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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative (DRLI)

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2021

100,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support two activities at DRLI: 1) publication of review of digital rights judgments, and 2) litigation surgeries to deepen digital rights in Nigeria with a view to ensuring that Nigerians' digital rights are comprehensively protected.

Education as a Vaccine (EVA)

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2021

35,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 35,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To uphold the rights of young people especially young women to utilize digital technology for accessing information and as a social accountability tool and to strengthen their understanding on digital rights and interlinkage with other rights.

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.

International Budget Partnership Kenya

Financial Transparency

Africa

2021

400,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support IBP Kenya in deepening the capacity and agency of citizens to influence the inclusivity, transparency, and responsiveness of national and county budgets, especially on budget execution.

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.

Mathare Social Justice Centre

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

80,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 80,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support MSJC's work to promote social justice through engaged community and social movement platforms.

Namati

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

360,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 360,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Namati's work in Kenya on the Right to Citizenship.

Open Institute International

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

400,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support expanding Open Institute's active citizen work at the Kenyan Coast.

Our Future Engagement and Empowerment Initiative

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

200,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 200,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support the Run-To-Win initiative that aims to increase the capacity and chances of youths in Nigeria to participate and get voted into elected offices.

Paradigm Initiative

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2021

105,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 105,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support PIN, which is working as part of a cohort to strengthen the data and digital rights ecosystem in Nigeria. PIN will address threats and challenges to digital rights in Nigeria through a blend of: 1) building capacity of civil society actors; 2) supporting strategic litigation efforts; and 3) raising public awareness of digital and data rights more broadly.

Pilot Media Initiatives

Independent Media

Africa

2021

145,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 145,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To provide a project grant to PMI to, in collaboration with Buni Media, launch the first season of a news and political satire TV show in Kenya.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Independent Media

Africa

2021

500,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Other

Description To provide unrestricted core funding to support Africa No Filter in advancing their narrative change work across the African continent.

The Accountability Lab

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2021

400,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Accountability Lab's South Africa and Nigeria country programs for two years.

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

University of Johannesburg

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2021

100,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support University of Johannesburg's Media Policy and Democracy Project (MPDP) to carry out advocacy and further investigative reporting of instances of state-surveillance in Southern Africa.

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.

Viewfinder

Independent Media

Africa

2021

100,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2021

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Agreement

Description To support Viewfinder in scaling its model for long term, data-driven investigations.

Africa Check

Independent Media

Africa

2020

450,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 450,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide core funding to Africa Check for their factchecking work across the continent.

ALT Advisory

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2020

100,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 100,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Alt Advisory's research, analysis, and policy work on data and digital rights issues arising directly and indirectly from the COVID-19 pandemic.

amaBhungane

Independent Media

Africa

2020

375,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 375,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide general operating support to amaBhungane, a non-profit organisation that conducts and develops investigative journalism to promote free, capable media and open, accountable, just democracy.

amandla.mobi

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2020

600,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

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 general support to amandla.mobi, which empowers anyone to initiate both online and offline campaigns to protest for a more just society and take co-ordinated, strategic action.

Atlantic Council

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2020

45,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 45,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)'s work to research and understand misinformation flows in Nigeria.

Black Stripe Foundation

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2020

400,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 400,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support The Big Debate, a townhall debate TV show produced by the Black Stripe Foundation that provides a unique platform for public engagement that helps to promote informed discussion and accountability on critical topics.

BudgIT

Financial Transparency

Africa

2020

950,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 950,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support BudgIT's core civic engagement, service delivery, and transparency programmes in Nigeria.

Citizens' Gavel

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 Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support Citizens' Gavel's Covid-19 legal empowerment work in Nigeria.

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