Luminate Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $1.0M

  Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To meaningfully resource black feminist movements globally.

• $860,673

  East West Management Institute · New York, NY · 2024

  Support Freedom of Expression cluster, via core institutional, capacity building

• $650,000

  Data and Society Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024

  Support social implications of data-centric technologies & automation.

• $650,000

  Red En Defensa De Los Derechos Digitales (R3d) · 2024

  Protects digital rights and civic space against surveillance and AI.

• $600,000

  Washington Office On Latin America (Wola) · Washington, DC · 2024

  Promoting racial action plans and protecting human rights in Americas.

• $550,000

  Tifa Foundation · 2024

  Protects digital rights and civic space against surveillance and AI.

• $500,000

  Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  Supports global AI reporting consortium, sharing expertise with newsrooms worldwide.

• $500,000

  Inter-American Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To strengthen the countrys civic space

• $500,000

  Natural Resource Governance Institute (Nrgi) · New York, NY · 2024

  General Operating Grant.

• $480,000

  International Women'S Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  Supports safety of women and non-binary journalists, anti-online violence.

• $450,550

  Agencia Publica · 2024

  Supports Agencia Publicas development, global influence, and Big Tech investigation

• $450,000

  Access Now · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Support digital rights of world users at risk.

• $450,000

  Privacy International (Pi) · 2024

  Support Grantee's work on right to privacy for everyone, everywhere

• $432,750

  Lighthouse Reports · 2024

  Advances accountability journalism, GenAI, and surveillance technology newsroom.

• $405,300

  Human Dignity Trust · 2024

  Supports legal reform and protection for LGBT people worldwide.

• $400,000

  Global Investigative Journalism Network - Gijn · Washington, DC · 2024

  Supports advanced investigations and safe tech infrastructure in newsrooms.

• $395,000

  Clip - Centro Latinoamericano De Investigacion Periodistica · 2024

  To support achieving institutional objective of fostering public debate

• $355,000

  Association for Progressive Communications (Apc) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Building cohort organisations in Asia working on Big Tech accountability

• $330,000

  Freedom Voices Network · 2024

  To secure data of threatened journalists and publish their reporting.

• $327,184

  Engage Media · 2024

  Supports Indonesia's AI governance, youth activism, and tech surveillance research

• $310,000

  Media Monitoring Africa · 2024

  Supports healthy information ecosystems and informed citizenry in South Africa.

• $300,000

  School of Politics Policy and Governance · 2024

  Builds new, skilled political class to solve Africas development.

• $300,000

  Katiba Institute · 2024

  To entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya

• $300,000

  Atlantic Council · Washington, DC · 2024

  To benefit democracy and human rights in Colombia.

• $275,000

  Digital Freedom Fund (Dff) · 2024

  Support digital rights in Europe through strategic litigation

• $270,000

  Baraza Media Lab · 2024

  Improve resilience, coordination and support media, journalism and creative spaces.

• $267,000

  Instituto De Liderazgo Simone De Beauvoir · 2024

  To support to Indigenous, Afro-Mexican, youth, and LBT+ women leaders

• $260,000

  Techher · 2024

  Supports combating online gender violence and womens digital rights.

• $250,000

  Global Witness · 2024

  Advocacy work in the areas of socioenvironmental and climate justice

• $250,000

  Digital Rights Foundation (Drf) · 2024

  Investigates and campaigns against online and real-world harms in Pakistan.

• $250,000

  Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (Formerly Premium Times Ce · 2024

  To improve the media and information ecosystem in Nigeria.

• $250,000

  Instituto Incube · 2024

  To support Grantee's project, More in Common Brazil

• $250,000

  Namati · Washington, DC · 2024

  Promoting paralegal outreach and awareness raising among communities facing discrimination

• $250,000

  Budgit · 2024

  Supports BudgITs advocacy, civil society, and civic tech participation

• $240,000

  Media Defence · 2024

  Supports free speech, journalists, litigation, and internal operations.

• $230,000

  Phandeeyar · Walnut, CA · 2024

  Core funding/reserve to grow their resilience to pursue organisational objectives.

• $230,000

  Accountability Counsel · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Supporting communities via communities, Policy Advocacy and Research programme.

• $210,000

  Hadis Foundation · 2024

  Improves young peoples responsible tech use and civic participation.

• $204,000

  Caribe Afirmativo · 2024

  support fostering LGBTIQ+ and public policy in Colombia

• $202,500

  East West Management Institute · New York, NY · 2024

  To implement Indigenous Knowledge and Data Sovereignty (IKDS) framework

• $200,000

  Canvas · 2024

  General operating support renewal grant

• $200,000

  Media Development Investment Fund (Mdif) · New York, NY · 2024

  to help independent media thrive and safeguard editorial independence.

• $200,000

  Hashtag Generation · 2024

  To build know-how and capacity to hold tech platforms accountable

• $200,000

  Afrobarometer · 2024

  Training youth organisations in data collection, management and story telling.

• $200,000

  Manos Visibles · 2024

  Promotes rights for marginalised groups in Colombia through media.

• $200,000

  Futurelect · 2024

  Design/deliver non-partisan, intensive and interdisciplinary young leadership development and training.

• $200,000

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) · 2024

  support strategic litigation work and civic participation space in Nigeria.

• $200,000

  Open Institute International · 2024

  Improves public services for marginalised Kenyan communities using technology.

• $200,000

  Paradigm Initiative · 2024

  Core grant to Paradigm Initiative in support of their work.

• $200,000

  Reporters Without Borders · 2024

  Promotes global democratic principles in information and communication space.

• $200,000

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (Rpa) · New York, NY · 2024

  Resourcing, documenting and potentially scaling methods to tackle harmful narratives

• $196,700

  Front Line Defenders · 2024

  Supports and trains human rights defenders against digital and surveillance threats.

• $180,000

  Friends of Majal · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024

  Supports project mapping surveillance industrys hidden connections and employment.

• $179,600

  The Engine Room · New York, NY · 2024

  Support Safe, responsible and strategic technology use while mitigating vulnerabilities

• $176,766

  Victory Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To strengthening network and skills of LGBTQI+ leaders across Latam

• $170,020

  Association for Progressive Communications (Apc) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Generate diligence rules, transparency standards around social media monetisation programs.

• $160,816

  Safenet · 2024

  Support digital rights monitoring, capacity building and civic space protection

• $150,000

  Women Win · 2024

  To Support seed, resource, and sustain a feminist technology ecosystem.

• $150,000

  Africa'S Voices Foundation (Avf) · 2024

  Amplify citizens' voices in decision-making, policy responses, and development planning.

• $150,000

  Amandlamobi · 2024

  To support organisation's growth, assists with fundraising and communications capacity.

• $150,000

  Article 19 Eastern Africa · 2024

  To support core operations and program work.

• $150,000

  Myanmar Now Ltd · 2024

  Support the investigative journalism organisation's business model.

• $150,000

  Citizens' Gavel · 2024

  Core operating grant to protect the civic space in Nigeria.

• $150,000

  Association for Progressive Communications (Apc) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Supporting Myanmar Internet Project, combat disinformation and mitigate digital risks.

• $150,000

  Ideas · 2024

  Dialogue and research on Malay/Bumiputera policies and Strengthening organisational capacity

• $150,000

  East West Management Institute · New York, NY · 2024

  Supports Malaysian tech, human rights, social justice, and civil grants

• $150,000

  Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Educate entertainment industry to identify and challenge Big Tech narratives

• $150,000

  Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation Nigeria · 2024

  To protect Nigerian journalists, media houses and civil society partners

• $150,000

  Tech Global Institute (Tgi) · 2024

  Support content moderation and civil society organisations in Asia

• $130,000

  Luchadoras · 2024

  Develops accountability journalism, GenAI focus, and surveillance newsroom.

• $130,000

  Accountability Lab Nigeria · 2024

  Shifting civic engagement and support fundamental freedoms of magginalized communities.

• $125,000

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

  Support intersection of politics and digital technology

• $125,000

  Amabhungane · 2024

  Developing impactful investigations, improve communications, audience engagement and editorial capacity

• $125,000

  Institute for Strategy and Policy (US Entity) · Newark, CA · 2024

  Promote democratic leadership and strengthen civic participation by conducting research,

• $121,467

  Ela - Equipo Latinoamericano De Justicia Y Genero · 2024

  Promoting women's political participation in Argentina and address challenges

• $120,000

  Siasa Place · 2024

  To promote youth participation in democratic processes

• $120,000

  Finance Uncovered · 2024

  Support the investigation of illicit finance stories in investigative journalism.

• $120,000

  Fundacion Mi Sangre (Fms) · 2024

  Building civic and political capacities in youth to shape decision-making

• $110,000

  Radio Workshop · New York, NY · 2024

  To nuance perspectives of African youth via audio story telling

• $110,000

  Haki Africa · 2024

  Empowers communities to hold power accountable and uplift underrepresented voices.

• $100,000

  Ciudades Feministas (Ciscsa) · 2024

  Promoting the political participation of young women in local communities

• $100,000

  Hostwriter · 2024

  help journalists collaborate and amplify structural barriers perspectives from journalists.

• $90,000

  International Lawyers Project (Ilp) · 2024

  Advancing economic and environmental justice and the rule of law

• $80,000

  Extituto - Politica Abierta · 2024

  Trains leaders in transparency, collaboration, and citizen involvement in elections.

• $80,000

  Spotlight On Corruption · 2024

  General Operating Grant.

• $75,000

  Haki Yetu Charitable Trust · 2024

  Advance civic and political participation for Kenyan youth and women.

• $50,000

  Usc Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To undertake research into the representation of social media platforms

• $50,000

  Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2024

  Empowers grassroots groups to adapt amid work-related crackdowns.

• $48,811

  University of Massachusetts Amherst · Hadley, MA · 2024

  Supporting critical and comparative research to inform pro-democracy coalition strategies.

• $35,000

  The New Humanitarian · 2024

  To support practical insights and thought leadership to international journalism

• $5,500

  Nossas · 2024

  Support the continuity of Grantee's work at Brazil national level.

• $1.0M

  Liberty · 2023

  Challenge injustice, defends freedom, and campaigns fair treatment in UK

• $784,000

  Conectas · 2023

  To combating misinformation and hate speech in Brazil

• $710,000

  Correctiv · 2023

  investigates injustices and abuses of power and runs educational programs

• $700,000

  More in Common · New York, NY · 2023

  To build communities and societies resilient to polarisation and socialdivision.

• $675,110

  East West Management Institute · New York, NY · 2023

  Support Freedom of Expression cluster, via core institutional, capacity building

• $650,000

  Open Government Partnership (Ogp) · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support reformers make governments open, accountable, and responsive to citizens.

• $650,000

  Data and Society Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023

  Support social implications of data-centric technologies & automation.

• $550,000

  Access Now · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Support digital rights of world users at risk.

• $542,000

  Open Knowledge Foundation Germany · 2023

  To support open government, open education and civic tech