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Area of work

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Year

Amount committed (US$)

ARTICLE 19 (UK)

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

1,156,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,156,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This 27-month project will enhance ARTICLE 19’s Digital Markets Watch initiative by building a global community for training, information exchange, and dialogue to advocate for open and fair digital markets, promote accountability for Big Tech companies by governments and regulators, and foster international discussions on digital market regulations, business models, and competition practices, while amplifying voices from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Atlantic Council

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2024

565,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 565,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description The Atlantic Council?s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) broadens understanding of regional transformations while demonstrating why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for the world. This grant specifically supports their work on Colombia.

Citizens' Gavel

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

310,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 310,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This grant will support Gavel to institutionalize its operations and work around improving Nigeria's justice system and increasing citizens' awareness on related issues

Foxglove

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

129,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 129,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This project funding supports Foxglove to challenge Big Tech monopolies through policy, litigation, and campaigning interventions.

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.

Neo Philanthropy

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to Migration Tech Monitor's fellowship initiative, which incubates projects that 1) document the impact of technology and surveillance on mobile communities, 2) challenge the use and development of repressive border tools, or 3) build alternative security tech infrastructure and narratives designed by people with lived experience of migration. With this project, Luminate aims to explore how technologies used in border controls and border externalisation inform the use of repressive tech in society at large.

Open Rights Group

Participation & Dissent

Europe

2024

290,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 290,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Open Rights Group will facilitate initiatives that protect digital rights in the UK, including the regulation of Big Tech and improved enforcement of data protection.

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.

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.

Tifa Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2024

550,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 550,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a core support grant to TIFA to support their Data Policy and Governance Program, and to strengthen the organisation in transforming from a previously pure funding agency into a multi-donor, direct implementing organisation.

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.

Yar'Adua

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

300,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description This is a renewal of Luminate's contribution to the donor collaborative fund to protect human rights defenders such as journalists, media houses, and civil society partners in Nigeria who are victims of the shrinking civic space in Nigeria.

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 Uncensored

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

300,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two-year project agreement grant to support Africa Uncensored in building out its investigative reporting capacity and audience in Kenya and the wider East African region.

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.

African Centre for Media and Information Literacy

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 This is a rapid response grant to AFRICMIL to track and document misinformation and disinformation around the Nigeria elections on social media and provide recommendations on appropriate policy responses.

Afrobarometer

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

400,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a two year pilot grant to support AfroBarometer train local civil society organisations in data collection, management and story telling using data and pilot tools to get perspectives on youth across Africa.

Afrobarometer

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2025

200,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a one year final funding grant to Afrobarometer to support its data collection, management and storytelling on issues of technology and its intersection with social justice and human rights across Africa.

Agência Pública

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

750,550

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 750,550

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This 36-month General Operating grant seeks to support Agência Pública's institutional development in different fronts (strategic, fundraising, and branding) as well as support transnational investigations from a Global Majority perspective, a seed editorial project to enable a more Global footprint for the organisation.

AI Forensics

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

253,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 253,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Luminate supports AI Forensics so that it can hold major technology platforms accountable by conducting independent and high-profile technical investigations to uncover and expose the harms caused by their algorithms.

Algorithim Watch

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2023

300,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Luminate is supporting Algorithm Watch to ensure that the use of algorithmic systems benefits the many, not the few.

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