Amount committed (US$)
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Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo provide a seed investment in HiviSasa.com, an online Kenyan newspaper that provides local, county level news tailored for the mobile web.
DescriptionTo support the further development, adoption, and consolidation of an International Open Data Charter, which sets out principles to guide the creation and implementation of open data policies and initiatives of governments.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity: Bridge
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 provide project support to New America Foundation to "rethink the think tank". NAF will pilot a model of building a national network of public problem-solvers, offering a new model for public engagement and civic discourse that bridges local, state, and federal policy levels.
DescriptionTo support OCP, which works to bring transparency, accountability, participation, and innovation to government contracting to ensure that the trillions of dollars spent lead to better goods and services for citizens, greater opportunities for businesses, and more effective and trusted governments.
DescriptionTo support Open Government Partnership (OGP) to provide unrestricted funding to the OGP Support Unit. OGP is a multilateral initiative of countries in which governments and civil society work together to develop ambitious open government implementation plans.
DescriptionTo support a project by Open Knowledge Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation called Open Data for Tax Justice (OD4TJ) Network to catalyse a network of people and organisations working to use open data to improve advocacy and journalism around tax justice.
DescriptionTo support Poynter in fostering a global community of fact checkers by hiring a community manager, creating a website, curating best practice materials, and hosting a global fact checking summit.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeOne-Off Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support a project by Privacy International and Civic Hall entitled "That's Not Privacy!" to reorient the public conversation about online privacy and shift the practice of a large number of organisations with big online user bases and constituencies towards greater respect for actual privacy.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Other
DescriptionTo invest in Philippine Depository Receipts, which support Rappler Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Rappler, a Philippines-based social news network and video website.
DescriptionTo support the Governance Data Alliance, a community of organisations and individuals involved in the effective production and usage of high-quality governance data.
DescriptionTo provide support for Sahara Reporters, a citizen media website that encourages citizen journalists to publish stories focusing on corruption in Nigeria
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity: Bridge
DescriptionTo support SeeClickFix, a web and mobile platform to enable citizens to report non-emergency issues, such as potholes, graffiti, abandoned vehicles or property, to their cities in order to improve service delivery and citizen engagement with local government.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support SNV in bringing together privacy advocates engaged in the surveillance debate with the open government community to establish a privacy policy framework with democratic legitimacy for any public institutions use of big and open data.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support Transparency International's project on global institutional advocacy and national-level advocacy around fiscal transparency, contracting, and open data.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support TI-UK in working with the UK Government to promote UK leadership globally on anti-corruption through domestic transparency and accountability measures and international agenda-setting.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo provide funding to Unite US, an outcome-focused technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.
DescriptionTo support the World Wide Web Foundation, which was established in 2009 by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee to advance the open Web as a public good and a basic right.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo support Zenysis, a technology company dedicated to building the powerful, collaborative software that governments and international organisations need to confront the greatest challenges facing humanity.
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