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Grants paid by Luminate Foundation Inc, tax year 2024
EIN 82-3941326 · Washington, DC · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2024, Luminate Foundation Inc (EIN 82-3941326) reported 91 grants paid totaling $22,499,637. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2024
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Washington, DC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | To meaningfully resource black feminist movements globally. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | East West Management Institute New York, NY | B | $860,673 | paid | Support Freedom of Expression cluster, via core institutional, capacity building | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Red En Defensa de Los Derechos Digitales (r3d) Mexico City | U | $650,000 | paid | Protects digital rights and civic space against surveillance and AI. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Data and Society Research Institute New York, NY | C | $650,000 | paid | Support social implications of data-centric technologies & automation. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Washington Office On Latin America (wola) Washington, DC | C | $600,000 | paid | Promoting racial action plans and protecting human rights in Americas. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Tifa Foundation South Jakarta | U | $550,000 | paid | Protects digital rights and civic space against surveillance and AI. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Calmatters Sacramento, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | Supports global AI reporting consortium, sharing expertise with newsrooms worldwide. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Natural Resource Governance Institute (nrgi) New York, NY | D | $500,000 | paid | General Operating Grant. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Inter-American Foundation Washington, DC | U | $500,000 | paid | To strengthen the countrys civic space | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | International Women's Media Foundation Washington, DC | B | $480,000 | paid | Supports safety of women and non-binary journalists, anti-online violence. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Agencia Publica Sao Paulo | U | $450,550 | paid | Supports Agencia Publicas development, global influence, and Big Tech investigation | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Privacy International (pi) London | U | $450,000 | paid | Support Grantee's work on right to privacy for everyone, everywhere | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Access Now Brooklyn, NY | C | $450,000 | paid | Support digital rights of world users at risk. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Lighthouse Reports Utrecht | U | $432,750 | paid | Advances accountability journalism, GenAI, and surveillance technology newsroom. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Human Dignity Trust London | U | $405,300 | paid | Supports legal reform and protection for LGBT people worldwide. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Front Line Defenders Blackrock | U | $403,300 | approved, future | Supports and trains human rights defenders against digital and surveillance threats. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Global Investigative Journalism Network - Gijn Washington, DC | C | $400,000 | paid | Supports advanced investigations and safe tech infrastructure in newsrooms. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Manos Visibles Bogota | U | $400,000 | approved, future | Promotes rights for marginalised groups in Colombia through media. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Clip - Centro Latinoamericano de Investigacion Periodistica Nicoya | U | $395,000 | paid | To support achieving institutional objective of fostering public debate | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Association for Progressive Communications (apc) San Francisco, CA | D | $355,000 | paid | Building cohort organisations in Asia working on Big Tech accountability | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Freedom Voices Network Paris | U | $330,000 | paid | To secure data of threatened journalists and publish their reporting. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Engage Media Melbourne | U | $327,184 | paid | Supports Indonesia's AI governance, youth activism, and tech surveillance research | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Media Monitoring Africa Johannesburg | U | $310,000 | paid | Supports healthy information ecosystems and informed citizenry in South Africa. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Katiba Institute Nairobi | U | $300,000 | approved, future | To entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Katiba Institute Nairobi | U | $300,000 | paid | To entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Atlantic Council Washington, DC | D | $300,000 | paid | To benefit democracy and human rights in Colombia. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | School of Politics Policy and Governance Abuja | U | $300,000 | paid | Builds new, skilled political class to solve Africas development. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Agencia Publica Sao Paulo | U | $300,000 | approved, future | Supports Agencia Publicas development, global influence, and Big Tech investigation | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Digital Freedom Fund (dff) Amsterdam | U | $275,000 | paid | Support digital rights in Europe through strategic litigation | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Engage Media Melbourne | U | $270,000 | approved, future | Supports Indonesia's AI governance, youth activism, and tech surveillance research | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Baraza Media Lab Nairobi | U | $270,000 | paid | Improve resilience, coordination and support media, journalism and creative spaces. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir Mexico City | U | $267,000 | paid | To support to Indigenous, Afro-Mexican, youth, and LBT+ women leaders | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Techher Abuja | U | $260,000 | paid | Supports combating online gender violence and womens digital rights. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Budgit Lagos | D | $250,000 | paid | Supports BudgITs advocacy, civil society, and civic tech participation | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (rpa) New York, NY | C | $250,000 | approved, future | Supporting more accurate, nuanced and diverse storytelling by narrative shifts. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Budgit Lagos | D | $250,000 | approved, future | Supports BudgITs advocacy, civil society, and civic tech participation | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Instituto Incube Sao Paulo | U | $250,000 | paid | To support Grantee's project, More in Common Brazil | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (formerly Premium Times Ce Abuja | U | $250,000 | paid | To improve the media and information ecosystem in Nigeria. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Global Witness London | D | $250,000 | paid | Advocacy work in the areas of socioenvironmental and climate justice | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Washington, DC | U | $250,000 | approved, future | Supports Black feminist movements global grant making, especially Africa, Latin America. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Namati Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | Promoting paralegal outreach and awareness raising among communities facing discrimination | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Digital Rights Foundation (drf) Lahore | U | $250,000 | paid | Investigates and campaigns against online and real-world harms in Pakistan. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Media Defence London | U | $240,000 | paid | Supports free speech, journalists, litigation, and internal operations. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Phandeeyar Walnut, CA | U | $230,000 | paid | Core funding/reserve to grow their resilience to pursue organisational objectives. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Accountability Counsel San Francisco, CA | B | $230,000 | paid | Supporting communities via communities, Policy Advocacy and Research programme. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Hadis Foundation Abuja | U | $210,000 | paid | Improves young peoples responsible tech use and civic participation. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Caribe Afirmativo Barranquilla | U | $204,000 | paid | support fostering LGBTIQ+ and public policy in Colombia | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | East West Management Institute New York, NY | B | $202,500 | paid | To implement Indigenous Knowledge and Data Sovereignty (IKDS) framework | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Open Institute International Nairobi | D | $200,000 | approved, future | Improves public services for marginalised Kenyan communities using technology. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (rpa) New York, NY | D | $200,000 | paid | Resourcing, documenting and potentially scaling methods to tackle harmful narratives | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Canvas Belgrade | D | $200,000 | paid | General operating support renewal grant | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Hashtag Generation Colombo | U | $200,000 | paid | To build know-how and capacity to hold tech platforms accountable | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Manos Visibles Bogota | U | $200,000 | paid | Promotes rights for marginalised groups in Colombia through media. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Internetlab Sao Paulo | U | $200,000 | approved, future | Developing longer-term plan, with stronger emphasis on democracy and platforms. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Fundacion Para la Libertad de Prensa (flip) Bogota | U | $200,000 | approved, future | Protection of journalists, reactivating independent journalism networks, and strengthening organization | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir Mexico City | U | $200,000 | approved, future | Delivers training and skill-building for diverse women political leaders. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Paradigm Initiative Lagos | U | $200,000 | paid | Core grant to Paradigm Initiative in support of their work. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Futurelect Johannesburg | U | $200,000 | paid | Design/deliver non-partisan, intensive and interdisciplinary young leadership development and training. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Open Institute International Nairobi | D | $200,000 | paid | Improves public services for marginalised Kenyan communities using technology. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (serap) Lagos | U | $200,000 | paid | support strategic litigation work and civic participation space in Nigeria. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Afrobarometer Accra | U | $200,000 | paid | Training youth organisations in data collection, management and story telling. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Reporters Without Borders Paris | D | $200,000 | paid | Promotes global democratic principles in information and communication space. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Media Development Investment Fund (mdif) New York, NY | C | $200,000 | paid | to help independent media thrive and safeguard editorial independence. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Front Line Defenders Blackrock | U | $196,700 | paid | Supports and trains human rights defenders against digital and surveillance threats. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Conectas Sao Paulo | U | $196,000 | approved, future | To combating misinformation and hate speech in Brazil | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Ela - Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia Y Genero Ciudad de Buenos Aires | U | $182,200 | approved, future | Promoting women's political participation in Argentina and address challenges | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Friends of Majal Laguna Beach, CA | U | $180,000 | paid | Supports project mapping surveillance industrys hidden connections and employment. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Extituto - Politica Abierta Bogota DC | U | $180,000 | approved, future | Trains leaders in transparency, collaboration, and citizen involvement in elections. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | The Engine Room New York, NY | B | $179,600 | paid | Support Safe, responsible and strategic technology use while mitigating vulnerabilities | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Victory Institute Washington, DC | U | $176,766 | paid | To strengthening network and skills of LGBTQI+ leaders across Latam | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Association for Progressive Communications (apc) San Francisco, CA | C | $170,020 | paid | Generate diligence rules, transparency standards around social media monetisation programs. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Luchadoras Mexico City | U | $170,000 | approved, future | Develops accountability journalism, GenAI focus, and surveillance newsroom. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Safenet Denpasar | U | $160,816 | paid | Support digital rights monitoring, capacity building and civic space protection | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Association for Progressive Communications (apc) San Francisco, CA | C | $150,000 | paid | Supporting Myanmar Internet Project, combat disinformation and mitigate digital risks. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Africa's Voices Foundation (avf) Nairobi | U | $150,000 | paid | Amplify citizens' voices in decision-making, policy responses, and development planning. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Women Win Amsterdam | U | $150,000 | paid | To Support seed, resource, and sustain a feminist technology ecosystem. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | East West Management Institute New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | Supports Malaysian tech, human rights, social justice, and civil grants | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | B | $150,000 | paid | Educate entertainment industry to identify and challenge Big Tech narratives | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Association for Progressive Communications (apc) San Francisco, CA | D | $150,000 | approved, future | Connects Asian organisations for Big Tech accountability and knowledge exchange. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Article 19 Eastern Africa Nairobi | U | $150,000 | paid | To support core operations and program work. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Shehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation Nigeria Abuja | U | $150,000 | paid | To protect Nigerian journalists, media houses and civil society partners | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Amandlamobi Johannesburg | U | $150,000 | paid | To support organisation's growth, assists with fundraising and communications capacity. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Tech Global Institute (tgi) Brampton | U | $150,000 | paid | Support content moderation and civil society organisations in Asia | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Association for Progressive Communications (apc) San Francisco, CA | D | $150,000 | approved, future | Supporting Myanmar Internet Project, combat disinformation and mitigate digital risks. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Myanmar Now Ltd Melbourne | U | $150,000 | paid | Support the investigative journalism organisation's business model. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Ideas Kuala Lumpur | U | $150,000 | paid | Dialogue and research on Malay/Bumiputera policies and Strengthening organisational capacity | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Citizens' Gavel Yaba | U | $150,000 | paid | Core operating grant to protect the civic space in Nigeria. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Luchadoras Mexico City | U | $130,000 | paid | Develops accountability journalism, GenAI focus, and surveillance newsroom. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Accountability Lab Nigeria Abuja | U | $130,000 | paid | Shifting civic engagement and support fundamental freedoms of magginalized communities. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Amabhungane Cape Town | U | $125,000 | paid | Developing impactful investigations, improve communications, audience engagement and editorial capacity | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | B | $125,000 | paid | Support intersection of politics and digital technology | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Institute for Strategy and Policy (us Entity) Newark, CA | U | $125,000 | paid | Promote democratic leadership and strengthen civic participation by conducting research, | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Ela - Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia Y Genero Ciudad de Buenos Aires | U | $121,467 | paid | Promoting women's political participation in Argentina and address challenges | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Siasa Place Nairobi | U | $120,000 | paid | To promote youth participation in democratic processes | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Finance Uncovered London | U | $120,000 | paid | Support the investigation of illicit finance stories in investigative journalism. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Fundacion Mi Sangre (fms) Medellin | U | $120,000 | paid | Building civic and political capacities in youth to shape decision-making | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Victory Institute Washington, DC | U | $117,878 | approved, future | To strengthening network and skills of LGBTQI+ leaders across Latam | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Radio Workshop New York, NY | C | $110,000 | paid | To nuance perspectives of African youth via audio story telling | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Haki Africa Mvita | U | $110,000 | approved, future | Empowers communities to hold power accountable and uplift underrepresented voices. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Haki Africa Mvita | U | $110,000 | paid | Empowers communities to hold power accountable and uplift underrepresented voices. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Ciudades Feministas (ciscsa) Cordoba | U | $100,000 | paid | Promoting the political participation of young women in local communities | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Hostwriter Berlin | U | $100,000 | paid | help journalists collaborate and amplify structural barriers perspectives from journalists. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Radio Workshop New York, NY | C | $100,000 | approved, future | Grant supports African youth podcast collaboration for nuanced storytelling. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | International Lawyers Project (ilp) London | U | $90,000 | paid | Advancing economic and environmental justice and the rule of law | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | International Lawyers Project (ilp) London | U | $90,000 | approved, future | Advancing economic and environmental justice and the rule of law | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Extituto - Politica Abierta Bogota DC | U | $80,000 | paid | Trains leaders in transparency, collaboration, and citizen involvement in elections. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Spotlight On Corruption Lewes | U | $80,000 | paid | General Operating Grant. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Haki Yetu Charitable Trust Mombasa | U | $75,000 | paid | Advance civic and political participation for Kenyan youth and women. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Haki Yetu Mombasa | U | $75,000 | approved, future | Builds internal governance and effective community-focused programming. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Fund for Global Human Rights Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | Empowers grassroots groups to adapt amid work-related crackdowns. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Usc Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Norman Lear Center Los Angeles, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | To undertake research into the representation of social media platforms | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | B | $50,000 | approved, future | Guides responsible portrayal of technology and social media on screen. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Yaaj Mexico Mexico City | U | $50,000 | approved, future | Enhancing the political and civic participation of the Mexican LGBTI+ | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | University of Massachusetts Amherst Hadley, MA | U | $48,811 | paid | Supporting critical and comparative research to inform pro-democracy coalition strategies. | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Fundacion Mi Sangre (fms) Medellin | U | $40,000 | approved, future | Building civic and political capacities in youth to shape decision-making | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | The New Humanitarian Geneva | U | $35,000 | paid | To support practical insights and thought leadership to international journalism | 202503189349101745 |
| 2024 | Nossas Rio de Janeiro | U | $5,500 | paid | Support the continuity of Grantee's work at Brazil national level. | 202503189349101745 |
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