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Area of work

Geographic focus

Year

Amount committed (US$)

mySociety

Civic Empowerment

Europe

2011

2,900,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 2,900,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the continuing efforts of mySociety, including further innovation on its core platforms and products and growth in its international work.

Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF)

Data & Digital Rights

Global

2011

750,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 750,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Open Knowledge Foundation, a UK-based non-profit whose mission is to develop and promote open knowledge (information that can freely be used, reused and redistributed) to foster better governance through transparency, provide greater access to culture, and spur research and innovation.

People, Technology, Government Conference (PTGC)

Other

Global

2011

120,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 120,000

Funding type Program

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support a one-day event in 2012 called 'People, Technology, and Government' showcasing the use of technology tools for open government and for enabling increased transparency and accountability.

Sahara Reporters

Independent Media

Africa

2011

150,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description 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

300,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria

Sunlight Foundation

Civic Empowerment

United States

2011

6,000,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 6,000,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the Sunlight Foundation, which aims to increase government transparency in the United States.

Sunlight Foundation

Civic Empowerment

United States

2011

24,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 24,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support an annual event organised by the Sunlight Foundation at which various communities of activists, government, NGOs, technologists, and others share their knowledge, challenges, and engagements in open government, transparency, and accountability efforts.

Transparency & Accountability Initiative (TAI)

Other

Global

2011

455,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 455,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support the donor collaborative on transparency and accountability, the principal aim of which is to increase knowledge on the impact of transparency and accountability, promote the use of new transparency & accountability technologies, and agree on international transparency & accountability standards.

Ushahidi

Civic Empowerment

Global

2011

380,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 380,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support SwiftRiver, a free and open source platform that helps people make sense of a lot of information in a short amount of time. It offers organisations an easy way to combine natural language/artificial intelligence process, data-mining for SMS and Twitter, and verification algorithms for different sources of information.

Ushahidi

Civic Empowerment

Global

2011

1,900,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,900,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the continuing efforts of Ushahidi, including further innovation on its core platforms and products.

World Press Freedom Day

Independent Media

Global

2011

200,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support the Center for International Media Assistance, a Washington DC-based organisation leading the organising committee for World Press Freedom Day, celebrated with a series of events in DC from May 1-3, 2011.

African Technology and Transparency Initiative

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

2,400,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 2,400,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description 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.

Center for Public Integrity

Independent Media

United States

2010

1,000,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus United States

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,000,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the Center for Public Integrity, which focuses its investigations on money and politics, government waste/fraud/abuse, the environment, healthcare reform, national security and state government transparency.

Code for America

Civic Empowerment

United States

2010

250,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2010

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Code for America, an organisation working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the digital age.

Enough is Enough

Independent Media

Africa

2010

87,500

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 87,500

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description 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

130,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 130,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description 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

350,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Frontline SMS, which is professional messaging platform.

Global Voices

Independent Media

Global

2010

1,200,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Global

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,200,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Global Voices, a "citizen media platform" that seeks to find and publish the most compelling and important stories coming from marginalised and misrepresented communities.

Herdict

Civic Empowerment

Global

2010

300,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Herdict, the Berkman Center's crowdsourcing platform for providing insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of website accessibility.

Infonet

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

99,942

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 99,942

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support InfoNet, which develops open source technologies that give individuals the ability to share public information, therefore improving government transparency and enabling communities to build social capital for democratic social action.

mySociety

Civic Empowerment

Europe

2010

575,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 575,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support mySociety, which provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens.

NewsTrust

Independent Media

Global

2010

100,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Global

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Newstrust, a non-profit news network where users were able to reference news stories, rate those stories according to quality of journalism, post reviews, and add stories they found worthwhile.

Praekelt Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

825,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 825,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Praekelt Foundation in its pioneering use of mobile technology to drive positive social change.

Project On Government Oversight (POGO)

Independent Media

United States

2010

1,000,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus United States

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,000,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support POGO, a bipartisan watchdog that focuses on bringing to light and rectifying systemic abuses of power in the U.S. federal government.

Refugees United

Civic Empowerment

Global

2010

2,600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 2,600,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Refugees United, a non-profit organisation that uses an online forum and mobile phones to help refugees reunite with family.

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