"Organization name","Area of work","Geographic focus",Year,"Amount committed (US$)","Funding purpose","Investment Description"
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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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."
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."
"Africa Uncensored","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,70000,"Project Agreement","A project grant to Africa Uncensored (working in collaboration with Open Cities Lab and OdipoDev) to run an initiative called MyCandidate to help inform voters who they are able to vote for in their area with the aim of increasing informed participation."
"African Women in Media","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,100000,"Project Agreement","This is a grant to build capacity of young women journalists, improve the visibility and accessibility of young women in politics, and design a media toolkit for reporting on young women in politics."
"Black Stripe Foundation","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,400000,"General Funding Grant","A two-year unrestricted sunset grant to the Black Stripe Foundation to support the production of the Big Debate - a popular TV show that brings together civil society, state actors and the general public to discuss issues of national interest to South Africans."
BudgIT,"Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,500000,"General Funding Grant","This grant will support BudgIT's citizen engagement, media advocacy, civic tech for participation and ecosystem building work."
"Connected Development (CODE)","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,400000,"General Funding Grant","This is a core grant to support Connected Development's programmatic work around participation in civic and political life, and operations in support of these programmes."
"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."
"Lawyers Hub","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,75000,"Project Agreement","A project grant to Lawyer's Hub to support the convening of the 2022 Africa Law Tech Festival."
"Macondo Book Society","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,50000,"Project Agreement","A project grant to Macondo Book Society to support putting together the Macondo Festival as well as side events with the aim of creating avenues for youth to engage with information regarding the country's‚Äö (and continent's) history and current affairs and using this to inform debates on political issues with the aim of promoting freedom of expression and strengthening democratic culture."
"Nation Media Group","Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,165000,"Project Agreement","A project grant to the Nation Media Group to relaunch the Weekly Review with a special focus on youth and youth-related issues in Kenya."
"Olduvai Ltd","Information Ecosystems, Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,300000,"Project Agreement","This is a 24-month grant to support Scrolla's ambitions to establish Scrolla.Africa as the pre-eminent popular mobile news platform in South Africa, with the aim to expand its work into the rest of southern Africa, and later to create regional hubs in Nigeria and Kenya."
"Open Cities Lab","Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,400000,"General Funding Grant","A 2-year grant to Open Cities Lab to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to facilitate the provision of reliable information to citizens of various countries, especially Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, to enable participation in civic and political life."
"Samosa Festival Ltd","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,30000,"Project Agreement","A one-year project grant to support work on promoting freedom of expression and strengthening democratic culture through digitization and dissemination of visual representations of history and hosting sessions to engage the youth on themes arising."
"School of Politics, Policy and Governance","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,400000,"Project Agreement","This is a core operating grant support to the School of Politics, Policy, and Governance, a school that seeks to build a base and pipeline of a new value-based and disruptive thinking political class with the requisite knowledge and skills to solve complex problems of development."
Stears,"Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,150000,"Project Agreement","This is a grant to support Stears in building an election situation room which is designed to engage internet enabled Nigerians who want to follow the elections, an estimated audience of 33 million people."
TASCK,"Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems",Africa,2022,350000,"Project Agreement","TASCK is a creative company with access to a wide network of creative influencers across many fields, across Nigeria and Africa. They have engaged the creative space in Nigeria including the movie, music, art, fashion, etc. industries and worked to harness the the power of creatives for advocacy and social change."
"Yiaga Africa","Participation & Dissent",Africa,2022,300000,"Project Agreement","This is a two-year general operating grant to support Yiaga Africa's work in support of youth and women's civic participation in Nigeria."
"ALT Advisory","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2021,300000,"Project Agreement","To support ALT Advisory's work towards an effective digital and information rights landscape in South Africa and in the region more broadly."
"Big Cabal","Independent Media",Africa,2021,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To fund Big Cabal Media with seed equity investment to support the scaling of their core operations, storytelling, and citizen engagement media platforms"
"Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism)","Independent Media",Africa,2021,200000,"General Funding Grant","To provide core operating support to Premium Times Centre for Investigation (PTCIJ) and their efforts at improving Nigeria's investigative journalism landscape, promoting press freedom in Nigeria, and for the expansion of Dubawa, their factchecking platform."
"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."
"Debunk Media","Independent Media",Africa,2021,220000,"Project Agreement","To support Debunk Media, a pioneer in digital media in Africa using the art of storytelling to make sense of public interest issues."
"Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative (DRLI)","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2021,100000,"Program Grant","To support two activities at DRLI: 1) publication of review of digital rights judgments, and 2) litigation surgeries to deepen digital rights in Nigeria with a view to ensuring that Nigerians' digital rights are comprehensively protected."
"Education as a Vaccine (EVA)","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2021,35000,"Project Grant","To uphold the rights of young people especially young women to utilize digital technology for accessing information and as a social accountability tool and to strengthen their understanding on digital rights and interlinkage with other rights."
"Haki Africa","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,220000,"General Funding Grant","To support Haki Africa's Haki Mtaani project."
"International Budget Partnership Kenya","Financial Transparency",Africa,2021,400000,"General Funding Grant","To support IBP Kenya in deepening the capacity and agency of citizens to influence the inclusivity, transparency, and responsiveness of national and county budgets, especially on budget execution."
"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."
Namati,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2021,360000,"Project Grant","To support Namati's work in Kenya on the Right to Citizenship."
"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."
"Paradigm Initiative","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2021,105000,"Program Grant","To support PIN, which is working as part of a cohort to strengthen the data and digital rights ecosystem in Nigeria. PIN will address threats and challenges to digital rights in Nigeria through a blend of: 1) building capacity of civil society actors; 2) supporting strategic litigation efforts; and 3) raising public awareness of digital and data rights more broadly."
"Pilot Media Initiatives","Independent Media",Africa,2021,145000,"Project Agreement","To provide a project grant to PMI to, in collaboration with Buni Media, launch the first season of a news and political satire TV show in Kenya."
"Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors","Independent Media",Africa,2021,500000,Other,"To provide unrestricted core funding to support Africa No Filter in advancing their narrative change work across the African continent."
"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."
"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"
"University of Johannesburg","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2021,100000,"Program Grant","To support University of Johannesburg's Media Policy and Democracy Project (MPDP) to carry out advocacy and further investigative reporting of instances of state-surveillance in Southern Africa."
"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."
Viewfinder,"Independent Media",Africa,2021,100000,"Project Agreement","To support Viewfinder in scaling its model for long term, data-driven investigations."
"Africa Check","Independent Media",Africa,2020,450000,"General Funding Grant","To provide core funding to Africa Check for their factchecking work across the continent."
"ALT Advisory","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2020,100000,Other,"To support Alt Advisory's research, analysis, and policy work on data and digital rights issues arising directly and indirectly from the COVID-19 pandemic."
amaBhungane,"Independent Media",Africa,2020,375000,"General Funding Grant","To provide general operating support to amaBhungane, a non-profit organisation that conducts and develops investigative journalism to promote free, capable media and open, accountable, just democracy."
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."
"Atlantic Council","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2020,45000,"Project Grant","To support the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)'s work to research and understand misinformation flows in Nigeria."
"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."
BudgIT,"Financial Transparency",Africa,2020,950000,"General Funding Grant","To support BudgIT's core civic engagement, service delivery, and transparency programmes in Nigeria."
"Citizens' Gavel","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2020,50000,Other,"To support Citizens' Gavel's Covid-19 legal empowerment work in Nigeria."
"Connected Development (CODE)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2020,400000,"General Funding Grant","To provide core operating support to Connected Development, to support their work to empower citizens in Nigeria to participate in holding government accountable for public spending."
LightboxAfrica,"Independent Media",Africa,2020,270000,Other,"To support an impact and awards campaign for Lightbox Studio's documentary film ""Softie""."
"Media Monitoring Africa","Independent Media",Africa,2020,450000,"General Funding Grant","To support MMA's media monitoring, policy submissions, strategic litigation, and stakeholder engagement."
"Open Institute","Financial Transparency",Africa,2020,282000,"General Funding Grant","To support Open Institute's operations and the Active Citizen Data and Government Responsiveness programmes."
"Open Secrets","Financial Transparency",Africa,2020,450000,"General Funding Grant","To provide general operating support for Open Secrets' continued investigations and litigation against economic crimes."
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."
"Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2020,250000,"General Funding Grant","To provide core operating support to Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative, a civic organisation working to promote citizens’ active participation in the Nigerian public audit through its Value for Money project to foster public accountability, good governance, and development of rural communities."
"Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2020,280000,"General Funding Grant","To provide core support to the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa, which defends and supports whistleblowers, and conducts strategic litigation and advocacy on their behalf where their disclosures speak to the public interest of African citizens."
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."
Viewfinder,"Independent Media",Africa,2020,100000,Other,"To provide rapid response grant support to Viewfinder to continue and expand their investigations into police abuses and impunity."
"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."
"Africa Check","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2019,64952,"Project Grant","To support the Digital Africa Research Lab in addressing the threat posed by the misuse of social media in the 2019 Nigerian general election and post-election period."
"Baraza Media Lab","Independent Media",Africa,2019,987000,"Project Grant","To provide core funding for Baraza Media Lab's space and program establishment"
Foxglove,"Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2019,41200,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Foxglove in providing pre-litigation research related to tech accountability."
ideas42,"Financial Transparency",Africa,2019,247800,"Project Grant","To support Ideas42's focused programme of applied behavioral design and empirical field research in Africa, Latin America, and India."
"International Budget Partnership (IBP)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2019,900000,"Program Grant","To support IBP's Kenya and South Africa country programmes."
LightboxAfrica,Other,Africa,2019,160000,Other,"To support post-production of ""Softie,"" a documentary film which follows Kenyan activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi as he enters mainstream politics to challenge social injustice."
"Local Development Research Institute","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2019,75000,"Program Grant","To support an Open Government Partnership (OGP) Fellow engaged in the Kenya Open Government CSO Support program."
"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."
Namati,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2019,300000,"Program Grant","To support Namati's work in Kenya on the Right to Citizenship."
"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."
"Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2019,900000,"General Funding Grant","To support PPDC's work on Open Contracting with State governments in Nigeria and enable them to continue to build take-up and usage of Open Contracting information for accountability."
Right2Know,"Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2019,240000,"General Funding Grant","To support the Right2Know Campaign, a grassroots organisation raising public awareness, mobilising communities, and undertaking research and targeted advocacy that aims to ensure the free flow of information necessary to meet people's social, economic, political, and ecological needs."
"Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors",Other,Africa,2019,500000,"Program Grant","To support #AfricaNoFilter, a donor collaborative designed to support innovative narratives on Africa that can change the way both Africans and the rest of the world see the continent. ANF is a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors."
"Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2019,500000,"General Funding Grant","To support SERAP, a non-profit which promotes transparency and accountability in Nigeria primarily by advocating for improved implementation of the Freedom of Information Act to enable the public and civil society to know, understand, and act on what government is doing."
Stears,"Independent Media",Africa,2019,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support Stears NG, which publishes high quality financial and economic news and analysis in Nigeria."
"The Accountability Lab","Financial Transparency",Africa,2019,420000,"Program Grant","To support programming, operations and learning for the Accountability Lab's South Africa and Nigeria country programmes."
"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."
amaBhungane,"Independent Media",Africa,2018,225000,"General Funding Grant","To support the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism's ongoing work to hold power to account."
amandla.mobi,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2018,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support amandla.mobi's growth."
"Article 19","Data & Digital Rights",Africa,2018,30000,Other,"To support Article 19's participation in a government taskforce working to propose a new data protection policy for urgent adoption in Kenya."
"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."
"Centre for Community Development Zimbabwe",Other,Africa,2018,130000,"Project Grant","To support the Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ), a community-centred non-profit organisation, to work on enhancing citizen engagement, social accountability and monitoring of local government officials, and civic education at grassroots level."
"Georgetown University",Other,Africa,2018,200000,"Project Grant","To support a research project evaluating how administrative and political devolution can improve accountability, foster the provision of local public goods and services, and promote citizen engagement in sub-national governance to overcome unequal development and allocation of resources between counties in Kenya."
"Katiba Institute",Other,Africa,2018,900000,"General Funding Grant","To support Katiba Institute, which  uses the constitution as an instrument to achieve the rule of law, greater respect for human rights, more transparent and accountable leadership, good governance, and eventually a more just society in Kenya. This is a core grant to support their work on improving citizens' access to information and ability to hold those in power accountable through the courts."
"Media Monitoring Africa","Independent Media",Africa,2018,330000,"General Funding Grant","To support MMA, a non-profit organisation that promotes democracy and a culture where media and the powerful respect human rights and encourage a just and fair society. MMA acts in a watchdog role to promote ethical and fair journalism that supports human rights."
"Open Secrets","Financial Transparency",Africa,2018,185000,"General Funding Grant","To support Open Secrets, a non-profit organisation which exposes and builds accountability for private sector economic crimes through investigative research, advocacy, and the law. This core grant supports Open Secrets to continue and expand their work to hold private sector companies accountable for economic crimes that result in human rights violations."
"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."
Veritas,Other,Africa,2018,64900,"Project Grant","To support strategic litigation by Veritas for improved electoral processes, media freedom and transparency in Zimbabwe."
"Africa Check","Independent Media",Africa,2017,80000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Africa Check's collaboration with other Luminate investees."
"Africa Check","Independent Media",Africa,2017,1000000,"General Funding Grant","To support Africa Check and enable them to expand their impact in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya."
"Black Stripe Foundation","Independent Media",Africa,2017,283000,"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."
"Connected Development (CODE)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2017,450000,"General Funding Grant","To support Connected Development (CODE), a non-profit organisation focused on advocacy and the tracking of funds spent by government and donors in Nigeria."
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."
"International Budget Partnership (IBP)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2017,765000,"Program Grant","To support IBP's Kenya and South Africa country programmes."
"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."
"Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)","Independent Media",Africa,2017,1650000,"Program Grant","To support the Media Development Investment Fund, which provides financial and venture support to independent media organisations globally."
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."
"Sahara Reporters","Independent Media",Africa,2017,240000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria"
"Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2017,240000,"General Funding Grant","To support SERAP in building awareness around the Freedom of Information Act in Nigeria, to support citizens and civil society to make use of it, and to conduct strategic litigation to build jurisprudence around the right of the public to access information."
BudgIT,"Financial Transparency",Africa,2016,1500000,"General Funding Grant","To support expansion into Abuja and enable BudgIT to expand its team."
"Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2016,300000,"Project Grant","To support the development of Budeshi, a project that links procurement data to public services using the Open Contracting Data Standard."
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."
"Africa Check","Independent Media",Africa,2015,330000,"General Funding Grant","To support Africa Check, a non-profit working to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa."
"ccHub Growth Capital","Civic Empowerment",Africa,2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To support CcHub's financial sustainability and seed innovation."
"Code for Africa","Independent Media",Africa,2015,532500,"Project Grant","To support the Innovate Africa media challenge, formerly known as ANIC, an initiative that encourages digital experimentation in newsrooms across the continent."
"Connected Development (CODE)","Financial Transparency",Africa,2015,100000,"General Funding Grant","To support Connected Development (CODE), a non-profit organisation focused on advocacy and the tracking of funds spent by government and donors in Nigeria."
HiviSasa,"Independent Media",Africa,2015,"For-profit figures not reported",,"To provide a seed investment in HiviSasa.com, an online Kenyan newspaper that provides local, county level news tailored for the mobile web."
"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."
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."
"Project Isizwe","Independent Media",Africa,2015,472533,"Project Grant","To support Project Isizwe's WiFi's TV project that delivers hyper-local news content to low-income communities via online channels."
"Sahara Reporters","Independent Media",Africa,2015,1122000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria"
"Africa Check","Independent Media",Africa,2014,250000,"General Funding Grant","To support Africa Check, a non-profit working to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa."
BudgIT,"Financial Transparency",Africa,2014,400000,"Program Grant","To support Procurement Nigeria (BudgIT), a social enterprise focused on using technology to drive civic participation and fiscal transparency in Nigeria."
"Dalberg Consulting",Other,Africa,2014,360000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To fund Dalberg Global Development Advisors to collect credible citizen feedback on public sector performance in several African countries."
"Rhodes University","Independent Media",Africa,2014,25500,"One-Off Funding Grant","To provide support to Rhodes University to help fund the Highway Africa journalism conference, the largest annual gathering of African journalists in the world."
"Tax Justice Network Africa","Financial Transparency",Africa,2014,450000,"General Funding Grant","To support Tax Justice Network Africa (TJN-A), a pan-African initiative consisting of a network of members in 15 African countries."
"The World Investigates (TWI)","Independent Media",Africa,2014,355000,"Project Grant","To support The World Investigates, an organisation comprised of award-winning journalists and filmmakers focused on supporting African investigative journalism and bringing those stories to a global audience."
"African Media Initiative","Independent Media",Africa,2013,500000,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support the African News Innovation Challenge."
"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."
"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."
"Sahara Reporters","Independent Media",Africa,2013,1085000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria"
"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."
"XYZ Show","Independent Media",Africa,2012,430000,"General Funding Grant","To support Buni Media, a Kenyan non-profit producing creative digital content challenging the country's socio-political status quo including the XYZ Show."
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."
"African Media Initiative","Independent Media",Africa,2011,1200000,"General Funding Grant","To support the African Media Initiative, a consortium of private media companies in Africa that are working together to improve the quality of journalism on the continent, improve business practices, and access more flexible capital for investment in media."
"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."
FrontlineSMS,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2011,350000,"General Funding Grant","To support Frontline SMS in its business development activities."
"Sahara Reporters","Independent Media",Africa,2011,150000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria"
"Sahara Reporters","Independent Media",Africa,2011,300000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria"
"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."
"Enough is Enough","Independent Media",Africa,2010,87500,"Project Grant","To support a campaign to use technology to mobilise Nigerian citizens to register to vote in the 2011 Presidential Elections."
"Enough is Enough",Other,Africa,2010,130000,"Program Grant","To support a campaign to use technology to mobilise Nigerian citizens to register to vote in the 2011 Presidential Elections."
FrontlineSMS,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2010,350000,"General Funding Grant","To provide support for Frontline SMS, which is professional messaging platform."
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."
"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."
"XYZ Show","Independent Media",Africa,2010,500000,"General Funding Grant","To support Buni Media, a Kenyan non-profit producing creative digital content challenging the country's socio-political status quo including the XYZ Show."
Mzalendo,"Civic Empowerment",Africa,2009,64200,"One-Off Funding Grant","To support Mzalendo, whose mission is to keep an eye on the Kenyan parliament."