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Area of work

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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Open Rights Group

Participation & Dissent

Europe

2024

290,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 290,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Open Rights Group will facilitate initiatives that protect digital rights in the UK, including the regulation of Big Tech and improved enforcement of data protection.

Open Rights Group

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

50,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Campaign initiatives to challenge the UK Government's ambition to weaken UK data protection standards.

Superrr Lab

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

400,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding purpose Other

Description A 3-year unrestricted grant to support Superrr Lab?s work to develop visions and projects to create more equitable futures by researching technologies, building networks, and shaping new narratives. LSI is particularly interested in their work 1) opening up the tech debate to those most affected by digital technologies, including forming new networks and alliances beyond tech and, 2) replacing innovation narratives with sustainability, equity and inclusion, including providing a forum to build consensus between civil society organisations, establish points of action and present shared narratives.

Systemic Justice

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description An 18-month project grant to support research mapping on how technology causes harm to marginalised communities in Europe. The grant will support Systemic Justice to 1) develop bespoke non-extractive methodological approaches to research / investigate the harms experienced by marginalised communities across Europe and 2) publish the main mapping report and develop additional related outputs.

The Citizens

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

450,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 450,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description The purpose of this grant is to support the Real Facebook Oversight Board project of The Citizens to challenge the legitimacy of Facebook's Oversight Board and expose the harms of Facebook creatively.

The London Story

Participation & Dissent

Europe

2023

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support the London Story's work to fight the impunity of the state and big tech in the info-sphere through the tracking of disinformation and hate speech online that lead to violations of human rights in particular in India and Europe.

The Voices Project

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

60,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 60,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This funding is to support the Disinformation project, whose goal is to reduce hate speech and online harassment and protect space for civil society to express solidarity with causes and campaigns for the protection of human rights, civilian protection and refugee rights.

Uplift

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

250,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This 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.

Uplift

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

120,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 120,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This grant will help Uplift launch a major public enquiry in Ireland on the role of Big Tech in Irish society and its failure in holding these companies to account in protecting all Europeans' data and digital rights.

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

103,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 103,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Luminate is providing funding for the Norman Lear Research Center of the Univeristy of California to undertake a content analysis of the portrayal of social media and its industry in news and entertainment.

Vox Public

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

450,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 450,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description A 2-year project grant to support VoxPublic to convene, facilitate, and coordinate a network of digital and non-digital civil society organisations in France to increase pressure on social media companies by questioning their business model and toxic practices regarding discrimination, spread of hate speech, and disinformation. VoxPublic will convene stakeholders to build knowledge and analysis, centre people who experience harm by social media platforms and other injustices, and campaign.

Accountability Counsel

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

243,479

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 243,479

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Final funding grant to the Accountability Counsel, an organisation that is dedicated to supporting and protecting communities harmed by internationally financed projects.

Accountability Counsel

Participation & Dissent

Global

2023

400,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a renewal grant to support the work of Accountability Counsel, focused on (1) supporting communities to use the non-judicial accountability offices tied to international investment through case support to achieve community goals; (2) policy advocacy to improve the system; and (3) research to understand the field.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

1,250,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,250,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description This is a core general operating grant to the Black Feminist Fund, an organisation that works to meaningfully resource black feminist movements globally. We aim to support their grantmaking activities, centred on Black feminist movements, especially in Africa and Latin America. We also wish to substantially advance their work to support movements in challenging the use of technology by authoritarian and corporate actors, as well as those creating technologies that build visions of a future that are more affirming of Black lives. Additionally, this flexible support from Luminate should enable the BFF to move towards their goal of becoming independent from its fiscal sponsor. This is a collaboration between the Global Programmes, Latin America and Africa teams.

Amnesty International

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

350,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to advance Amnesty Tech's strategy, which combines research, advocacy, campaigning, creative communications, human rights education, and strategic litigation against governments and tech companies.

ARTICLE 19 (UK)

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

1,156,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,156,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This 27-month project will enhance ARTICLE 19’s Digital Markets Watch initiative by building a global community for training, information exchange, and dialogue to advocate for open and fair digital markets, promote accountability for Big Tech companies by governments and regulators, and foster international discussions on digital market regulations, business models, and competition practices, while amplifying voices from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Campaign on Digital Ethics South Africa (CODE SA)

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

320,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 320,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a grant to the Campaign on Digital Ethics South Africa (CODE-SA) to enhance tech accountability, counter disinformation, and empower individuals and communities to take control of their digital lives.

CANVAS

Participation & Dissent

Global

2023

400,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a general operating support renewal grant for CANVAS, an organisation focused on: 1) enhancing the effectiveness and safety of democratic movements as they challenge repressive powers and; 2) supporting the transition of movements who are effective in dissenting into building its long-term positive visions.

Catapult Film Fund

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

350,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This 2-year project will enable Catapult to support the development of stories that showcase the impact of social media and technology on society.

Doc Society

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

480,625

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 480,625

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description Grant to Doc Society to identify the most promising narratives being made globally on the theme of ‘tech & democracy,’ and to support and bring together issue experts, campaigners, and creatives to explore and better communicate the impacts of big tech on society.

Equality Now

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

400,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a grant to Equality Now to work towards digital rights and the protection of girls and women in the digital space.

Foxglove

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

129,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 129,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This project funding supports Foxglove to challenge Big Tech monopolies through policy, litigation, and campaigning interventions.

Global Dialogue

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

100,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a grant to support Civic Futures, FICS' flagship initiative, building a diverse ecosystem of funders, CSOs and movements to push back against the 'security playbook', with a focus on the use of information technologies to surveil and censor actors perceived to be a threat to the state and its interests.

Global Investigative Journalism Network - GIJN

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

400,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description The Global Investigative Journalism Network serves as the international hub for the world’s investigative reporters. Their core mission is to support and strengthen investigative journalism around the world—with special attention to those from repressive regimes and marginalized communities.

Global Philanthropy Project

Participation & Dissent

Global

2023

600,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to support the work of the Global Philanthropy Project, a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic efforts to advance LGBTQI+ rights in the majority world. The focus of this opportunity is GPP'S Donor Government and Field Influencing Strategy, as well as the Pathways Project, an initiative to map the needs and priorities of LGBTQI+ movements globally.

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