Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Open Data Durban, a non-profit civic technology lab that implements and advocates for open data, open government, and civic technology through projects, events, workshops, and dataquests. They work with government, citizens, civic society, and the media to democratise knowledge and enable informed decision making and evidence???based planning.
DescriptionTo support a cross-media campaign to promote Candidate Check, a vote-matching platform, leading up to the 2017 federal elections in Germany.
DescriptionTo support Personal Democracy Forum 'Poland-Central Eastern Europe' (PDF-PCEE), a two-day event in 2014 exploring the interaction between open Internet and open government.
DescriptionTo support the Personal Democracy Forum's creation of The DoTank, a news-blog/online hub for reporting and analysis on groups working globally on government transparency, anti-corruption, open data, and civic hacking.
DescriptionTo support the WeGov project, a hub for current reporting, analysis, and background on groups working on government transparency, operated by the Personal Democracy Forum.
DescriptionTo support Personal Democracy Media's efforts to develop a new facility in New York, to be called the Personal Democracy Center, which will serve as an accelerator / incubator for civic start-ups and related purposes.
DescriptionTo support Phandeeyar, a tech community hub in Myanmar which fosters the growing technology ecosystem by supporting new generation of tech entrepreneurs and helping change agents integrate technology into their work.
DescriptionTo help fund the creation of Phandeeyar (formerly Myanmar Innovation Greenhouse), a technology centre serving as a nexus of activity in Myanmar.
DescriptionTo support Phandeeyar, a tech community hub in Myanmar which fosters the growing technology ecosystem by supporting new generation of tech entrepreneurs and helping change agents integrate technology into their work.
DescriptionTo support the Praekelt Foundation's work on JoziHub, a technology hub in Johannesburg that seeks to catalyse the development of new technology ventures by creating an environment where social entrepreneurs, techies, and other stakeholders can interact.
DescriptionTo support Race Forward as they launch a 24-month practitioner cohort to support organizations in creating and amplifying more accurate and humanizing immigration narratives.
DescriptionTo support Change.org Argentina's citizen mobilization efforts, with a specific focus on impact-driven campaigns and expanding its reach at the local level.
DescriptionTo support Change.org Argentina in developing an online platform to provide citizens with opportunities for civic engagement and interaction with candidates.
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 purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support SEATTI (the Southeast Asia Technology and Transparency Fund), a partnership between Omidyar Network and Hivos supporting technology-driven civil society organisations working on media and government transparency in Southeast Asia.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity: Bridge
DescriptionTo support SeeClickFix, a web and mobile platform to enable citizens to report non-emergency issues, such as potholes, graffiti, abandoned vehicles or property, to their cities in order to improve service delivery and citizen engagement with local government.
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