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Area of work

Geographic focus

Year

Amount committed (US$)

Instituto Update

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2024

650,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 650,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description Supporting Instituto Update in bolstering the political engagement of marginalized communities in Latin America, with a particular focus on women, Afro-descendants, indigenous communities, and the LGBTIQ+ community.

Inter-American Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2024

500,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To establish a collaborative fund for civil society organizations in Argentina to 1) strengthen the country's civic space, 2) promote the civic participation of underrepresented groups and combatting gender-based violence online and hate speech against them, and 3) create opportunities to enhance community development in peripheral areas.

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description Research-based Online Violence Early Warning System (EWS) by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the University of Sheffield designed to detect, predict, and ultimately help prevent the escalation of online abuse, harassment, and attacks against women journalists - online and offline.

International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO)

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

270,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 270,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to support the work of INCLO, a global coalition of human rights and civil liberties organizations. Its purpose is strengthening its members' regional agendas, and coordinating joint action on global policy and advocacy processes, including themes of civic space, surveillance, and gender equality.

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.

Kamara

Participation & Dissent

Global

2023

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to support the work of Kamara, an organization that works to advance the safety of the global ecosystem of civil society organizations and movements, and to provide tailored protection tactics for its partners. The focus of this opportunity is Kamara's Strategic Initiatives Centre (SIC), an experimental initiative to support civil society in the Global Majority by providing investigation-based insights to inform both their protection and advancement of missions.

Katiba Institute

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

906,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 906,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is an unrestricted grant to support Katiba Institute's work to entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya which creates a society in which human rights are protected, government is accountable and transparent, and everyone is able to participate in decision-making.

LEAP Africa

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

900,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a three-year grant contribution to the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), a $5 million fund created by the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. The Fund provides targeted capacity building, youth ecosystem building and financial support to burgeoning youth-led movements in Nigeria, in order to sustain their work locally and facilitate opportunities for learning.

Legal Aid Center for the Press (LBH Pers)

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2024

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To carry out strategic litigation for online freedom of expression cases and strengthen the capacity of legal aid lawyers in handling public cases.

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.

Mathare Social Justice Centre

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2024

150,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a 2 year grant to support MSJC to continue their work on building community agency to advocate for their rights and hold power to account.

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.

Nacif Films

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

140,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 140,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support Filmadora in the production of a documentary about Vivir Quintana and her exploration of gender-based violence in Mexico.

Namati

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2025

250,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description A final grant to support Namati's work in Kenya on the right to citizenship which seeks to end inequality in the access to citizenship by working hand-in-hand with marginalised communities towards equal access to documentation and related rights and services.

Namati

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

500,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description A 2-year grant to support Namati's work in Kenya on the right to citizenship which seeks to end inequality in the access to citizenship by working hand-in-hand with marginalized communities towards equal access to documentation and related rights and services.

Network of European Foundations

Participation & Dissent

Europe

2024

550,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 550,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description Luminate will contribute to the Civitates pooled fund to support the 2024-2028 strategy, which will focus on the enforcement of tech regulation at national level across 27 EU member states.

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

Participation & Dissent

Global

2023

300,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description Digital Action is building a global coalition of tech justice organisations, aiming to hold Big Tech corporations to account for the way they amplify hate speech and disinformation, endangering already vulnerable minorities further. Digital Action is aiming to bring this pressure to bear particularly in 2024, when more than 60 countries go to the polls across the world.

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.

New Venture Fund

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

500,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description Core contribution to the Spyware Accountability Initiative, a pooled fund set up by the Ford Foundation to support coordination and capacity building efforts through open, accessible grants to organizations working on spyware accountability anywhere in the world. The fund aims for a sustainable and coordinated global field of activists that is able to curtail the use of surveillance technologies that facilitate authoritarianism, political repression, and the closing of civic space.

Next Narrative Africa

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2024

321,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 321,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support the development process of Contest, a Nigerian political drama focused on Tony, a rising star in the Nigerian Afrobeats scene who decides to run for political office following a violent altercation with the police. The show will explore themes of young people and their relationship with democracy, civic participation, and politics, and the ways in which technology impacts these spaces.

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.

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