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Area of work

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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Accountability Counsel

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

243,479

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 243,479

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Final funding grant to the Accountability Counsel, an organisation that is dedicated to supporting and protecting communities harmed by internationally financed projects.

Afrobarometer

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2025

200,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a one year final funding grant to Afrobarometer to support its data collection, management and storytelling on issues of technology and its intersection with social justice and human rights across Africa.

Caribe Afirmativo

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

161,700

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 161,700

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This General Operating Grant aims at supporting Caribe Afirmativo in its mission of transforming prejudices, perceptions, and social and institutional practices regarding sexual and gender diversity in Colombia.

Ciudades Feministas (CISCSA)

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

108,334

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 108,334

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Final funding grant to CISCSA, a feminist organisation dedicated to promoting women's rights and social justice in Argentina.

Connected Development (CODE)

Participation & Dissent

Africa

2025

400,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a one-year final funding grant to Connected Development (CODE) to support its core operations and programmatic interventions around strengthening citizens' participation in political and governance processes.

East West Management Institute

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2025

900,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This grant is to continue support to the East West Management Institute Freedom of Expression (FOE) Cluster.

Fundacion Mi Sangre (FMS)

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

51,666

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 51,666

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This grant aims to support Fundacion Mi Sangre (FMS) by further strengthening youth participation in decision-making and enhancing the organisation's financial sustainability.

Global Press Institute

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

250,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This grant will provide continued support to Global Press so it can meet its core mission of training and supporting local women journalists around the world to become storytellers of record for audiences of local and international changemakers.

Instituto Marielle Franco

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

156,250

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 156,250

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This project agreement aims at supporting Instituto Marielle Franco in developing its institutional capacities as well as providing support for Afro Descendant Brazilian women to exercise their political rights in the digital era.

Privacy International (PI)

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

800,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 800,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This is a core renewal grant to Privacy International, whose mission is to protect people's privacy, dignity and freedoms from abuses of companies and governments. PI's strategy has the following pillars: i) Challenging Corporate Data Exploitation, ii) Contesting Government Data, iii) Defending Democracy and Dissent and iv) Safeguarding Peoples' Dignity.

Temblores

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

300,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Temblores ONG, a non-profit founded in 2017, fights social inequality in Colombia through strategic litigation and civic participation. They mobilise community-led transformation to challenge exclusion and systemic rights denial.

The New Humanitarian

Participation & Dissent

Global

2025

175,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 175,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Core support for TNH to advance their mission to create a model of decolonised journalism.

Yaaj México

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2025

52,500

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2025

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 52,500

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description Final funding grant to Yaaj, an organization that works to enhance the political and civic participation of the LGBTI+ community in Mexico.

Agência Pública

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

750,550

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 750,550

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description This 36-month General Operating grant seeks to support Agência Pública's institutional development in different fronts (strategic, fundraising, and branding) as well as support transnational investigations from a Global Majority perspective, a seed editorial project to enable a more Global footprint for the organisation.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

1,250,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,250,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description This is a core general operating grant to the Black Feminist Fund, an organisation that works to meaningfully resource black feminist movements globally. We aim to support their grantmaking activities, centred on Black feminist movements, especially in Africa and Latin America. We also wish to substantially advance their work to support movements in challenging the use of technology by authoritarian and corporate actors, as well as those creating technologies that build visions of a future that are more affirming of Black lives. Additionally, this flexible support from Luminate should enable the BFF to move towards their goal of becoming independent from its fiscal sponsor. This is a collaboration between the Global Programmes, Latin America and Africa teams.

Amnesty International

Participation & Dissent

Global

2024

350,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 350,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a project agreement to advance Amnesty Tech's strategy, which combines research, advocacy, campaigning, creative communications, human rights education, and strategic litigation against governments and tech companies.

Archivi.ng

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

160,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 160,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two-year project agreement with Archivi.ng to support the continuation of the organization’s work around utilizing advanced technology to ensure easy access to historical information, stimulating debate around key themes, and ultimately contributing to a healthy information ecosystem.

ARTICLE 19 (UK)

Information Ecosystems

Global

2024

1,156,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Global

Year 2024

Status

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 1,156,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This 27-month project will enhance ARTICLE 19’s Digital Markets Watch initiative by building a global community for training, information exchange, and dialogue to advocate for open and fair digital markets, promote accountability for Big Tech companies by governments and regulators, and foster international discussions on digital market regulations, business models, and competition practices, while amplifying voices from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

Information Ecosystems

Asia

2024

505,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 505,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description This grant will resource APC to connect organisations in Asia working on Big Tech accountability and enable knowledge exchange and sharing of work and strategies. A portion will also be used to provide fiscal sponsorship for the setting up of the organisation What to Fix.

Atlantic Council

Participation & Dissent

Latin America

2024

565,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 565,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description The Atlantic Council?s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) broadens understanding of regional transformations while demonstrating why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for the world. This grant specifically supports their work on Colombia.

Bersih Malaysia

Participation & Dissent

Asia

2024

220,000

Area of work Participation & Dissent

Geographic focus Asia

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 220,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This grant supports Bersih in seeking institutional reforms and to create common narratives and unite civil society and the public behind a common cause.

BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation

Information Ecosystems

Europe

2024

325,380

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Europe

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 325,380

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description BEUC is the umbrella group for 46 independent consumer organisations from 32 countries. BEUC's main role is to represent them to the EU institutions and defend the interests of European consumers. The BEUC acronym originates from the organisation's French name, ?Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs?.

Big Cabal

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

300,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description A two-year grant to Big Cabal Media's Citizen by Zikoko to expand its digital platforms, increasing accessibility for citizens to engage with governance issues and decision-making processes around AI and digital rights in Nigeria.

Boston Center for Latin America

Information Ecosystems

Latin America

2024

300,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Latin America

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description This is a two-year project agreement aimed at supporting the Boston Center for Latin America in its efforts with the entertainment industry in Mexico. The goal is to tackle stereotypes and harmful narratives related to depictions of women and LGBT+ characters in popular series and movies.

BudgIT

Information Ecosystems

Africa

2024

500,000

Area of work Information Ecosystems

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2024

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description A two-year core operating grant to BudgIT to support the continuation of the organisation's work around ensuring easy access to accurate information and building an ecosystem of social change driver working with advanced technologies to improve availability of and access to accurate information.

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