DescriptionTo support activities related to Stanford's Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. The funds will continue support for the alumni network and student internships, all intended to develop talent and foster knowledge sharing in the Government Transparency area.
DescriptionTo support the Innovate Africa media challenge, formerly known as ANIC, an initiative that encourages digital experimentation in newsrooms across the continent.
DescriptionTo support a project by Code for America and ePanstwo to accelerate the global civic technology movement by breaking down silos, spreading best practices, and building stronger working relationships between civic technologists around the world.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Connected Development (CODE), a non-profit organisation focused on advocacy and the tracking of funds spent by government and donors in Nigeria.
DescriptionTo support OCP, which works to bring transparency, accountability, participation, and innovation to government contracting to ensure that the trillions of dollars spent lead to better goods and services for citizens, greater opportunities for businesses, and more effective and trusted governments.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente, a non-profit in Chile that seeks to promote government transparency and accountability, using web and mobile technology to encourage active citizen participation and engagement in the political process.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo provide a seed investment in HiviSasa.com, an online Kenyan newspaper that provides local, county level news tailored for the mobile web.
DescriptionTo support the further development, adoption, and consolidation of an International Open Data Charter, which sets out principles to guide the creation and implementation of open data policies and initiatives of governments.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity: Bridge
DescriptionTo provide support for NationBuilder, a software platform enabling leaders and communities to organise, rally supporters, and take action on causes and issues that matter to them.
DescriptionTo provide project support to New America Foundation to "rethink the think tank". NAF will pilot a model of building a national network of public problem-solvers, offering a new model for public engagement and civic discourse that bridges local, state, and federal policy levels.
DescriptionTo support OCP, which works to bring transparency, accountability, participation, and innovation to government contracting to ensure that the trillions of dollars spent lead to better goods and services for citizens, greater opportunities for businesses, and more effective and trusted governments.
DescriptionTo support Open Government Partnership (OGP) to provide unrestricted funding to the OGP Support Unit. OGP is a multilateral initiative of countries in which governments and civil society work together to develop ambitious open government implementation plans.
DescriptionTo support a project by Open Knowledge Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation called Open Data for Tax Justice (OD4TJ) Network to catalyse a network of people and organisations working to use open data to improve advocacy and journalism around tax justice.
DescriptionTo support Poynter in fostering a global community of fact checkers by hiring a community manager, creating a website, curating best practice materials, and hosting a global fact checking summit.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeOne-Off Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support a project by Privacy International and Civic Hall entitled "That's Not Privacy!" to reorient the public conversation about online privacy and shift the practice of a large number of organisations with big online user bases and constituencies towards greater respect for actual privacy.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Other
DescriptionTo invest in Philippine Depository Receipts, which support Rappler Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Rappler, a Philippines-based social news network and video website.
DescriptionTo support the Governance Data Alliance, a community of organisations and individuals involved in the effective production and usage of high-quality governance data.
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
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