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Area of work

Geographic focus

Year

Amount committed (US$)

Open Briefing

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 Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to support the work of Open Briefing, an organization that works to provide holistic security support and resources to protect people and communities challenging power. The focus of this opportunity is Open Briefing's strategies to 1) Disrupt attacks and reprisals against the people and communities challenging power and; 2) Strengthen the global support ecosystem for the people and communities targeted for challenging power. We will also be supporting their process of becoming a globally decentralized organization.

Open Institute International

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2024

400,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

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 Open Institute for two years. This grant seeks to continue support for ongoing work led by Open Institute in Kilifi County and beyond.

Open Net

Information Ecosystems

Asia

2023

270,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 270,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support the organisation's work in using Data Protection Acts to reducing monetisation of the disinformation content and accounts on platforms in South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

Paradigm Initiative

Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems

Africa

2023

410,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 410,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a two year grant to Paradigm Initiative to support its core operations and programs around digital rights and digital inclusion in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.

Peri

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2023

944,500

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 944,500

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description Peri is a Brazil-born studio focused on creating films, docs and series that strategically push new mental models into the audience's imagination by tapping into well-known narrative archetypes.

Perludem

Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems

Asia

2023

102,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 102,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This grant will provide support to Perludem to build strong and solid CSO Coalition against election disinformation, and to coordinate multi-stakeholder forums that bridge collaboration of CSOs, social media platforms, and elections administrators to prevent and combat election disinformation in Indonesia.

Policy Innovation Centre

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

1,965,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,965,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a three-year grant to Policy Innovation Centre in support of its work to provide policy analysis and ecosystem convening on the technology, development and democracy landscape in Nigeria. PIC will also provide coordination and managerial oversight for Nigeria's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collective, including acting as a fiscal agent to the three organisations that make up the consortium.

Privacy International (PI)

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

800,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 800,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a core renewal grant to Privacy International, whose mission is to protect people's privacy, dignity and freedoms from abuses of companies and governments. PI's strategy has the following pillars: i) Challenging Corporate Data Exploitation, ii) Contesting Government Data, iii) Defending Democracy and Dissent and iv) Safeguarding Peoples' Dignity.

Privacy International (PI)

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

1,500,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,500,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to support Privacy International in building a transregional and cross-sectoral coalition to challenge the spread of the next generation of repressive tech and its misuse by governments. PI will bring together and coordinate civil society organisations, academics, and investigative journalists that have been working on components of digital authoritarianism (e.g. digital rights, defence sector, weapons control) to start building collective capacity to better understand and interrogate the convergence between civilian and military technology.

Pulitzer Center

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

150,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project grant to the Pulitzer Center's AI accountability network. The initiative aims to expand and diversify the field of of algorithmic accountability reporting by supporting journalists, particularly those working at the local level to pursue in-depth reporting projects that interrogate how AI systems are funded, built, and deployed by governments and other actors. With Luminate's support, the Pulitzer Center will research, design, and start to implement a comprehensive strategy to maximize the synergies between journalism and audience-centered engagement.

Purple Code Collective

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2023

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This project funding will support Purple Code carrying out legal assistance, tech and psycho-social assistance to victims of online gender-based violence.

Quid

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2023

890,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 890,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This grant will help Quid consolidate its operations for a longer time, offering support to the field in its work to mitigate for antidemocratic extremism that prevents underrepresented groups to participate in political decisions. It will be dedicated to expanding research capacity, amplifying campaign actions, and deepening partnerships within and outside of Brazil.

Radio Workshop

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2024

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description By combining their skills in production, training, research and audience growth this grant is structured as a two year grant to support Radio Workshop in partnership with Africapodfest continue in its mission to train and mentor budding African podcasters to tell nuanced and impactful stories about Africa with the hopes of widening and deepening the conversations on issues that matter.

Red de Innovación Local (RIL)

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2024

600,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This 36-month project agreement aims to support RIL's initiatives in amplifying the influence of women in politics at the local level by offering training and guidance in crafting public policies with a gender perspective, creating platforms for peer learning and accompaniment, and boosting the visibility of local women's leadership in Argentina.

Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

650,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 650,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This 33-month core grant aims to advance R3D's mission of protecting digital rights and preserving civic space in the face of escalating challenges posed by surveillance and cybercrime legislation, content moderation practices, and the rapid advancement of AI at a national, regional, and global level.

Reset

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

3,000,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 3,000,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description This funding is to support the overall activities of the organisation in addressing digital threats to democracy.

Reset

Information Ecosystems

Global

2023

3,500,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 3,500,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This funding is to support the overall activities of the organisation in addressing digital threats to democracy.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

200,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description This is an 18-month grant to prototype an 18-month experiment in resourcing, documenting and potentially scaling methods to tackle harmful narratives as they relate to authoritarianism and securitization, which also considering how they intersect with AI and Big Tech.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

2,000,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 2,000,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two year grant renewal to support IFPIM's scale up and sustain its operations and activities including research, policy and strategy on emerging technologies.

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.

SAFEnet

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2023

300,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

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 This is a general support grant for SAFEnet to support their programmatic work on digital rights and freedom of expression, and to strengthen their organization.

Siasa Place

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

240,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2023

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description A 2-year grant to Siasa Place to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to promote youth participation in democratic processes through research, training, civic education, networking, and strategic partnerships.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

400,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

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 core grant to SERAP in support of their strategic litigation work to protect dissent and to expand the space for civic participation in Nigeria.

Spaces for Change

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2023

50,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

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 grant to Spaces for Change to support the tracking and documentation of civic space issues arising from the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian judiciary's contributions to these, and provide recommendations on appropriate responses.

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

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