DescriptionTo support Reportagem Publica, a crowd funded network of independent, investigative journalists, which if successful , will signal to other non-profit journalism organisations that crowd funding represents a viable revenue stream.
DescriptionTo support Quid, a non-profit dedicated to improving Brazil's public debate by researching, testing, and implementing new narratives against disinformation and hate speech.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Other
DescriptionTo invest in Philippine Depository Receipts, which support Rappler Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Rappler, a Philippines-based social news network and video website.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeOne-Off Funding Grant
DescriptionTo provide support to Rhodes University to help fund the Highway Africa journalism conference, the largest annual gathering of African journalists in the world.
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
DescriptionTo provide additional funds to support independent filmmakers and finalise the ongoing evaluation of the Sundance Institute | Luminate Fund.
DescriptionTo create the Sundance Institute | Luminate Fund, which provides non-recoupable grants to independent artists working across documentary, narrative, episodic, and emerging media projects that address the areas in which Luminate strives to have impact.
DescriptionTo provide project support to The Bristol Cable, an independent media cooperative in Bristol that is redefining media ownership and providing impactful journalism that holds power to account.
Amount committed (US$)
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.
DescriptionTo provide unrestricted funding to The Markup, a non-profit newsroom that investigates how powerful institutions are using technology to change our society.
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