DescriptionTo support the California Immigrant Policy Center in conducting research to gain a much deeper and broader understanding of how Americans think about immigrants.
DescriptionTo support the Center for Technology & Society in advancing ADL's mission of fighting anti-Semitism and hate, reinforcing its leadership against cyberhate, and protecting freedom of speech and democratic rights affected by emergent technologies.
DescriptionTo support Civic Commons, which was incubated as a 2011 Code for America project and sponsored by the District of Columbia to help government agencies share code, best practices, and innovations in IT.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Convertible (Seed)
DescriptionThis convertible seeks to support Colab, a Brazilian civic tech company, which provides a platform for citizens to engage with local governments and utility companies.
DescriptionThis 2-year project grant will support DeGoedeZaak to map out the ecosystem of change-makers, civil society, and grassroots actors affected by platform harms and build a resilient ecosystem to tackle this in the Netherlands. The project will lean heavily on collaboration with key stakeholders Stem op een Vrouw and Bits of Freedom and start by convening diverse groups to build collective visions and strategies to tackle platform harms.
DescriptionTo support Democracy Works' efforts to increase their R&D capabilities to make their voter engagement tools even more effective at serving under-reached voter populations.
DescriptionThe 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.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente, a non-profit in Chile that seeks to promote government transparency and accountability, using web and mobile technology to encourage active citizen participation and engagement in the political process.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), a non-profit and non-governmental organization that seeks to ensure the rights of Indigenous peoples, working closely with the Indigenous movement in Brazil.
DescriptionTo support the work of the Ada Lovelace Institute, with particular focus on the Institute's responsive work on COVID-19 and technology, and the Institute's international engagement.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo 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.
DescriptionThis 2-year project grant will support the Hope and Courage Collective to grow an emergent ecosystem across civil society in Ireland at the intersections of tackling threats to democracy, the exponential rise of the far-right and the role of social media platforms in amplifying hate, discrimination, mis- and disinformation and thus exacerbating harms and negatively impacting democracy. This grant will help them to support an ecosystem so that it is better connected, more aligned, and better able to work together.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)240,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThe grant will support Global Action Plan in engaging existing civil society coalitions and mass mobilisation groups in the European environment/development sectors to join the campaign to fix Big Tech. Through new research and analysis, GAP will engage the full breadth of the climate movement and expand its understanding of how Big Tech's business model is a fundamental obstacle to climate action.
DescriptionTo support New Media Ventures, a seed fund and angel network investing in media and technology startups that support advocacy movements, create new narratives, and drive civic engagement. This investment supports NMV's activities building the ecosystem and financing early-stage, for-profit and non-profit startups.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo 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 evidenceâ€based planning.
DescriptionTo support the educational, training and engagement work of Open Data Manchester, a community group that advocates for responsible and intelligent data practice in Greater Manchester and beyond.
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