DescriptionTo support a hackathon competition in Mexico that pits teams of programmers against each other to develop mobile applications for government agencies.
DescriptionTo support ALTEC, a fund that invests in early-stage organisations focused on the use of technology to increase civic engagement and government effectiveness.
DescriptionTo support Cidade Democratica, a revenue-generating non-profit that provides an open innovation platform designed for Brazilian users and municipal governments.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo provide support for a new fund providing financial and human capital support to grow the nascent technology for transparency and accountability sector, globally.
DescriptionTo support the Personal Democracy Forum's creation of The DoTank, a news-blog/online hub for reporting and analysis on groups working globally on government transparency, anti-corruption, open data, and civic hacking.
DescriptionTo support the Praekelt Foundation's work on JoziHub, a technology hub in Johannesburg that seeks to catalyse the development of new technology ventures by creating an environment where social entrepreneurs, techies, and other stakeholders can interact.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support SEATTI (the Southeast Asia Technology and Transparency Fund), a partnership between Omidyar Network and Hivos supporting technology-driven civil society organisations working on media and government transparency in Southeast Asia.
DescriptionTo support the Co-Creation Hub, Nigeria's first pre-incubation "hub" designed as a multi-functional space for catalysing creative social tech ventures.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support The Laboratorio para la Ciudad (LabPLC), an civic innovation office within the Mexico City government. The grant enables LabPLC to test and document its theory of change, to learn how to most effectively increase civic engagement & government responsiveness.
DescriptionTo support Livity Africa, which seeks to transform the lives of young people in South Africa by using youth-created media platforms and campaigns that engage, empower, and cause young people to act, including through political and democratic processes.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
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 support Personal Democracy Forum 'Poland-Central Eastern Europe' (PDF-PCEE), a two-day event in 2014 exploring the interaction between open Internet and open government.
DescriptionTo support the WeGov project, a hub for current reporting, analysis, and background on groups working on government transparency, operated by the Personal Democracy Forum.
DescriptionTo support Personal Democracy Media's efforts to develop a new facility in New York, to be called the Personal Democracy Center, which will serve as an accelerator / incubator for civic start-ups and related purposes.
DescriptionTo support a new endeavor called the Toolbox, the purpose of which is to create a platform where citizen activists and other stakeholders, such as app developers and large non-profits, can actively engage on a range of social issues.
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