DescriptionTo support UndocuBlack's work to advocate for legislation and executive actions to protect and provide permanent immigration status relief to Black undocumented immigrants facing the dual threat of xenophobia and racism.
DescriptionTo support Tous Elus, which exists to increase representation in politics by providing people with the information they need to participate in elections, supporting people who typically do not stand for election to do so, and building national and local community to bring energy and imagination to local democracy.
DescriptionTo support the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI), a donor collaborative working toward a world where citizens are informed and empowered, governments are open and responsive, and collective action advances the public good. Luminate is a founding member of TAI, and participates in this collaborative alongside many of the largest donors in the transparency, accountability, and participation field.
DescriptionTo enable the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education to grow their regional work, and to operate as an activist education centre across multiple African countries
DescriptionTo support UndocuBlack's work to advocate for legislation and executive actions to protect and provide permanent immigration status relief to Black undocumented immigrants facing the dual threat of xenophobia and racism.
DescriptionTo support UWD Network's movement building work to ensure that undocumented immigrant youth are centered in immigrant rights advocacy efforts.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support University of Johannesburg's Media Policy and Democracy Project (MPDP) to carry out advocacy and further investigative reporting of instances of state-surveillance in Southern Africa.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support the Civic Tech Innovation Network, a community of practice based at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa that aims to advance research, learning, and application in the field of civic tech in southern Africa.
DescriptionTo provide unrestricted core support for Upturn's work to promote equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of digital technology.
DescriptionTo provide a renewal grant to WOLA to support its work fostering civil society efforts in the region that seek to build democratic governance, attack systemic corruption, defend human rights, secure peace, and promote equity, especially in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)350,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThis grant is to support hiring the necessary staff to scale up it works to fight against online hate, disinformation, and harassment and encourages online citizenship.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)70,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionA project grant to Africa Uncensored (working in collaboration with Open Cities Lab and OdipoDev) to run an initiative called MyCandidate to help inform voters who they are able to vote for in their area with the aim of increasing informed participation.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)100,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis is a grant to build capacity of young women journalists, improve the visibility and accessibility of young women in politics, and design a media toolkit for reporting on young women in politics.
DescriptionAll Out is a global organization advancing the rights and political agency of the LGBT+ community. They describe themselves as "a global movement fighting for a world where no one has to sacrifice their family, freedom, safety, or dignity because of who they are or who they love".
DescriptionTo provide unrestricted support to Asylum Access, aiming in particular to strengthen its Global Systems Change work, which seeks to transform the refugee system into one that is led and influenced by refugees and host
communities, and that prioritises efforts that defend refugee rights and secure access to services.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA two-year unrestricted sunset grant to the Black Stripe Foundation to support the production of the Big Debate - a popular TV show that brings together civil society, state actors and the general public to discuss issues of national interest to South Africans.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a core grant to support Connected Development's programmatic work around participation in civic and political life, and operations in support of these programmes.
DescriptionThe funding will support CEO's work to expose Big Tech interference in EU decision-making, thereby strengthening the resolve of decision-makers to stand firm against such lobbying pressure.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)1,365,455
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThe grant will enable DFF to provide increased funding to support strategic litigation to advance digital rights and Europe, centred around platform accountability and Big Tech. It will also enable DFF to facilitate and coordinate community strengthening and support activities relating to platform accountability and collective redress within Europe.
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