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Area of work

Geographic focus

Year

Amount committed (US$)

Hashtag Generation

Information Ecosystems

Asia

2024

200,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description In Sri Lanka, tech platforms have been exploited and weaponised by a range of actors for ethno-political gain. This project will investigate the role of tech platforms on election outcomes, and the impact it has on generating fear and inciting violence against minorities and oppositional voices. The project will also focus on advocacy for tech platforms to do more to remove bad actors and harmful/dangerous content.

IDEC - Instituto de Defesa do Consumidores

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2025

500,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support IDEC's Telecommunications and Digital Rights Program in promoting a safer, fairer digital environment that protects consumers and upholds human rights in Brazil.

Institute of Digital Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (IDD LAC)

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

145,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 145,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This 7-month rapid-response grant aims to reduce the prevalence of misinformation and disinformation on social media in Argentina ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

Instituto Incube

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

500,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This pilot funding initiative seeks to establish a Public Interest Journalism Fund in Brazil, aimed at supporting public interest media, combating disinformation, and strengthening democracy through collaborative donor and civil society efforts.

Instituto Incube

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

250,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Other

Description This is a seed 24-month grant aiming to support More in Common's plan to establish operations in Brazil, hire the top executive team and fully register a legal entity, enabling the development of its first audience mapping in the country as well as the dissemination and establishment of partnerships for its use.

InternetLab

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

655,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 655,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description InternetLab is a Brazilian civil society organization whose mission is to produce sophisticated, evidence-based and impact-oriented social and legal research and analyses to identify and clarify critical issues, thereby helping to build the intellectual and evidential foundation for public awareness, action and policy-making.

Intervozes

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

290,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 290,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This Project Agreement will support Intervozes' general mission of promoting a free and diverse informational ecosystem in Brazil, specifically by supporting their ability to a) carry out research projects; b) implement public engagement campaigns and advocacy strategies on both national and international levels; c) conduct training courses aimed at grassroots activists and organizations.

Iraka Media Association

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two-year project agreement to support Minority Africa to streamline their internal operations and to develop their editorial, fellowship, and external networks.

Luchadoras

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

300,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description The 36-month core grant aims to support Luchadoras in monitoring gender-based violence online in Mexico and the region, as well as carrying out efforts regarding internet governance with platforms and key government stakeholders.

medConfidential

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

20,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 20,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support advocacy and education activities around human rights and data protection during the passage of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.

Meliore Foundation

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

900,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This funding will support The Better Information Project(TBIP) at Meliore Foundation that seeks to create fact-based media, content, and digital infrastructure that can overwhelm oppositional narratives and provide information context that can be used by decision makers - with the support of policy expertise - to drive radical decision making on tech regulation and policy.

Network of European Foundations

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

1,000,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,000,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description The European AI and Society Fund will provide support to CSOs across Europe to work together on building accountable governance mechanisms on AI.

New Economy Organisers Network (NEON)

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

149,925

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 149,925

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This 2-year project grant will support Just Treatment to deliver their project on youth mental health and platform accountability as part of their wider patient-led campaigning on health justice. The project will focus on building an ecosystem across digital and non-digital groups and supporting young people harmed by social media platforms to become the leaders of a broad coalition to win systemic reform.

New Venture Fund

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

84,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 84,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This funding is part of Luminate's participation in the NetGain Partnership, a philanthrophic collaboration seeking to advance the public interest in the digital age. NetGain's current work is focused on addressing the harms wrought by Big Tech and exploring and advancing meaningful reform.

Núcleo Jornalismo

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

190,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 190,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description The funding will be applied in institutional development (administrative, HR, and commercial capacity), community building, and technology enhancement and artificial intelligence.

Open Net

Information Ecosystems

Asia

2023

270,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 270,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support the organisation's work in using Data Protection Acts to reducing monetisation of the disinformation content and accounts on platforms in South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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.

Policy Innovation Centre

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

1,965,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,965,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a three-year grant to Policy Innovation Centre in support of its work to provide policy analysis and ecosystem convening on the technology, development and democracy landscape in Nigeria. PIC will also provide coordination and managerial oversight for Nigeria's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collective, including acting as a fiscal agent to the three organisations that make up the consortium.

Pulitzer Center

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project grant to the Pulitzer Center's AI accountability network. The initiative aims to expand and diversify the field of of algorithmic accountability reporting by supporting journalists, particularly those working at the local level to pursue in-depth reporting projects that interrogate how AI systems are funded, built, and deployed by governments and other actors. With Luminate's support, the Pulitzer Center will research, design, and start to implement a comprehensive strategy to maximize the synergies between journalism and audience-centered engagement.

Quid

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

890,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 890,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This grant will help Quid consolidate its operations for a longer time, offering support to the field in its work to mitigate for antidemocratic extremism that prevents underrepresented groups to participate in political decisions. It will be dedicated to expanding research capacity, amplifying campaign actions, and deepening partnerships within and outside of Brazil.

Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

650,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 650,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This 33-month core grant aims to advance R3D's mission of protecting digital rights and preserving civic space in the face of escalating challenges posed by surveillance and cybercrime legislation, content moderation practices, and the rapid advancement of AI at a national, regional, and global level.

Reporters Without Borders

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

200,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Other

Description An 18-month grant to support the Forum on Information and Democracy, to continue building its institutional capacity and expand its activities and partnerships in the Global South.

Reset

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

3,000,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 3,000,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This funding is to support the overall activities of the organisation in addressing digital threats to democracy.

Reset

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

3,500,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 3,500,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This funding is to support the overall activities of the organisation in addressing digital threats to democracy.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

2,000,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 2,000,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two year grant renewal to support IFPIM's scale up and sustain its operations and activities including research, policy and strategy on emerging technologies.

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