Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Other
DescriptionIn 2018, Luminate invested $950,000 as a convertible loan in The Correspondent to finance its crowdfunding campaign that would enable it to launch its operations. This refinancing focused on helping The Correspondent meet its operating cash requirements. Ultimately The Correspondent was not able to sustain its operations and shut down in December 2020.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support the 'Public Square' project, a partnership between the Democratic Society and mySociety to develop and build consensus around the case for common social and technological infrastructure to support citizen participation in the democratic process at local and regional level in the UK.
DescriptionTo support The Engine Room, which does work to ensure that social justice movements can use technology and date in safe, responsible and strategic ways, while actively mitigating the vulnerabilities created by digital systems.
DescriptionTo support The Gov Lab in its mission to strengthen the ability of institutions and people to work more openly, collaboratively, effectively, and legitimately to make better decisions and solve public problems.
DescriptionTo support GovLab's Data programme, especially its work on open data impact, open data demand, data stewards, data collaboratives, and its work to coordinate the International Open Data Conference's research symposium.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionTo support development of the Justice, Equity and Technology Table which will create routines and structures for knowledge exchange and coordination between civil society practitioners on issues of justice, data-driven technologies, and their governance.
DescriptionTo 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.
DescriptionTo provide unrestricted funding to The Markup, a non-profit newsroom that investigates how powerful institutions are using technology to change our society.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionThis 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.
DescriptionTo support UndocuBlack's work to advocate for legislation and executive actions to protect and provide permanent immigration status relief to Black undocumented immigrants facing the dual threat of xenophobia and racism.
DescriptionLuminate's support to The Signals Network will fund the launch of its Tech Accountability Project (TAP) in Europe. The support will help The Signal Network expand its proven process and expertise in supporting whistleblowers and coordinating media investigations to the technology industry to Europe while also expanding its resources offering to empower more whistleblowers and show the impact whistleblowers make.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusGlobal
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)100,000
Funding typeGrant: US Public Charity
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThis grant is to support survivors and victims of disinformation campaigns in Syria to directly advocate to policymakers and tech companies about the harm caused by disinformation attacks and the need for Tech regulation.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProgram Grant
DescriptionTo support the University of Oxford to support the Oxford Internet Institute's Computational Propaganda Programme. The programme investigates the interaction of algorithms, automation, and politics.
DescriptionTo support International Symposium on Online Journalism, which focuses on the emergence of new kinds of independent, alternative journalism in Latin America.
DescriptionThis 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.
DescriptionTo support The World Investigates, an organisation comprised of award-winning journalists and filmmakers focused on supporting African investigative journalism and bringing those stories to a global audience.
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