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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Fuse Corps

Civic Empowerment

United States

2016

3,000,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2016

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 3,000,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support FUSE Corps, which helps urban communities by partnering with civic leaders to identify pressing strategic challenges and recruiting executive-level fellows to help design innovative solutions.

Georgetown University

Civic Empowerment

United States

2020

1,000,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,000,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To provide general operating support to the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law.

Global Integrity

Civic Empowerment

United States

2017

60,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 60,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support a project by the Sunlight Foundation and Open Gov Hub called Global Lessons for US Democracy.

Grassroot

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2017

180,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 180,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Grassroot, a non-profit organisation whose mobile tools enable ordinary people in communities across South Africa to organise groups, meetings, and events - using any mobile phone - which eliminate the transaction costs of collective action. This is a core grant to support the expansion of their work.

Haki Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

220,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 220,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Haki Africa's Haki Mtaani project.

Haki Yetu

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2022

100,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2022

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Haki Yetu's work in civic empowerment to help underrepresented people to fully participate in governance and leadership in Kilifi, Kwale, and Mombasa counties.

Herdict

Civic Empowerment

Global

2010

300,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Herdict, the Berkman Center's crowdsourcing platform for providing insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of website accessibility.

Human Dignity Trust

Civic Empowerment

Global

2020

380,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 380,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Human Dignity Trust to work towards the decriminalisation of LGBT people through strategic litigation and legislative reform.

Infonet

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2010

99,942

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2010

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 99,942

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support InfoNet, which develops open source technologies that give individuals the ability to share public information, therefore improving government transparency and enabling communities to build social capital for democratic social action.

Instituto Betty & Jacob Lafer

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

40,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 40,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support Instituto Betty & Jacob Lafer, a Brazilian philanthropic organization that focuses its grant-making and activities in empowering Brazilian organizations and offering support to agendas such as the defense of democracy, public security, data & digital rights, and human rights more broadly.

Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

250,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support the Peregum Black Reference Institute.

Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS)

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

80,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 80,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support the Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS), a non-profit that uses technology opportunities to drive positive social change.

Instituto Igarapé

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

120,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 120,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Instituto Igarape, an independent think and do tank devoted to evidence-based policy and action on complex security, justice, and development challenges in Brazil, Latin America, and Africa.

Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

250,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), a non-profit and non-governmental organization that seeks to ensure the rights of Indigenous peoples, working closely with the Indigenous movement in Brazil.

Instituto Update

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2019

305,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 305,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Update Institute in its efforts to advance political innovation in Latin America.

Instituto Update

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2020

190,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 190,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Update Institute, a Brazilian organisation that studies and fosters civic engagement and political innovation in Latin America, seeking increased representation in politics and higher trust in democracy across the region.

JoinPolitics

Civic Empowerment

Europe

2021

200,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support JoinPolitics, a new organisation and fund in Germany with a mission to seed capital for political talents. JoinPolitics empowers political talent and teams (individuals who want to run for office, or teams who want to work on specific political issues/projects) to develop and implement innovative solutions to the big political challenges of our times.

Just Futures Law

Civic Empowerment

United States

2021

600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide general operating funding for Just Futures Law as they provide innovative legal support that strengthens the immigrant rights and racial justice movements, centering the leadership and lived experience of organizers, activists, and base-building community groups.

JustaPaz

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

71,600

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 71,600

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support JustaPaz's 2022 Elections project in Colombia. This project will seek to increase the representation of historically marginalized groups in Congress both before and after elections.

Katiba Institute

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 600,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide unrestricted support to Katiba Institute, which works to achieve social transformation in Kenya through the Constitution. It uses research, collaborative workshops on constitutional issues, public interest litigation, and advocacy to achieve economic and social progress for all Kenyans through full implementation of the Constitution.

Laboratorio para la Ciudad

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2013

100,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To 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.

Livity Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2013

186,048

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2013

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 186,048

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To 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.

Livity Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2015

534,616

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2015

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 534,616

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide general operating support for Livity Africa to help increase the participation of youth in South Africa's democracy.

Magamba Network

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2017

280,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 280,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the development and use of new media tools to educate citizens and promote new forms of civic engagement in Zimbabwe.

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.

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