Freedom of Expression
Supporting Independent Media in Crisis
$50000
Public Summary: To support independent media affected by an ongoing crackdown on press freedom in their home country. The organization will provide direct emergency support to local media outlets that have suffered revenue losses because of politically motivated pressure. Through crowdfunding, donor support, and business investments, the organization will create new avenues for impacted outlets to generate income.
Freedom of Information
Supporting Independent Video Bloggers
$68000
Public Summary: To strengthen the voices and develop the skills of independent video bloggers. The organization will amplify the voices of independent bloggers under pressure, and to develop their skills through tailored trainings and mentoring. Working with local partners, the group will select and train participants in video production, editing, and advertising.
Accountability and Transparency
Promoting Citizen Engagement
$16300
Public Summary: To foster civic participation and government accountability. The initiative will conduct civic campaigns, roundtables, and presentations to engage residents in public governance. The initiative will foster a multi-stakeholder approach to good governance by engaging various communities in dialogue on quality-of-life issues. The organization will publish a bimonthly bulletin on timely local issues and a booklet highlighting the group’s advocacy efforts.
Human Rights
Bolstering Support for Civil Society
$70000
Public Summary: To bolster support to civil activists, human rights defenders, and journalists facing persecution. The program will shelter affected individuals; offer psychological, medical, and legal support; and provide capacity building opportunities. The organization will help to relocate activists s, as well as prepare and implement personalized plans to assist them.
Freedom of Information
Supporting Journalists
$94000
Public Summary: To augment support to the beleaguered media community. The organization will launch a residency program for journalists facing persecution ; it will provide them with temporary shelter, and with psychological and skills-building support to help them resist politically motivated pressure. The organization will use its annual conference to spotlight the challenges facing journalists by bringing local speakers and participants to the forum.
Civic Education
Fostering Independent Culture and Activism
$50250
Public Summary: To strengthen independent culture, civic activism, and national identity. The association will organize events on social and cultural topics. To stimulate local civic engagement, it will conduct workshops for new activists. The association will also create a database of prominent cultural figures repressed by the regime, and develop its website, which serves as a source of objective information, independent cultural content, and democratic ideas.
Freedom of Expression
Supporting Local Media and Civic Initiatives
$28700
Public Summary: To support the development of local civil society and independent media. The grassroots program will partner with local resource centers to inform citizens and foster civic initiatives in several districts. It will produce and disseminate independent bulletins and maintain local websites.
Policy Analysis and Public Debate
Strengthening International Support to local democrats
$53800
Public Summary: To strengthen international engagement with the country’s political crisis. The organization will provide immediate response to the political stalemate by engaging the international policy community in regular discussions to build policymakers’ knowledge, maintain international pressure, and facilitate informed and timely recommendations regarding human rights and meaningful participation in democratic processes. It will also increase local civil society’s capacity for effective involvement in policy discussions with international partners through briefings, analysis, and network development.
Freedom of Information
Supporting Independent Local Media
$66500
Public Summary: To support local independent media. The organization will maintain and develop its news website that provides timely reporting on key political, social, and economic developments in an underserved region. To expand the outlet’s content and increase its audience, the organization will scale up its reporting and scope of coverage, invest in more staff, and increase its social media presence.
Freedom of Expression
Supporting Independent Regional Media
$30000
Public Summary: To promote independent media and freedom of information. The organization will expand the content, audience, and reach of its leading regional web publications. It will develop its Telegram channel, increase its blogging and video content, and develop new formats to provide regional populations with greater access to independent news and information. Against the backdrop of the regime’s harsh crackdown on independent media, the organization will invest in secure web hosting and developing a YouTube channel to circumvent state censorship of its content.
Freedom of Expression
Strengthening Access to Independent Information
$30000
Public Summary: To provide access to independent political news and information. The independent website will inform the public of major issues facing the country at a critical juncture, including local, national, and international political, human rights, and economic developments. To broaden its audience and counter state propaganda, the outlet will continue to develop the site’s content and boost its social media presence.
Freedom of Information
Providing Objective Information
$47000
Public Summary: To increase access to independent information. The project will support a website that increases citizens’ understanding of the country’s situation and developments. It will produce and disseminate news and analysis that provides objective information on key issues affecting the government, business, and the general public. The project will also produce targeted content to increase its audience and develop long-term sustainability strategies.
Freedom of Information
Supporting Citizen Engagement
$50000
Public Summary: To support civic activists and journalists. The initiative will provide beneficiaries with a space to work, collaborate, and receive legal, psychological, and other support services to help participants and continue their work. It will also organize events to build and sustain connections between program participants.
Supporting Independent Media
$87500
Public Summary: To promote freedom of expression and the sustainability of independent media. The media outlet will partner with a likeminded publication to pursue an innovative viability and audience-growth strategy. While publishing as separate entities, the independent outlets will share administrative costs and engage in exclusive content sharing. The program will develop a model for greater sustainability and cooperative development for independent media.
Civic Engagement
Supporting Civil Society to Hold the Government Accountable
$44000
Public Summary: To strengthen civic engagement in fostering government accountability. Through its inetwork, the organization will maintain, develop, and promote its portal, which allows citizens to file appeals on pressing civic issues to state authorities and serves as a public forum. It will publicize and develop its website, as well as hold online trainings and discussions on citizen participation issues.
Civic Engagement
Fostering Citizen Participation and Cultivating New Leaders
$60000
Public Summary: To foster citizen participation. The program will recruit, train, and develop a network of civil society activists. Using digital tools, the program will hold trainings to better prepare them as leaders. Participating activists will create video blogs promoting their civic initiatives and post them online; conduct digital campaigns; and carry out public outreach. The program will also print a brochure showcasing successful citizen engagement stories.
Civic Engagement
Fostering Citizen Participation and Democratic Reforms
$250000
Public Summary: To foster citizen participation and democratic reforms. The organization will strengthen civic activism through advocating and campaigning in support of democratic reforms; working with volunteers; consulting civic initiatives; and doing public outreach. The organization will promote its activities online, spearhead discussions on key reforms; and promote its activities online and offline.
Civic Engagement
Strengthening Civil Society
$29000
Public Summary: To increase the capacity of local civil society in the country by assisting civic activists and citizens in addressing quality of life issues. The organization will survey the local population to identify pressing issues, hold meetings, and publish the results. It will also organize trainings to promote activism.
Political Processes
Fostering Free and Fair Elections
$50000
Public Summary: To foster free, fair, and transparent elections. Ahead of future elections, the nonpartisan coalition will carry out a comprehensive informational campaign to educate citizens about electoral rights and independent election monitoring. During the election campaigns, it will educate activists around voting rights. The program will disseminate its monitoring findings through a variety of means.
Civic Engagement
Promoting Youth Activism
$32000
Public Summary: To promote civic engagement. The independent center will organize a series of civic education activities including events, meetings, lectures, and trainings. It will award grants to initiatives. The organization will also maintain its website that serves as an information portal.
Civic Engagement
Strengthening the Capacity of Local Civic Initiatives
$69000
Public Summary: To strengthen the capacity of new civic actors to engage local authorities in solving community problems. The organization will engage citizens both online and offline to form and design civic initiatives aimed at working with local authorities. It will also provide trainings, and consultations to promising local initiatives.
Freedom of Expression
Fostering Freedom of Expression
$46000
Public Summary: To foster freedom of expression and access to independent information. The organization will produce media materials and publications on key historical and contemporary figures and political developments in the country. It will hold online events to promote its work. The organization will also disseminate its materials on social media, through independent media, and via its networks of volunteers.
Freedom of Information
Expanding Access to Independent Information
$82000
Public Summary: To increase access to independent information and a plurality of sources. The organization will expand its collection of publications not readily accessible in the country. The team will upgrade its website, increase its multimedia content and news output, as well as continue to grow its presence on social media.
Human Rights
Supporting Democrats at Risk
$107000
Public Summary: To build the capacity of humanitarian efforts. The initiative will hire a coordination team to steer a humanitarian support campaign for victims of political repressions. The organization will also stand ready to cover emergency assistance for activists who fall victim of harassment, obstruction, and other retaliatory actions on the job.
Civic Engagement
Fostering Activism
$40000
Public Summary: To foster civic engagement. The organization will conduct online and offline meetings, trainings, and other educational activities on civic activism for regional people and support local projects. The organization will also promote civic activism and conduct information campaigns through its website, social media pages, messenger channel, and newsletter.
Human Rights
Building resilience in civil society to foster democratic change
$200000
Public Summary: To provide emergency support to democrats-at-risk. The human rights advocacy and assistance organization will assist civil society by providing emergency aid to persecuted activists; helping relocated activists to extend their legal stay in host country; and offering professional development opportunities. The organization will also provide activists with security training and psychological support.
Freedom of Expression
Supporting Independent information Actors
$204000
Public Summary: To support independent grassroots media. The organization will employ multiple information platforms and allow them to serve their audiences without fear of reprisal. The platforms will collaborate and share content to maximize impact. The organization will fact-check and edit all content to ensure its quality.
Freedom of Expression
Broadening Understanding of National Security Issues
$18000
Public Summary: To increase access to quality information and analysis on national and regional security issues. The organization will produce, translate, and make available analytical materials related to the security sector. In addition, the team will increase its monitoring and analysis of the security environment in the regions. The organization will engage with media outlets and experts, hold roundtables, and organize a conference.
Freedom of Information
Supporting the Viability of Independent Media in Crisis
$299000
Public Summary: To support the viability of independent media. The organization will provide emergency assistance and core support to independent media outlets whose work is hindered by the government’s repressions or whose financial survival is in jeopardy. The program will also provide emergency humanitarian assistance for those in immediate danger and address their humanitarian needs.
Civic Engagement
Supporting Regional Initiatives
$27000
Public Summary: To increase civic engagement and activism. The program will publish and disseminate the online edition of an independent journal that fosters discussion on civic engagement. To promote public participation around issues of urban development, the program will hold discussions and workshops in urban centers. The organization will also conduct capacity-building exercises for civil society.
Human Rights
Capacity building support for persecuted democrats
$210000
Public Summary: To support victims of political repressions. The organization will provide assistance to persons who have been harassed because of the views and activities. The organization will cover professional and capacity building training, as well as provide legal and psychological support. The group will work with partners in the country and the broader region to vet and accommodate the applications for support.
Civic Engagement
Supporting Local Civil Society
$51000
Public Summary: To strengthen civil society at the local and regional levels. The organization will support and coordinate civil society initiatives. It will assist regional civic initiatives, convene meetings that bring citizens together with civil society leaders, and hold trainings for new civic activists. The organization will also award grants to civil society initiatives.
Freedom of Expression
Supporting a Free and Independent Press
$54000
Public Summary: To foster the development of independent media. The media outlet will continue to produce its independent publication that feature updates about key social, political, civic, and economic issues. It will expand freedom of information and raise greater awareness about independent civic initiatives throughout the country.
Human Rights
Supporting victims of political repressions
$100000
Public Summary: To support victims of political repressions. The organization will provide monthly humanitarian assistance to persecuted activists who have lost their income and need assistance with basic living expenses. The foundation will work with local partners to vet the cases and will coordinate efforts with other groups providing aid.
