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Year

Amount committed (US$)

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Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2020

190,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 190,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Update Institute, a Brazilian organisation that studies and fosters civic engagement and political innovation in Latin America, seeking increased representation in politics and higher trust in democracy across the region.

JoinPolitics

Civic Empowerment

Europe

2021

200,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support JoinPolitics, a new organisation and fund in Germany with a mission to seed capital for political talents. JoinPolitics empowers political talent and teams (individuals who want to run for office, or teams who want to work on specific political issues/projects) to develop and implement innovative solutions to the big political challenges of our times.

Just Futures Law

Civic Empowerment

United States

2021

600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide general operating funding for Just Futures Law as they provide innovative legal support that strengthens the immigrant rights and racial justice movements, centering the leadership and lived experience of organizers, activists, and base-building community groups.

JustaPaz

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

71,600

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 71,600

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support JustaPaz's 2022 Elections project in Colombia. This project will seek to increase the representation of historically marginalized groups in Congress both before and after elections.

Katiba Institute

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide unrestricted support to Katiba Institute, which works to achieve social transformation in Kenya through the Constitution. It uses research, collaborative workshops on constitutional issues, public interest litigation, and advocacy to achieve economic and social progress for all Kenyans through full implementation of the Constitution.

Laboratorio para la Ciudad

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2013

100,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support The Laboratorio para la Ciudad (LabPLC), an civic innovation office within the Mexico City government. The grant enables LabPLC to test and document its theory of change, to learn how to most effectively increase civic engagement & government responsiveness.

Livity Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2013

186,048

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 186,048

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Livity Africa, which seeks to transform the lives of young people in South Africa by using youth-created media platforms and campaigns that engage, empower, and cause young people to act, including through political and democratic processes.

Livity Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2015

534,616

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2015

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 534,616

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide general operating support for Livity Africa to help increase the participation of youth in South Africa's democracy.

Magamba Network

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2017

280,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 280,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the development and use of new media tools to educate citizens and promote new forms of civic engagement in Zimbabwe.

Magamba Network

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

315,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 315,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Magamba Network in increasing youth participation in national civic processes and consolidating citizen engagement through digital media and the use of civic tech in Zimbabwe.

Making All Voices Count

Civic Empowerment

Global

2012

5,000,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2012

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 5,000,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To provide support for a new fund providing financial and human capital support to grow the nascent technology for transparency and accountability sector, globally.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Civic Empowerment

Global

2014

401,033

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2014

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 401,033

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To fund the Omidyar Network-MIT Collaboration for Impact Assessment, a project to test theories of change for organisations in the government transparency sector.

Mathare Social Justice Centre

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

80,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 80,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support MSJC's work to promote social justice through engaged community and social movement platforms.

MediaJustice

Civic Empowerment

United States

2017

50,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support the Center for Media Justice, in partnership with Wellstone and United We Dream, in conducting three day-long local events that deliver grassroots digital security workshops to activists and organisers and engage them in related advocacy or educational events.

MediaJustice

Civic Empowerment

United States

2020

750,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 750,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support MediaJustice's work to build a movement at the intersection of data and digital rights and racial justice, organising around the unique challenges of sustaining grassroots organisations in creating concerted, amplified change. MediaJustice centers the rights and voices of people of color, lower-income communities, and all those who face historic discrimination and disadvantage.

Memria

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2019

100,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Memria in capturing and curating stories of victims from the Colombian armed conflict.

Merdeka Center

Civic Empowerment

Asia

2021

450,500

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 450,500

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To provide project funding to carry out a youth empowerment and leadership program towards the goal of youth voter engagement and mobilisation in semi-rural and rural communities.

Mideast Youth

Civic Empowerment

Global

2011

600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Mid East Youth, a group of websites that serves as an interactive and educational platform for its users throughout the Arab world, offering what the region's mainstream media overlooks: uncensored information, human rights abuses, personal anecdotes from underrepresented minorities, and articles on culture.

Migratory Notes

Civic Empowerment

United States

2017

75,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 75,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Migratory Notes, a weekly guide to rapidly developing immigration issues for journalists, policymakers, lawyers, academics, advocates, and immigrants themselves.

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