Grants awarded
Who does Luminate Foundation INC fund?
Luminate Foundation INC has awarded $173 million across 749 grants to 267 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $175,000, with most between $100,000 and $300,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $187,500 versus $150,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$173.2M
Typical grant
$175K
Grantees
267
Grants
749
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Code for America (cfa) | $4.5M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
East West Management Institute INC
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$3.8M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Data & Society Research Institute
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$3.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| P Privacy International (pi) | $3.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Global Witness
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$3.0M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | |
| R Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (rpa) | $2.8M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Neo Philanthropy INC
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$2.8M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| O Open Government Partnership (ogp) | $2.6M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.5M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| C Correctiv | $2.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Liberty | $2.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
United We Dream Network INC
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$2.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| N Natural Resource Governance Institute (nrgi) | $2.3M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Color of Change Education Fund | $2.3M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Open Contracting Partnership
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$2.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| C Conectas | $2.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Media Development Investment Fund (mdif) | $1.9M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
More in Common INC
|
$1.9M | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| O Open Data Institute (odi) | $1.9M | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I International Center for Journalists (icfj) | $1.9M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | $1.8M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Washington Office on Latin America (wola) | $1.7M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Accountability Counsel
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$1.7M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| B Budgit | $1.7M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Freedom Voices Network | $1.6M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Georgetown University
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$1.6M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| E European Digital Rights (edri) | $1.6M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Markup | $1.6M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Fuse Corps
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$1.6M | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| O Open Knowledge Foundation Germany | $1.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (snv) | $1.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K Katiba Institute | $1.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (icij) | $1.5M | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Digital Freedom Fund (dff) | $1.5M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 11 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Association for Progressive Communications (apc) | $1.4M | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Civic Hall Labs INC
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$1.3M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| N Network of European Foundations | $1.2M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Human Dignity Trust | $1.2M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Media Legal Defence Initiative (mldi) | $1.1M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.1M | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Phandeeyar | $1.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The B Team | $1.0M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Publish What You Pay (pwyp) | $1.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Upturn INC
|
$1.0M | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| A Amalgamated Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$988K | 6 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $982K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Opendemocracy | $970K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Transparency International UK (ti-UK) | $964K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Amandlamobi | $950K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Public and Private Development Centre (ppdc) | $900K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$897K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I International Budget Partnership (ibp) | $878K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Nossas | $850K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Fund for Global Human Rights
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$845K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $810K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (serap) | $805K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Black Stripe Foundation | $800K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Openup | $800K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Canvas | $800K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $782K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Internetlab | $762K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $762K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Amnesty International | $760K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mediajustice | $758K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$756K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| C Connected Development (code) | $730K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Asylum Access
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$708K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
American University
|
$700K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Global Fund for Women INC
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$700K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I International Budget Partnership South Africa | $700K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$690K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| P Partnership on Ai | $660K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Red En Defensa De Los Derechos Digitales (r3d) | $658K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Amabhungane | $625K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Accountability Lab INC
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$620K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| T The University of Oxford Development Trust | $620K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $618K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Open Institute International | $610K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fundacion Para La Libertad De Prensa (flip) | $604K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$600K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
New Venture Fund
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$600K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| O Outriders | $600K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $592K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Undocublack | $580K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Co-Op Foundation | $572K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $568K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Foxglove | $565K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| N New America Foundation (naf) | $555K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Tifa Foundation | $550K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $550K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Golocal | $548K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $542K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $535K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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