DescriptionTo provide project support to New America Foundation to "rethink the think tank". NAF will pilot a model of building a national network of public problem-solvers, offering a new model for public engagement and civic discourse that bridges local, state, and federal policy levels.
DescriptionDigital 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.
Area of workInformation Ecosystems, Participation & Dissent
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)300,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis 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.
DescriptionThis 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.
DescriptionTo support Publish What You Pay (PWYP)'s work to secure in key global jurisdictions the mandatory transparency of payments by extractive companies to recipient governments.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionA two year grant to support the Forum on Information and Democracy expand its influence into new geographies outside Europe and build institutional capacity.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionTo support Aina's programmatic work in advancing the participation of women in Mexican politics by supporting them through training, mentorship, and other activities designed to gradually tackle entrenched barriers to enter or stay in public decision-making processes at every level (neighborhood, city, state, and national levels).
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a general support grant for SAFEnet to support their programmatic work on digital rights and freedom of expression, and to strengthen their organization.
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity: Bridge
DescriptionTo support SeeClickFix, a web and mobile platform to enable citizens to report non-emergency issues, such as potholes, graffiti, abandoned vehicles or property, to their cities in order to improve service delivery and citizen engagement with local government.
DescriptionTo provide additional funds to support independent filmmakers and finalise the ongoing evaluation of the Sundance Institute | Luminate Fund.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support the policy and advocacy work of Transparency International EU on country-by-country reporting on corporate tax and the strengthening of corporate accountability standards.
DescriptionTo support Tumml, an organisation in San Francisco that operates as an accelerator, supporting early stage companies developing innovative consumer products and services that improve urban living.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo provide funding to Unite US, an outcome-focused technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionThis 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.
DescriptionThis 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.
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.
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