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Area of work

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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

530,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 530,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description AfricaNoFilter supports storytellers and organisations already working to shift stereotypical narratives of Africa through the development of nuanced and contemporary stories. This grant will support AfricaNoFilter implement its strategic plan in accordance with its key pillars: grant-making, research, community building, and advocacy.

Stears

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

200,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two year project agreement to Stears to; Support the flagship product - African Elections Monitor, of the Data for Storytelling Program. Utilise cutting-edge technologies such as real-time satellite imagery and interactive data visualisation technologies to share knowledge with and train independent media organisations within Luminate's existing portfolio on data visualisation

Studio Citizen

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

600,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Luminate supports the early stage development of Studio Citizen, a new Studio that integrates journalism into impact-driven nonfiction storytelling.

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 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.

Universidad de Palermo

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

510,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 510,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This project agreement supports CELE in promoting human-rights-based internet governance from the Global South by conducting research to influence global standards, strengthening tech regulation in Latin America, and advocating for these principles regionally and internationally.

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Information Ecosystems

Asia

2023

198,811

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 198,811

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description This research grant renewal will extend the partnership between Luminate and UMass Amherst digital politics researchers to develop high-impact action research that supports global civil society to address information disorders across diverse national contexts.

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.

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.

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.

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center

Information Ecosystems

United States

2024

50,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus United States

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To provide funding for the Norman Lear Research Center of the University of California to undertake a content analysis of the portrayal of social media and its industry in news and entertainment.

Viewfinder

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

50,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description Through narrative journalism, documentary Ô¨Ålmmaking, and inter-newsroom collaborations, ViewÔ¨Ånder seeks to make complex Ô¨Åndings accessible to audiences across the spectrum of South African news media consumers. This is a tie-off grant to Viewfinder to enable them to continue and expand their investigations into police abuses and impunity.

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.

Women in Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN)

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

260,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 260,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a two-year project agreement to support Women in Leadership Advancement Network's work in using technology to inspire a shift to gender-balanced leadership across all levels of political, economic, and public life.

ABONG - Associação Brasileira de ONGs

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

350,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description ABONG is a Brazilian association established in 1991 with the aim of strengthening Brazilian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the defense and promotion of common rights and goods. They collaborate with social movements and engage in dialogue with governments for an environmentally just world, with equal rights and free from all forms of discrimination

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.

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 Lab Nigeria

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

260,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 260,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description A 2-year grant to Accountability Lab Nigeria to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to shift civic engagement and support the advancement of fundamental freedoms of individuals and communities, particularly those historically marginalized.

Africa's Voices Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

300,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description A 2-year grant to Africa's Voices Foundation to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to amplify citizens' voices - placing them at the centre of decision-making, policy responses, and development planning.

Africa's Voices Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2025

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description A final grant to Africa's Voices Foundation to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to amplify citizens' voices - placing them at the centre of decision-making, policy responses, and development planning.

ALT Advisory

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

450,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 450,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two-year grant to support ALT Advisory increase its geographical scope and advance work on information rights across Africa.

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.

Amazon Land Documentary

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

115,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 115,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This Project Agreement seeks to help The Territory impact campaign transition to a long-lasting initiative with permanent impact - an institute that helps traditional communities in the Amazon Region become storytellers and shape the public debate from their perspective.

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