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Area of work

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Year

Amount committed (US$)

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

103,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 103,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Hostwriter

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

105,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 105,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This grant will provide continued support to Hostwriter so it can meet its strategic objectives and its mission to help journalists collaborate across borders.

Ciudades Feministas (CISCSA)

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

108,334

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 108,334

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Final funding grant to CISCSA, a feminist organisation dedicated to promoting women's rights and social justice in Argentina.

Amazon Land Documentary

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

115,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 115,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

Five Arts Centre

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2024

115,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 115,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

Amnistía Internacional Argentina

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

120,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 120,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This rapid response grant to seeks to promote and defend the human rights of underrepresented groups in the country.

Uplift

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

120,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 120,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Women in Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN)

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

120,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 120,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

East Africa Documentary Film Fund (DOCUBOX)

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2025

125,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 125,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

Foxglove

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

129,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 129,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This project funding supports Foxglove to challenge Big Tech monopolies through policy, litigation, and campaigning interventions.

Connected by Data

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

140,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 140,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Nacif Films

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

140,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 140,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support Filmadora in the production of a documentary about Vivir Quintana and her exploration of gender-based violence in Mexico.

Institute of Digital Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (IDD LAC)

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

145,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 145,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

New Economy Organisers Network (NEON)

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

149,925

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 149,925

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Africa's Voices Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2025

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description 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.

Cedar Seed Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

East West Management Institute

Information Ecosystems

Asia

2024

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Futurelect

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2025

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description 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 Dialogue

Participation & Dissent

Europe

2023

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

Haki Yetu

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2024

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description 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.

Iraka Media Association

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two-year project agreement to support Minority Africa to streamline their internal operations and to develop their editorial, fellowship, and external networks.

Mathare Social Justice Centre

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2024

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

Pulitzer Center

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description 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.

Systemic Justice

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description 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.

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