DescriptionTo support the Leadership Academy for Development, a programme at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, which is designed to train government officials and business leaders from developing countries to promote private sector development through public policy.
DescriptionUnrestricted grant to Nebula Fund, a new multi-year initiative that aims to‚ strengthen the narrative power of progressive movements advancing gender justice to promote an inclusive, just and hopeful vision‚ of the future.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo support New/Mode, a multi-channel advocacy and engagement platform that helps causes activate grassroots support, reach lawmakers, and win campaigns on the issues.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)350,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionTASCK 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.
DescriptionTo support The Engine Room, which does work to ensure that social justice movements can use technology and date in safe, responsible and strategic ways, while actively mitigating the vulnerabilities created by digital systems.
DescriptionTo support EWMI-ODI work to: (i) build the constituency of Indigenous Peoples who assert and promote Indigenous Data Sovereignty; (ii) build the capacities within the Indigenous Peoples communities to adapt technology to changing circumstances without external assistance; and (iii) develop the Indigenous Data Sovereignty framework that is reflective of Indigenous Peoples in Asia and ensure the use of this framework to involve Indigenous Peoples in policy development.
DescriptionTo support civic tech startup Raheem.ai, a project of Fast Forward, in collecting and publishing data about interactions with police in the U.S. that local organisations, lawmakers, and police departments can use to better support their communities.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support e-Governance Academy, an Estonian CSO founded in 2002, in conducting ecosystem building research, namely investigating the widening gap in Ukraine and Georgia in terms of digital literacy, access to digital tools, and digital skills among various vulnerable groups.
DescriptionTo support Seedstars World in running national and regional competitions and workshops and in growing the civic tech ecosystems in Myanmar, Zimbabwe, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo support Zenysis, a technology company dedicated to building the powerful, collaborative software that governments and international organisations need to confront the greatest challenges facing humanity.
DescriptionTo 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.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo 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.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo 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.
DescriptionA 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.
DescriptionTo 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.
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