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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Sahara Reporters

Independent Media

Africa

2017

240,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2017

240,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2017

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support SERAP in building awareness around the Freedom of Information Act in Nigeria, to support citizens and civil society to make use of it, and to conduct strategic litigation to build jurisprudence around the right of the public to access information.

amaBhungane

Independent Media

Africa

2018

225,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 225,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism's ongoing work to hold power to account.

amandla.mobi

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2018

250,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support amandla.mobi's growth.

Article 19

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2018

30,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 30,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Article 19's participation in a government taskforce working to propose a new data protection policy for urgent adoption in Kenya.

Black Stripe Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2018

331,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 331,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support The Big Debate, a townhall debate TV show produced by the Black Stripe Foundation that provides a unique platform for public engagement that helps to promote informed discussion and accountability.

Centre for Community Development Zimbabwe

Other

Africa

2018

130,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 130,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ), a community-centred non-profit organisation, to work on enhancing citizen engagement, social accountability and monitoring of local government officials, and civic education at grassroots level.

Georgetown University

Other

Africa

2018

200,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support a research project evaluating how administrative and political devolution can improve accountability, foster the provision of local public goods and services, and promote citizen engagement in sub-national governance to overcome unequal development and allocation of resources between counties in Kenya.

Katiba Institute

Other

Africa

2018

900,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Katiba Institute, which uses the constitution as an instrument to achieve the rule of law, greater respect for human rights, more transparent and accountable leadership, good governance, and eventually a more just society in Kenya. This is a core grant to support their work on improving citizens' access to information and ability to hold those in power accountable through the courts.

Media Monitoring Africa

Independent Media

Africa

2018

330,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 330,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support MMA, a non-profit organisation that promotes democracy and a culture where media and the powerful respect human rights and encourage a just and fair society. MMA acts in a watchdog role to promote ethical and fair journalism that supports human rights.

Open Secrets

Financial Transparency

Africa

2018

185,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 185,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Open Secrets, a non-profit organisation which exposes and builds accountability for private sector economic crimes through investigative research, advocacy, and the law. This core grant supports Open Secrets to continue and expand their work to hold private sector companies accountable for economic crimes that result in human rights violations.

University of the Witwatersrand Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2018

215,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 215,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support the Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) hosted at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. CTIN is a community of practice and a learning network of civic tech practitioners in South Africa, currently hosted as a programme of the Journalism and Media Department.

Veritas

Other

Africa

2018

64,900

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2018

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 64,900

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support strategic litigation by Veritas for improved electoral processes, media freedom and transparency in Zimbabwe.

Africa Check

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

64,952

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 64,952

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the Digital Africa Research Lab in addressing the threat posed by the misuse of social media in the 2019 Nigerian general election and post-election period.

Baraza Media Lab

Independent Media

Africa

2019

987,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 987,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To provide core funding for Baraza Media Lab's space and program establishment

Foxglove

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

41,200

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 41,200

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support Foxglove in providing pre-litigation research related to tech accountability.

ideas42

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

247,800

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 247,800

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Ideas42's focused programme of applied behavioral design and empirical field research in Africa, Latin America, and India.

International Budget Partnership (IBP)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

900,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support IBP's Kenya and South Africa country programmes.

LightboxAfrica

Other

Africa

2019

160,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 160,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support post-production of "Softie," a documentary film which follows Kenyan activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi as he enters mainstream politics to challenge social injustice.

Local Development Research Institute

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

75,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 75,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support an Open Government Partnership (OGP) Fellow engaged in the Kenya Open Government CSO Support program.

Magamba Network

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

315,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 315,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Magamba Network in increasing youth participation in national civic processes and consolidating citizen engagement through digital media and the use of civic tech in Zimbabwe.

Namati

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

300,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support Namati's work in Kenya on the Right to Citizenship.

Open Cities Lab

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

240,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Open Data Durban, a non-profit civic technology lab that implements and advocates for open data, open government, and civic technology through projects, events, workshops, and dataquests. They work with government, citizens, civic society, and the media to democratise knowledge and enable informed decision making and evidenceâ€based planning.

Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

900,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support PPDC's work on Open Contracting with State governments in Nigeria and enable them to continue to build take-up and usage of Open Contracting information for accountability.

Right2Know

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

240,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the Right2Know Campaign, a grassroots organisation raising public awareness, mobilising communities, and undertaking research and targeted advocacy that aims to ensure the free flow of information necessary to meet people's social, economic, political, and ecological needs.

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