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.
DescriptionTo support AI Now Institute (Cadence), a project housed at Aspiration Tech, that works to produce interdisciplinary research and public education on the social implications of artificial intelligence, and the industry responsible for it.
DescriptionTo support the Mozilla Foundation in conducting public campaigns and coalition building in key EU member states and to partner with Global Progress to promote a policy agenda that defends democracy from digital threats.
DescriptionTo support MediaJustice's work to build a movement at the intersection of data and digital rights and racial justice, organising around the unique challenges of sustaining grassroots organisations in creating concerted, amplified change. MediaJustice centers the rights and voices of people of color, lower-income communities, and all those who face historic discrimination and disadvantage.
DescriptionTo support the Open Data Institute, an organisation working with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem, where people can make better decisions using data and manage any harmful impacts.
DescriptionTo support Open Knowledge Foundation, a UK-based non-profit whose mission is to develop and promote open knowledge (information that can freely be used, reused and redistributed) to foster better governance through transparency, provide greater access to culture, and spur research and innovation.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support the 'Public Square' project, a partnership between the Democratic Society and mySociety to develop and build consensus around the case for common social and technological infrastructure to support citizen participation in the democratic process at local and regional level in the UK.
DescriptionTo provide unrestricted core support for Upturn's work to promote equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of digital technology.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeS.A.F.E: Simple Agreement for Future Equity
DescriptionTo support Where Is My Transport, an integrated mass transit solution for emerging markets, focused on providing public transport data and technologies that enrich services, empower people, and enable innovation.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Correctiv, an independent, non-profit media organisation in Germany that investigates injustices and abuses of power, and runs educational programs on journalism and media literacy.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Wingu's general operation, with a particular focus on expansion and professionalisation of tech engagement, civic impact, and experimentation with sustainability models.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Wingu's general operation, with a particular focus on expansion and professionalisation of tech engagement, civic impact, and experimentation with sustainability models.
DescriptionTo support Avina Americas in establishing a three-year collaborative regranting mechanism called Initiativa por los Derechos Digital en Latinoamerica - Indela to strengthen and further develop the digital rights ecosystem in Latin America.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Other
DescriptionIn 2018, Luminate invested $950,000 as a convertible loan in The Correspondent to finance its crowdfunding campaign that would enable it to launch its operations. This refinancing focused on helping The Correspondent meet its operating cash requirements. Ultimately The Correspondent was not able to sustain its operations and shut down in December 2020.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Chequeado in advancing its fact-checking efforts in Latin America through automation, content distribution, and data literacy programs.
DescriptionTo support the Revenue Watch Institute to further development of international open data standards for extractives, through a combination of advocacy, technical efforts, and piloting open data approaches in Ghana.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support the policy and advocacy work of TI-UK, building on the outcomes of the UK Anti-Corruption Summit to establish global standards on anti-corruption practices such as beneficial ownership transparency.
This database was last updated on 13 December 2022
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