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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Tous Elus

Civic Empowerment

Europe

2021

100,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To 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.

Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

150,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To enable the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education to grow their regional work, and to operate as an activist education centre across multiple African countries

Tumml

Civic Empowerment

United States

2014

300,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2014

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Tumml, an organisation in San Francisco that operates as an accelerator, supporting early stage companies developing innovative consumer products and services that improve urban living.

Undocublack

Civic Empowerment

United States

2021

500,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description To 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.

United We Dream

Civic Empowerment

United States

2021

1,200,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support UWD Network's movement building work to ensure that undocumented immigrant youth are centered in immigrant rights advocacy efforts.

United We Dream Action

Civic Empowerment

United States

2021

800,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 800,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support UWD Action's c4 policy advocacy efforts to ensure full protections for undocumented immigrants in the United States.

University of the Witwatersrand Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

215,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

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, 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.

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.

Univision

Civic Empowerment

United States

2019

100,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To educate Spanish-speaking audiences on how to identify misinformation and disinformation related to the 2020 census and election, and will also help identify and debunk disinformation aimed at reducing Latino-participation in these events.

Ushahidi

Civic Empowerment

Global

2011

380,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 380,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support SwiftRiver, a free and open source platform that helps people make sense of a lot of information in a short amount of time. It offers organisations an easy way to combine natural language/artificial intelligence process, data-mining for SMS and Twitter, and verification algorithms for different sources of information.

Ushahidi

Civic Empowerment

Global

2009

1,400,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2009

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,400,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Ushahidi, a social enterprise that provides software and services to numerous sectors and civil society to help improve the bottom up flow of information.

Ushahidi

Civic Empowerment

Global

2011

1,900,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Global

Year 2011

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,900,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the continuing efforts of Ushahidi, including further innovation on its core platforms and products.

Viamo

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2016

1,435,338

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2016

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,435,338

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Voto's work with EiE to help increase National Assembly transparency and accountability via an advocacy campaign.

VoteRunLead

Civic Empowerment

United States

2014

200,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus United States

Year 2014

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support VoteRunLead, a nonpartisan organisation focused on increasing women's political representation at the local and state level in the U.S.

Vox Public

Civic Empowerment

Europe

2020

50,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support running a network of rights and justice NGOs, movements, lawyers, and academics to monitor the state of emergency in France during COVID-19.

Washington Office on Latin America

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2021

800,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 800,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To 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.

Well Told Story

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2016

1,083,340

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2016

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,083,340

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support Well Told Story's 24-month Governance Campaign.

Wingu

Civic Empowerment

Latin America

2017

742,147

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2017

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 742,147

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Wingu's general operation, with a particular focus on expansion and professionalisation of tech engagement, civic impact, and experimentation with sustainability models.

Women's Legal Centre

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

50,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Program

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support The Women's Legal Centre, a public interest litigation non-profit that works to create a South Africa in which women and people identifying as women are free from violence, empowered to ensure their own reproductive and health rights, free to own their own share of property, have a safe place to stay, and are empowered to work in a safe and equitable environment.

Yar'Adua

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2012

30,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2012

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 30,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To sponsor a conference on new media and governance, organised by the Shehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation and Enough is Enough.

Yiaga Africa

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2020

50,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 50,000

Funding type Program

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Yiaga Africa's operations and activities of its Centre for Legislative Engagements during Covid-19.

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