoting the political participation of young women in local communities in Córdoba, Argentina, through a participatory diagnosis and research process, political training programs grounded in feminist popular education, and the creation of networks and alliances to amplify the voices of young women and ensure their inclusion in decision-making processes at the local level."
Conectas,"Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,980000,"General Funding Grant","This grant will support Conectas in establishing a new and innovative work stream dedicated to combating misinformation and hate speech in Brazil, as well as ensuring that Latin America perspectives are taken into consideration in the global debates around digital platforms' regulations."
"Connected by Data","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,140000,Other,"This project aims to co-create and test methods for collective action on data, working in partnership with a range of community groups and organisations to build capacity, insight and profile, including supporting and amplifying the experiences and actions of impacted communities through media and comms work."
"Cuestión Pública","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,331500,"Project Agreement","To support the organization's work in Colombia, focusing on the following three areas: a) strengthen and bolster its security capacities, b) help improve its investigative journalism and creative publishing, and c) supporting the diversification of income sources to promote the organization's financial sustainability."
"Data Privacy Brasil","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,400000,"Project Agreement","Data Privacy Brasil Research Association - DPBR is a non-profit civil society organization that promotes data protection and other fundamental rights in the face of the emergence of new technologies, social inequalities and power asymmetries. With a multidisciplinary team from different Brazilian regions, DPBR develops public interest research on emerging issues, conducts advocacy and provides training for decision-making agents and society in general."
"Debunk Media","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,410000,"Project Agreement","A two year renewal to support Debunk media expand the product portfolio and build their programs and operations team."
DeGoedeZaak,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,250000,"Project Agreement","This 2-year project grant will support DeGoedeZaak to map out the ecosystem of change-makers, civil society, and grassroots actors affected by platform harms and build a resilient ecosystem to tackle this in the Netherlands. The project will lean heavily on collaboration with key stakeholders Stem op een Vrouw and Bits of Freedom and start by convening diverse groups to build collective visions and strategies to tackle platform harms."
"DelMedia Productions","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,575000,"Project Agreement","Naija NextGen is a Social Impact TV show aimed at changing the narrative about, and encouraging, youth participation in civic and political processes in Nigeria."
"Digital Freedom Fund (DFF)","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,268800,Other,"A 2-year project grant to continue work to decolonise the digital rights field in Europe. This grant will support Weaving Liberation to grow and support an anti-colonial tech community through convening research and imagining spaces, establishing new roles to bridge digital and non-digital communities, and an anti-colonial Digital Summer Retreat on digital justice and resistance. This grant supports Weaving Liberation in growing a strategic infrastructure that can shape the digital rights field in the long term."
DigitalReach,"Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Asia,2023,277419,"Project Agreement","Supporting the research on social media, elections, and digital authoritarianism in Southeast Asia."
"East Africa Documentary Film Fund (DOCUBOX)","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,250000,"Project Agreement","The grant to Docubox will be used for training and mentoring documentary filmmakers to produce films that enhance civic participation & engagement among Kenyan women, youth, and the minorities."
Ekō,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,500000,Other,"This grant will support the organisation in growing and mobilising their European movements to demand their rights be enforced under data protection regulations in Europe. This work will focus on ending the destructive behaviour of digital platforms."
Ekō,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,450000,Other,"Ek_ is a global movement of more than 22 million people that are committed to curbing corporate power."
"Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,150000,Other,"This project grant is to deepen Equinox's capacity as a racial justice organisation to integrate digital rights work into its broader strategy, including issues related to platforms and tech infrastructures. This funding will support the Colour of Surveillance convening, an event bringing together racial, migrant, and digital justice activists to organise to counter key aspects of racialised surveillance, criminalisation, and structural discrimination."
"Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Género (ELA)","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,364400,"General Funding Grant","To support ELA in their efforts to enhance women's political participation in Argentina, addressing specific challenges that hinder their full and safe representation."
"Escola Livre","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,40000,"Project Agreement","This grant aims to strengthen RENFA/Escola Livre in its efforts as part of the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights, building collective positions on key policy issues."
"EU DisinfoLab","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,55000,Other,"The funding will support the organisation of the EU DinsifoLab Annual Conference 2023 that brings together global actors in the fight against disinformation, and hosts conversations on how to tackle the threats of disinformation."
"European Sex Workers' Alliance","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,201081,Other,"A 2-year project grant to strengthen ESWA's capacity to understand and challenge social media platforms? lack of accountability to sex workers and adult content creators. This includes work on capacity building, research and evidence building, advocacy and campaigning, and building strategic partnerships."
"Fundacion Mi Sangre (FMS)","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,310000,"Program Grant","To support Fundacion Mi Sangre by a) building civic and political capacities in youth to shape decision-making and b) strengthening the organization's financial sustainability."
"Fundacion para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP)","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,600000,"General Funding Grant","This core grant to FLIP will support their work in Colombia, focusing on the following three programs: a) improving the protection of journalists from a preventive approach, b) reactivating independent local journalism networks, and c) strengthening the organization's financial sustainability, governance and well-being."
Futurelect,"Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,300000,"Program Grant","A two-year program grant to support Futurelect's work in East Africa. Through the EAC Public Leadership Programme, Futurelect will design and deliver non-partisan, intensive, and interdisciplinary leadership development and training to 25-30 emerging young leaders from East Africa annually."
"Global Dialogue","Participation & Dissent",Europe,2023,150000,Other,"A project grant to Global Dialogue to support the Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition, a project hosted by its fiscal sponsor, Ariadne Network. The Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition is a group of philanthropic funders building funding strategies that support civil society strategies and agendas at the nexus of the internet and the environment."
"Global Philanthropy Project","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,600000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to support the work of the Global Philanthropy Project, a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic efforts to advance LGBTQI+ rights in the majority world. The focus of this opportunity is GPP'S Donor Government and Field Influencing Strategy, as well as the Pathways Project, an initiative to map the needs and priorities of LGBTQI+ movements globally."
"Global Press Institute","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,600000,"Project Agreement","This grant will provide continued support to Global Press so it can meet its core mission."
"Global Witness","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,500000,"General Funding Grant","This is a general operating support grant to Global Witness, to further their global campaign and advocacy work mainly on the 'Land and Environmental Defenders' (LED) Programme, an initiative whose ultimate goal is to end the attacks and killings of land and environmental defenders and to address the root causes of the violence against them."
"Global Witness","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,600000,Other,"A multi-year grant to Global Witness to further their work on tackling digital threats to democracy through campaigns and advocacy"
Hostwriter,"Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,225000,"Project Grant","To support Hostwriter to meet its strategic objectives and its mission to help journalists collaborate across borders."
IDEAS,"Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,300000,"General Funding Grant","This grant will provide support for IDEAS to conduct discussions with youth leaders, including from political parties, and further existing research regarding good governance and policies. It will also allow IDEAS to continue its work in advocating for access to information and facilitating public participation and engagement in policymaking processes."
"Initiative to Promote Tolerance and Prevent Violence (Initiate.My)","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,100000,"Project Agreement","This grant is to support INITIATE.MY, a data-driven initiative to promote tolerance and prevent violence, based in Malaysia."
"Institute of Digital Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (IDD LAC)","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,145000,"Project Agreement","This 7-month rapid-response grant aims to reduce the prevalence of misinformation and disinformation on social media in Argentina ahead of the 2023 presidential election."
"Instituto Marielle Franco","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,375000,"Project Agreement","Instituto Marielle Franco is a Brazilian non-profit organization, created by Marielle's family as a response to the brutal assassination that attempted to silence her.  The Institute's mission is to inspire, connect, and empower Black women, LGBTQIAP+ individuals, and those from marginalized communities to continue shaking the foundations of society. Its vision is of a world where people like Marielle can access and thrive in various decision-making spaces of society without being interrupted. Its pillars of action consist of fighting for justice, upholding memory, amplifying the legacy, and nurturing the seeds of Marielle, those who came before, and those who will come after."
"International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,200000,"Project Grant","Research-based Online Violence Early Warning System (EWS) by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the University of Sheffield designed to detect, predict, and ultimately help prevent the escalation of online abuse, harassment, and attacks against women journalists - online and offline."
InternetLab,"Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,655000,"General Funding Grant","InternetLab is a Brazilian civil society organization whose mission is to produce sophisticated, evidence-based and impact-oriented social and legal research and analyses to identify and clarify critical issues, thereby helping to build the intellectual and evidential foundation for public awareness, action and policy-making."
Intervozes,"Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,290000,"Project Agreement","This Project Agreement will support Intervozes' general mission of promoting a free and diverse informational ecosystem in Brazil, specifically by supporting their ability to a) carry out research projects; b) implement public engagement campaigns and advocacy strategies on both national and international levels; c) conduct training courses aimed at grassroots activists and organizations."
"Iraka Media Association","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,150000,"Project Agreement","A two-year project agreement to support Minority Africa to streamline their internal operations and to develop their editorial, fellowship, and external networks."
Kamara,"Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,200000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to support the work of Kamara, an organization that works to advance the safety of the global ecosystem of civil society organizations and movements, and to provide tailored protection tactics for its partners. The focus of this opportunity is Kamara's Strategic Initiatives Centre (SIC), an experimental initiative to support civil society in the Global Majority by providing investigation-based insights to inform both their protection and advancement of missions."
"Katiba Institute","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,906000,"General Funding Grant","This is an unrestricted grant to support Katiba Institute's work to entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya which creates a society in which human rights are protected, government is accountable and transparent, and everyone is able to participate in decision-making."
"LEAP Africa","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,900000,"Project Agreement","This is a three-year grant contribution to the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), a $5 million fund created by the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. The Fund provides targeted capacity building, youth ecosystem building and financial support to burgeoning youth-led movements in Nigeria, in order to sustain their work locally and facilitate opportunities for learning."
medConfidential,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,20000,Other,"To support advocacy and education activities around human rights and data protection during the passage of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill."
"Nacif Films","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,140000,"Project Agreement","To support Filmadora in the production of a documentary about Vivir Quintana and her exploration of gender-based violence in Mexico."
Namati,"Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,500000,"Program Grant","A 2-year grant to support Namati's work in Kenya on the right to citizenship which seeks to end inequality in the access to citizenship by working hand-in-hand with marginalized communities towards equal access to documentation and related rights and services."
"New Economy Organisers Network (NEON)","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,149925,Other,"This 2-year project grant will support Just Treatment to deliver their project on youth mental health and platform accountability as part of their wider patient-led campaigning on health justice. The project will focus on building an ecosystem across digital and non-digital groups and supporting young people harmed by social media platforms to become the leaders of a broad coalition to win systemic reform."
"New Venture Fund","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,300000,Other,"Digital Action is building a global coalition of tech justice organisations, aiming to hold Big Tech corporations to account for the way they amplify hate speech and disinformation, endangering already vulnerable minorities further. Digital Action is aiming to bring this pressure to bear particularly in 2024, when more than 60 countries go to the polls across the world."
"New Venture Fund","Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,84000,Other,"This funding is part of Luminate's participation in the NetGain Partnership, a philanthrophic collaboration seeking to advance the public interest in the digital age. NetGain's current work is focused on addressing the harms wrought by Big Tech and exploring and advancing meaningful reform."
"Núcleo Jornalismo","Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,190000,"Project Agreement","The funding will be applied in institutional development (administrative, HR, and commercial capacity), community building, and technology enhancement and artificial intelligence."
"Open Briefing","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,300000,"Project Agreement","This is a project agreement to support the work of Open Briefing, an organization that works to provide holistic security support and resources to protect people and communities challenging power. The focus of this opportunity is Open Briefing's strategies to 1) Disrupt attacks and reprisals against the people and communities challenging power and; 2) Strengthen the global support ecosystem for the people and communities targeted for challenging power. We will also be supporting their process of becoming a globally decentralized organization."
"Open Net","Information Ecosystems",Asia,2023,270000,"Project Agreement","To support the organisation's work in using Data Protection Acts to reducing monetisation of the disinformation content and accounts on platforms in South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan."
"Open Rights Group","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,50000,Other,"Campaign initiatives to challenge the UK Government's ambition to weaken UK data protection standards."
"Paradigm Initiative","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,410000,"General Funding Grant","This is a two year grant to Paradigm Initiative to support its core operations and programs around digital rights and digital inclusion in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa."
Peri,"Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,944500,"Project Agreement","Peri is a Brazil-born studio focused on creating films, docs and series that strategically push new mental models into the audience's imagination by tapping into well-known narrative archetypes."
Perludem,"Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Asia,2023,102000,"Project Agreement","This grant will provide support to Perludem to build strong and solid CSO Coalition against election disinformation, and to coordinate multi-stakeholder forums that bridge collaboration of CSOs, social media platforms, and elections administrators to prevent and combat election disinformation in Indonesia."
"Pulitzer Center","Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,150000,"Project Agreement","This is a project grant to the Pulitzer Center's AI accountability network. The initiative aims to expand and diversify the field of of algorithmic accountability reporting by supporting journalists, particularly those working at the local level to pursue in-depth reporting projects that interrogate how AI systems are funded, built, and deployed by governments and other actors. With Luminate's support, the Pulitzer Center will research, design, and start to implement a comprehensive strategy to maximize the synergies between journalism and audience-centered engagement."
"Purple Code Collective","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,200000,"Project Agreement","This project funding will support Purple Code carrying out legal assistance, tech and psycho-social assistance to victims of online gender-based violence."
Quid,"Information Ecosystems","Latin America",2023,890000,"Project Agreement","This grant will help Quid consolidate its operations for a longer time, offering support to the field in its work to mitigate for antidemocratic extremism that prevents underrepresented groups to participate in political decisions. It will be dedicated to expanding research capacity, amplifying campaign actions, and deepening partnerships within and outside of Brazil."
Reset,"Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,3500000,"Project Agreement","This funding is to support the overall activities of the organisation in addressing digital threats to democracy."
Reset,"Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,3000000,Other,"This funding is to support the overall activities of the organisation in addressing digital threats to democracy."
"Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,530000,Other,"AfricaNoFilter supports storytellers and organisations already working to shift stereotypical narratives of Africa through the development of nuanced and contemporary stories. This grant will support AfricaNoFilter implement its strategic plan in accordance with its key pillars: grant-making, research, community building, and advocacy."
SAFEnet,"Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,300000,"General Funding Grant","This is a general support grant for SAFEnet to support their programmatic work on digital rights and freedom of expression, and to strengthen their organization."
"Siasa Place","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,240000,"General Funding Grant","A 2-year grant to Siasa Place to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to promote youth participation in democratic processes through research, training, civic education, networking, and strategic partnerships."
"Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a core grant to SERAP in support of their strategic litigation work to protect dissent and to expand the space for civic participation in Nigeria."
"Spaces for Change","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,50000,"Project Agreement","This is a grant to Spaces for Change to support the tracking and documentation of civic space issues arising from the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian judiciary's contributions to these, and provide recommendations on appropriate responses."
"Studio Citizen","Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,600000,Other,"Luminate supports the early stage development of Studio Citizen, a new Studio that integrates journalism into impact-driven nonfiction storytelling."
"Superrr Lab","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,400000,Other,"A 3-year unrestricted grant to support Superrr Lab?s work to develop visions and projects to create more equitable futures by researching technologies, building networks, and shaping new narratives. LSI is particularly interested in their work 1) opening up the tech debate to those most affected by digital technologies, including forming new networks and alliances beyond tech and, 2) replacing innovation narratives with sustainability, equity and inclusion, including providing a forum to build consensus between civil society organisations, establish points of action and present shared narratives."
"Systemic Justice","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,150000,Other,"An 18-month project grant to support research mapping on how technology causes harm to marginalised communities in Europe. The grant will support Systemic Justice to 1) develop bespoke non-extractive methodological approaches to research / investigate the harms experienced by marginalised communities across Europe and 2) publish the main mapping report and develop additional related outputs."
"Tecnología Sin Fines de Lucro","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,60000,"Project Agreement","This grant to Accionar.io contributes to the collaborative design of communication and mobilization strategies aimed at raising awareness and promoting the agendas of underrepresented groups, specifically women, youth, the LGBT+ community, and Indigenous peoples."
"The London Story","Participation & Dissent",Europe,2023,150000,Other,"To support the London Story's work to fight the impunity of the state and big tech in the info-sphere through the tracking of disinformation and hate speech online that lead to violations of human rights in particular in India and Europe."
"The New Humanitarian","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,175000,"Project Grant","This is a project grant to help TNH advance their mission to create a model of decolonised journalism, a key component of their five-year strategy (2022-2026), then to provide practical insights and thought leadership to the wider sector of international journalism on the subject. More specifically, TNH's efforts will focus on creating content that is more inclusive and guided by the communities they serve, in order to better represent the issues that matter to them. In addition to nuturing talent from the Global South, TNH will also seek to create guidance based on their own and others' experience and by providing fora and a platform for awareness-raising and discussion."
"The Syria Campaign UK","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Global,2023,100000,Other,"This grant is to support survivors and victims of disinformation campaigns in Syria to directly advocate to policymakers and tech companies about the harm caused by disinformation attacks and the need for Tech regulation."
"Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education","Participation & Dissent",Global,2023,400000,"Project Agreement","This is a renewal project agreement to the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education. The scope of this project is supporting Tshisimani in building transnational solidarity across the African continent through the African Solidarity Programme, and Education for Movement Building. This work is also part of a continued long-term investment to support Tshisimani in becoming  a global reference for activist education."
"Universidad Torcuato Di Tella","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,160000,"Project Agreement","To create a resilient network of women in Argentina, fostering collaboration and facilitating their advancement in political, economic, academic, and social leadership roles."
"University of Massachusetts Amherst","Information Ecosystems",Asia,2023,198811,"Project Grant","This research grant renewal will extend the partnership between Luminate and UMass Amherst digital politics researchers to develop high-impact action research that supports global civil society to address information disorders across diverse national contexts."
Uplift,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,120000,Other,"This grant will help Uplift launch a major public enquiry in Ireland on the role of Big Tech in Irish society and its failure in holding these companies to account in protecting all Europeans' data and digital rights."
Uplift,"Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,250000,Other,"This 2-year project grant will support the Hope and Courage Collective to grow an emergent ecosystem across civil society in Ireland at the intersections of tackling threats to democracy, the exponential rise of the far-right and the role of social media platforms in amplifying hate, discrimination, mis- and disinformation and thus exacerbating harms and negatively impacting democracy. This grant will help them to support an ecosystem so that it is better connected, more aligned, and better able to work together."
"Victory Institute","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,589254,"Project Grant","The proposed project grant will support the Victory Institute in strengthening the network and skills of LGBTQI+ leaders across Latin America; producing a two-volume research on the regional situation of the political participation of LGBTQI+ persons; and developing institutional capacity and resilience of the LGBTQI+ movement in Brazil."
Viewfinder,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2023,50000,"Project Agreement","Through narrative journalism, documentary filmmaking, and inter-newsroom collaborations, Viewfinder seeks to make complex findings accessible to audiences across the spectrum of South African news media consumers. This is a tie-off grant to Viewfinder to enable them to continue and expand their investigations into police abuses and impunity."
"Vox Public","Information Ecosystems",Europe,2023,450000,Other,"A 2-year project grant to support VoxPublic to convene, facilitate, and coordinate a network of digital and non-digital civil society organisations in France to increase pressure on social media companies by questioning their business model and toxic practices regarding discrimination, spread of hate speech, and disinformation. VoxPublic will convene stakeholders to build knowledge and analysis, centre people who experience harm by social media platforms and other injustices, and campaign."
"Women in Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN)","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,120000,"Project Agreement","This grant will go towards supporting two of WILAN's activities, namely the Leading Woman Show and Women Running Circle, an aftercare programme for women politicians. It will also strengthen their MsRepresented project which is an online campaign for women misrepresented and underrepresented."
"Yaaj México","Participation & Dissent","Latin America",2023,210000,"General Funding Grant","To support Yaaj in their efforts to enhance the political and civic participation of the LGBTI+ community in Mexico."
Yar'Adua,"Participation & Dissent",Africa,2023,300000,"Project Grant","This is a renewal of Luminate's contribution to the donor collaborative fund to protect human rights defenders such as journalists, media houses, and civil society partners in Nigeria who are victims of the shrinking civic space in Nigeria."
"Yayasan HIVOS","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,200000,"Project Agreement","This project funding will support Yayasan Hivos organise training of trainers, organization accompaniment, and mentorship on holistic safety and security."
"Yayasan Malaysiakini","Participation & Dissent",Asia,2023,100000,"Project Agreement","Yayasan Malaysiakini is a foundation formed under the auspices of Malaysiakini, Malaysia's oldest online news portal. Its main project Sokong, is a digital fundraising platform that aims to connect donors and nonprofits in Malaysia, in an effort to provide increased, consistent and long-term funding for these organisations."