Partner database
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2024
Status
Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
565,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Program Grant
Description
The Atlantic Council?s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) broadens understanding of regional transformations while demonstrating why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for the world. This grant specifically supports their work on Colombia.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
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?.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
8,800
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
CDT Europe advocates for the promotion and protection of democracy and human rights in European tech law and policy.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
800,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
To support this global movement of more than 22 million people that are committed to curbing corporate power.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
200,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
The funding will support EU DisinfoLab's research, investigative and advocacy work that seeks to detect, tackle and prevent disinformation.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
600,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This 36-month project agreement aims to support RIL's initiatives in amplifying the influence of women in politics at the local level by offering training and guidance in crafting public policies with a gender perspective, creating platforms for peer learning and accompaniment, and boosting the visibility of local women's leadership in Argentina.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
450,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
The purpose of this grant is to support the Real Facebook Oversight Board project of The Citizens to challenge the legitimacy of Facebook's Oversight Board and expose the harms of Facebook creatively.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
60,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
This funding is to support the Disinformation project, whose goal is to reduce hate speech and online harassment and protect space for civil society to express solidarity with causes and campaigns for the protection of human rights, civilian protection and refugee rights.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
100,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This project involves the mapping of group-based empowerment programmes in Malaysia.
Information Ecosystems
Europe
2024
103,000
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2024
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
103,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Luminate is providing funding for the Norman Lear Research Center of the Univeristy of California to undertake a content analysis of the portrayal of social media and its industry in news and entertainment.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
350,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
ABONG is a Brazilian association established in 1991 with the aim of strengthening Brazilian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the defense and promotion of common rights and goods. They collaborate with social movements and engage in dialogue with governments for an environmentally just world, with equal rights and free from all forms of discrimination
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a renewal grant to support the work of Accountability Counsel, focused on (1) supporting communities to use the non-judicial accountability offices tied to international investment through case support to achieve community goals; (2) policy advocacy to improve the system; and (3) research to understand the field.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
260,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
A 2-year grant to Accountability Lab Nigeria to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to shift civic engagement and support the advancement of fundamental freedoms of individuals and communities, particularly those historically marginalized.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
A two-year project agreement grant to support Africa Uncensored in building out its investigative reporting capacity and audience in Kenya and the wider East African region.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
A 2-year grant to Africa's Voices Foundation to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to amplify citizens' voices - placing them at the centre of decision-making, policy responses, and development planning.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
50,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a rapid response grant to AFRICMIL to track and document misinformation and disinformation around the Nigeria elections on social media and provide recommendations on appropriate policy responses.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a two year pilot grant to support AfroBarometer train local civil society organisations in data collection, management and story telling using data and pilot tools to get perspectives on youth across Africa.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
253,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Luminate supports AI Forensics so that it can hold major technology platforms accountable by conducting independent and high-profile technical investigations to uncover and expose the harms caused by their algorithms.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Luminate is supporting Algorithm Watch to ensure that the use of algorithmic systems benefits the many, not the few.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
200,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a two-year project grant to support the team at All Protocols Observed (APO) to publish The Continent and build out its internal operations and team.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
450,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
A two-year grant to support ALT Advisory increase its geographical scope and advance work on information rights across Africa.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
115,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This Project Agreement seeks to help The Territory impact campaign transition to a long-lasting initiative with permanent impact - an institute that helps traditional communities in the Amazon Region become storytellers and shape the public debate from their perspective.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
305,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Supporting Amnesty International Indonesia in 1) providing a vibrant and supportive ecosystem for youth groups in civic space; and 2) improving public campaigns for social justice.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
120,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This rapid response grant to seeks to promote and defend the human rights of underrepresented groups in the country.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Architects of Diversity (AoD) is a youth-led non-profit organisation that works on bridging communities among youth for justice, peace, and a sustainable future in Malaysia.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
A 2-year grant to ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa to support core operations and program work.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
United States
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
100,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
The AI Now Institute project on monitoring AI policy trends and improvements.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
320,020
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Project Grant
Description
A project grant to fund advocacy work focused on regulatory mechanisms that can generate evidence-based push for new diligence rules and transparency standards around social media platform monetisation programs.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
406,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Luminate's investment in AzMina will support its main tech projects and its institutional strengthening to enhance policy processes, strategies, governance and management, providing greater sustainability to the organization's activities over the long term.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
520,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
Two-year core funding to support Baraza Media Lab to establish a resource centre and increase products available to stakeholders; to expand presence and engagement in East Africa; and to improve internal operations, governance structures, and practice.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
480,287
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
BEUC is the umbrella group for 46 independent consumer organisations from 32 countries. BEUC's main role is to represent them to the EU institutions and defend the interests of European consumers. The BEUC acronym originates from the organisation's French name, Bureau EuropÈen des Unions de Consommateurs.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a general operating support renewal grant for CANVAS, an organisation focused on: 1) enhancing the effectiveness and safety of democratic movements as they challenge repressive powers and; 2) supporting the transition of movements who are effective in dissenting into building its long-term positive visions.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a two-year core grant to Cedar Seed Foundation in support of their work to enhance inclusion and diversity in political leadership in Nigeria.
Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism)
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Africa
2023
500,000
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
500,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a two-year core grant to support the CJID's work to improve the media and information ecosystem in Nigeria.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
310,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This grant will support Gavel to institutionalize its operations and work around improving Nigeria's justice system and increasing citizens' awareness on related issues
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
200,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
Project Grant
Description
To support CISCSA in promoting the political participation of young women in local communities in Córdoba, Argentina, through a participatory diagnosis and research process, political training programs grounded in feminist popular education, and the creation of networks and alliances to amplify the voices of young women and ensure their inclusion in decision-making processes at the local level.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
980,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This grant will support Conectas in establishing a new and innovative work stream dedicated to combating misinformation and hate speech in Brazil, as well as ensuring that Latin America perspectives are taken into consideration in the global debates around digital platforms' regulations.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
140,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
This project aims to co-create and test methods for collective action on data, working in partnership with a range of community groups and organisations to build capacity, insight and profile, including supporting and amplifying the experiences and actions of impacted communities through media and comms work.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
331,500
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
To support the organization's work in Colombia, focusing on the following three areas: a) strengthen and bolster its security capacities, b) help improve its investigative journalism and creative publishing, and c) supporting the diversification of income sources to promote the organization's financial sustainability.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Data Privacy Brasil Research Association - DPBR is a non-profit civil society organization that promotes data protection and other fundamental rights in the face of the emergence of new technologies, social inequalities and power asymmetries. With a multidisciplinary team from different Brazilian regions, DPBR develops public interest research on emerging issues, conducts advocacy and provides training for decision-making agents and society in general.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
410,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
A two year renewal to support Debunk media expand the product portfolio and build their programs and operations team.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
250,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This 2-year project grant will support DeGoedeZaak to map out the ecosystem of change-makers, civil society, and grassroots actors affected by platform harms and build a resilient ecosystem to tackle this in the Netherlands. The project will lean heavily on collaboration with key stakeholders Stem op een Vrouw and Bits of Freedom and start by convening diverse groups to build collective visions and strategies to tackle platform harms.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
575,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Naija NextGen is a Social Impact TV show aimed at changing the narrative about, and encouraging, youth participation in civic and political processes in Nigeria.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
268,800
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
A 2-year project grant to continue work to decolonise the digital rights field in Europe. This grant will support Weaving Liberation to grow and support an anti-colonial tech community through convening research and imagining spaces, establishing new roles to bridge digital and non-digital communities, and an anti-colonial Digital Summer Retreat on digital justice and resistance. This grant supports Weaving Liberation in growing a strategic infrastructure that can shape the digital rights field in the long term.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
277,419
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Supporting the research on social media, elections, and digital authoritarianism in Southeast Asia.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
250,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
The grant to Docubox will be used for training and mentoring documentary filmmakers to produce films that enhance civic participation & engagement among Kenyan women, youth, and the minorities.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
500,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
This grant will support the organisation in growing and mobilising their European movements to demand their rights be enforced under data protection regulations in Europe. This work will focus on ending the destructive behaviour of digital platforms.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
450,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Ek_ is a global movement of more than 22 million people that are committed to curbing corporate power.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
This project grant is to deepen Equinox's capacity as a racial justice organisation to integrate digital rights work into its broader strategy, including issues related to platforms and tech infrastructures. This funding will support the Colour of Surveillance convening, an event bringing together racial, migrant, and digital justice activists to organise to counter key aspects of racialised surveillance, criminalisation, and structural discrimination.
Participation & Dissent
Latin America
2023
364,400
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
364,400
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
To support ELA in their efforts to enhance women's political participation in Argentina, addressing specific challenges that hinder their full and safe representation.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
40,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This grant aims to strengthen RENFA/Escola Livre in its efforts as part of the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights, building collective positions on key policy issues.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
55,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
The funding will support the organisation of the EU DinsifoLab Annual Conference 2023 that brings together global actors in the fight against disinformation, and hosts conversations on how to tackle the threats of disinformation.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
201,081
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
A 2-year project grant to strengthen ESWA's capacity to understand and challenge social media platforms? lack of accountability to sex workers and adult content creators. This includes work on capacity building, research and evidence building, advocacy and campaigning, and building strategic partnerships.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
310,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
Program Grant
Description
To support Fundacion Mi Sangre by a) building civic and political capacities in youth to shape decision-making and b) strengthening the organization's financial sustainability.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
600,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This core grant to FLIP will support their work in Colombia, focusing on the following three programs: a) improving the protection of journalists from a preventive approach, b) reactivating independent local journalism networks, and c) strengthening the organization's financial sustainability, governance and well-being.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
Program Grant
Description
A two-year program grant to support Futurelect's work in East Africa. Through the EAC Public Leadership Programme, Futurelect will design and deliver non-partisan, intensive, and interdisciplinary leadership development and training to 25-30 emerging young leaders from East Africa annually.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
A project grant to Global Dialogue to support the Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition, a project hosted by its fiscal sponsor, Ariadne Network. The Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition is a group of philanthropic funders building funding strategies that support civil society strategies and agendas at the nexus of the internet and the environment.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
600,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a project agreement to support the work of the Global Philanthropy Project, a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic efforts to advance LGBTQI+ rights in the majority world. The focus of this opportunity is GPP'S Donor Government and Field Influencing Strategy, as well as the Pathways Project, an initiative to map the needs and priorities of LGBTQI+ movements globally.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
600,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This grant will provide continued support to Global Press so it can meet its core mission.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
500,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a general operating support grant to Global Witness, to further their global campaign and advocacy work mainly on the 'Land and Environmental Defenders' (LED) Programme, an initiative whose ultimate goal is to end the attacks and killings of land and environmental defenders and to address the root causes of the violence against them.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
600,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Other
Description
A multi-year grant to Global Witness to further their work on tackling digital threats to democracy through campaigns and advocacy
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
225,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
Project Grant
Description
To support Hostwriter to meet its strategic objectives and its mission to help journalists collaborate across borders.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This grant will provide support for IDEAS to conduct discussions with youth leaders, including from political parties, and further existing research regarding good governance and policies. It will also allow IDEAS to continue its work in advocating for access to information and facilitating public participation and engagement in policymaking processes.
Participation & Dissent
Asia
2023
100,000
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
100,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This grant is to support INITIATE.MY, a data-driven initiative to promote tolerance and prevent violence, based in Malaysia.
Information Ecosystems
Latin America
2023
145,000
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
145,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This 7-month rapid-response grant aims to reduce the prevalence of misinformation and disinformation on social media in Argentina ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
375,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Instituto Marielle Franco is a Brazilian non-profit organization, created by Marielle's family as a response to the brutal assassination that attempted to silence her. The Institute's mission is to inspire, connect, and empower Black women, LGBTQIAP+ individuals, and those from marginalized communities to continue shaking the foundations of society. Its vision is of a world where people like Marielle can access and thrive in various decision-making spaces of society without being interrupted. Its pillars of action consist of fighting for justice, upholding memory, amplifying the legacy, and nurturing the seeds of Marielle, those who came before, and those who will come after.
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Global
2023
200,000
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
200,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Project Grant
Description
Research-based Online Violence Early Warning System (EWS) by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the University of Sheffield designed to detect, predict, and ultimately help prevent the escalation of online abuse, harassment, and attacks against women journalists - online and offline.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
655,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
InternetLab is a Brazilian civil society organization whose mission is to produce sophisticated, evidence-based and impact-oriented social and legal research and analyses to identify and clarify critical issues, thereby helping to build the intellectual and evidential foundation for public awareness, action and policy-making.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
290,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This Project Agreement will support Intervozes' general mission of promoting a free and diverse informational ecosystem in Brazil, specifically by supporting their ability to a) carry out research projects; b) implement public engagement campaigns and advocacy strategies on both national and international levels; c) conduct training courses aimed at grassroots activists and organizations.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
A two-year project agreement to support Minority Africa to streamline their internal operations and to develop their editorial, fellowship, and external networks.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
200,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a project agreement to support the work of Kamara, an organization that works to advance the safety of the global ecosystem of civil society organizations and movements, and to provide tailored protection tactics for its partners. The focus of this opportunity is Kamara's Strategic Initiatives Centre (SIC), an experimental initiative to support civil society in the Global Majority by providing investigation-based insights to inform both their protection and advancement of missions.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
906,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is an unrestricted grant to support Katiba Institute's work to entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya which creates a society in which human rights are protected, government is accountable and transparent, and everyone is able to participate in decision-making.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
900,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a three-year grant contribution to the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), a $5 million fund created by the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. The Fund provides targeted capacity building, youth ecosystem building and financial support to burgeoning youth-led movements in Nigeria, in order to sustain their work locally and facilitate opportunities for learning.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
20,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
To support advocacy and education activities around human rights and data protection during the passage of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
140,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
To support Filmadora in the production of a documentary about Vivir Quintana and her exploration of gender-based violence in Mexico.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
500,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Program Grant
Description
A 2-year grant to support Namati's work in Kenya on the right to citizenship which seeks to end inequality in the access to citizenship by working hand-in-hand with marginalized communities towards equal access to documentation and related rights and services.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
149,925
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
This 2-year project grant will support Just Treatment to deliver their project on youth mental health and platform accountability as part of their wider patient-led campaigning on health justice. The project will focus on building an ecosystem across digital and non-digital groups and supporting young people harmed by social media platforms to become the leaders of a broad coalition to win systemic reform.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Digital Action is building a global coalition of tech justice organisations, aiming to hold Big Tech corporations to account for the way they amplify hate speech and disinformation, endangering already vulnerable minorities further. Digital Action is aiming to bring this pressure to bear particularly in 2024, when more than 60 countries go to the polls across the world.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
84,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
This funding is part of Luminate's participation in the NetGain Partnership, a philanthrophic collaboration seeking to advance the public interest in the digital age. NetGain's current work is focused on addressing the harms wrought by Big Tech and exploring and advancing meaningful reform.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
190,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
The funding will be applied in institutional development (administrative, HR, and commercial capacity), community building, and technology enhancement and artificial intelligence.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a project agreement to support the work of Open Briefing, an organization that works to provide holistic security support and resources to protect people and communities challenging power. The focus of this opportunity is Open Briefing's strategies to 1) Disrupt attacks and reprisals against the people and communities challenging power and; 2) Strengthen the global support ecosystem for the people and communities targeted for challenging power. We will also be supporting their process of becoming a globally decentralized organization.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
270,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
To support the organisation's work in using Data Protection Acts to reducing monetisation of the disinformation content and accounts on platforms in South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
50,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Campaign initiatives to challenge the UK Government's ambition to weaken UK data protection standards.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
410,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a two year grant to Paradigm Initiative to support its core operations and programs around digital rights and digital inclusion in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
944,500
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
Peri is a Brazil-born studio focused on creating films, docs and series that strategically push new mental models into the audience's imagination by tapping into well-known narrative archetypes.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
102,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This grant will provide support to Perludem to build strong and solid CSO Coalition against election disinformation, and to coordinate multi-stakeholder forums that bridge collaboration of CSOs, social media platforms, and elections administrators to prevent and combat election disinformation in Indonesia.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a project grant to the Pulitzer Center's AI accountability network. The initiative aims to expand and diversify the field of of algorithmic accountability reporting by supporting journalists, particularly those working at the local level to pursue in-depth reporting projects that interrogate how AI systems are funded, built, and deployed by governments and other actors. With Luminate's support, the Pulitzer Center will research, design, and start to implement a comprehensive strategy to maximize the synergies between journalism and audience-centered engagement.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
200,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This project funding will support Purple Code carrying out legal assistance, tech and psycho-social assistance to victims of online gender-based violence.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
890,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This grant will help Quid consolidate its operations for a longer time, offering support to the field in its work to mitigate for antidemocratic extremism that prevents underrepresented groups to participate in political decisions. It will be dedicated to expanding research capacity, amplifying campaign actions, and deepening partnerships within and outside of Brazil.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
530,000
Funding type
Grant: US Public Charity
Funding purpose
Other
Description
AfricaNoFilter supports storytellers and organisations already working to shift stereotypical narratives of Africa through the development of nuanced and contemporary stories. This grant will support AfricaNoFilter implement its strategic plan in accordance with its key pillars: grant-making, research, community building, and advocacy.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Asia
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
300,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a general support grant for SAFEnet to support their programmatic work on digital rights and freedom of expression, and to strengthen their organization.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
240,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
A 2-year grant to Siasa Place to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to promote youth participation in democratic processes through research, training, civic education, networking, and strategic partnerships.
Participation & Dissent
Africa
2023
400,000
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
General Funding Grant
Description
This is a core grant to SERAP in support of their strategic litigation work to protect dissent and to expand the space for civic participation in Nigeria.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Africa
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
50,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This is a grant to Spaces for Change to support the tracking and documentation of civic space issues arising from the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian judiciary's contributions to these, and provide recommendations on appropriate responses.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
600,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
Luminate supports the early stage development of Studio Citizen, a new Studio that integrates journalism into impact-driven nonfiction storytelling.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Funding purpose
Other
Description
A 3-year unrestricted grant to support Superrr Lab?s work to develop visions and projects to create more equitable futures by researching technologies, building networks, and shaping new narratives. LSI is particularly interested in their work 1) opening up the tech debate to those most affected by digital technologies, including forming new networks and alliances beyond tech and, 2) replacing innovation narratives with sustainability, equity and inclusion, including providing a forum to build consensus between civil society organisations, establish points of action and present shared narratives.
Area of work
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
An 18-month project grant to support research mapping on how technology causes harm to marginalised communities in Europe. The grant will support Systemic Justice to 1) develop bespoke non-extractive methodological approaches to research / investigate the harms experienced by marginalised communities across Europe and 2) publish the main mapping report and develop additional related outputs.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Latin America
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
60,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Project Agreement
Description
This grant to Accionar.io contributes to the collaborative design of communication and mobilization strategies aimed at raising awareness and promoting the agendas of underrepresented groups, specifically women, youth, the LGBT+ community, and Indigenous peoples.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Europe
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
150,000
Funding type
Project Agreement
Funding purpose
Other
Description
To support the London Story's work to fight the impunity of the state and big tech in the info-sphere through the tracking of disinformation and hate speech online that lead to violations of human rights in particular in India and Europe.
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Geographic focus
Global
Year
2023
Status
Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)
175,000
Funding type
Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purpose
Project Grant
Description
This is a project grant to help TNH advance their mission to create a model of decolonised journalism, a key component of their five-year strategy (2022-2026), then to provide practical insights and thought leadership to the wider sector of international journalism on the subject. More specifically, TNH's efforts will focus on creating content that is more inclusive and guided by the communities they serve, in order to better represent the issues that matter to them. In addition to nuturing talent from the Global South, TNH will also seek to create guidance based on their own and others' experience and by providing fora and a platform for awareness-raising and discussion.