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.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support the Right2Know Campaign, a grassroots organisation raising public awareness, mobilising communities, and undertaking research and targeted advocacy that aims to ensure the free flow of information necessary to meet people's social, economic, political, and ecological needs.
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA 2-year grant to Siasa Place to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to promote youth participation in democratic processes through research, training, civic education, networking, and strategic partnerships.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support SERAP in building awareness around the Freedom of Information Act in Nigeria, to support citizens and civil society to make use of it, and to conduct strategic litigation to build jurisprudence around the right of the public to access information.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Chequeado in advancing fact checking efforts in Latin America through the development of products from their Innovation Lab, as well as through the region-wide dissemination of those innovations as the hosts of a regional gathering on fact checking, "Latam Chequea".
DescriptionTo support Directorio Legislativo through a process to more fully apply civic technology and open data into their parliamentary openness work.
DescriptionTo support the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, a project that brings together journalists, programmers, academics, and advocates to identify ways to tackle specific dimensions of illicit financial flows.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism - Abraji, a non-profit institution composed of and run by journalists, dedicated to improving Brazilian journalism and defending freedom of expression.
DescriptionTo support Poynter in fostering a global community of fact checkers by hiring a community manager, creating a website, curating best practice materials, and hosting a global fact checking summit.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support the Civic Tech Innovation Network, a community of practice based at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa that aims to advance research, learning, and application in the field of civic tech in southern Africa.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support the Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) hosted at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. CTIN is a community of practice and a learning network of civic tech practitioners in South Africa, currently hosted as a programme of the Journalism and Media Department.
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