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Year

Amount committed (US$)

Connected Development (CODE)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2020

400,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

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 provide core operating support to Connected Development, to support their work to empower citizens in Nigeria to participate in holding government accountable for public spending.

LightboxAfrica

Independent Media

Africa

2020

270,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 270,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support an impact and awards campaign for Lightbox Studio's documentary film "Softie".

Media Monitoring Africa

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 support MMA's media monitoring, policy submissions, strategic litigation, and stakeholder engagement.

Open Institute

Financial Transparency

Africa

2020

282,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 282,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Open Institute's operations and the Active Citizen Data and Government Responsiveness programmes.

Open Secrets

Financial Transparency

Africa

2020

450,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

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 general operating support for Open Secrets' continued investigations and litigation against economic crimes.

OpenUp

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2020

650,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 650,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support tool development, open data, and data training to support an active citizenry and help communities and governments work better.

Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2020

250,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 250,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide core operating support to Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative, a civic organisation working to promote citizens’ active participation in the Nigerian public audit through its Value for Money project to foster public accountability, good governance, and development of rural communities.

Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2020

280,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 280,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To provide core support to the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa, which defends and supports whistleblowers, and conducts strategic litigation and advocacy on their behalf where their disclosures speak to the public interest of African citizens.

Rhize

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2020

150,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2020

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 150,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Rhize's coaching and mentoring efforts geared towards building more people-powered movements that amplify the voices of historically marginalised groups and communities.

Viewfinder

Independent Media

Africa

2020

100,000

Area of work Independent Media

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 provide rapid response grant support to Viewfinder to continue and expand their investigations into police abuses and impunity.

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.

Africa Check

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

64,952

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 64,952

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support the Digital Africa Research Lab in addressing the threat posed by the misuse of social media in the 2019 Nigerian general election and post-election period.

Baraza Media Lab

Independent Media

Africa

2019

987,000

Area of work Independent Media

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 987,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To provide core funding for Baraza Media Lab's space and program establishment

Foxglove

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

41,200

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 41,200

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose One-Off Funding Grant

Description To support Foxglove in providing pre-litigation research related to tech accountability.

ideas42

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

247,800

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 247,800

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Ideas42's focused programme of applied behavioral design and empirical field research in Africa, Latin America, and India.

International Budget Partnership (IBP)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

900,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support IBP's Kenya and South Africa country programmes.

LightboxAfrica

Other

Africa

2019

160,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 160,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Other

Description To support post-production of "Softie," a documentary film which follows Kenyan activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi as he enters mainstream politics to challenge social injustice.

Local Development Research Institute

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

75,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 75,000

Funding type Project Agreement

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support an Open Government Partnership (OGP) Fellow engaged in the Kenya Open Government CSO Support program.

Magamba Network

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

315,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Alumni Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 315,000

Funding type Grant: Expenditure Responsibility

Funding purpose Project Grant

Description To support Magamba Network in increasing youth participation in national civic processes and consolidating citizen engagement through digital media and the use of civic tech in Zimbabwe.

Namati

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

300,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 300,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

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

Open Cities Lab

Civic Empowerment

Africa

2019

240,000

Area of work Civic Empowerment

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support Open Data Durban, a non-profit civic technology lab that implements and advocates for open data, open government, and civic technology through projects, events, workshops, and dataquests. They work with government, citizens, civic society, and the media to democratise knowledge and enable informed decision making and evidenceâ€based planning.

Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

900,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 900,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support PPDC's work on Open Contracting with State governments in Nigeria and enable them to continue to build take-up and usage of Open Contracting information for accountability.

Right2Know

Data & Digital Rights

Africa

2019

240,000

Area of work Data & Digital Rights

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 240,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support the Right2Know Campaign, a grassroots organisation raising public awareness, mobilising communities, and undertaking research and targeted advocacy that aims to ensure the free flow of information necessary to meet people's social, economic, political, and ecological needs.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Other

Africa

2019

500,000

Area of work Other

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: US Public Charity

Funding purpose Program Grant

Description To support #AfricaNoFilter, a donor collaborative designed to support innovative narratives on Africa that can change the way both Africans and the rest of the world see the continent. ANF is a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Financial Transparency

Africa

2019

500,000

Area of work Financial Transparency

Geographic focus Africa

Year 2019

Status Current Partner

Type Non-Profit

Amount committed (US$) 500,000

Funding type Grant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent

Funding purpose General Funding Grant

Description To support SERAP, a non-profit which promotes transparency and accountability in Nigeria primarily by advocating for improved implementation of the Freedom of Information Act to enable the public and civil society to know, understand, and act on what government is doing.

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