Foundation directory
Luminate Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 82-3941326 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $22.5M
- Grants reported
- 91
- Median grant
- $200K
- Future commitments
- $4.9M
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91 | $22.5M |
Where Luminate Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | To meaningfully resource black feminist movements globally. | 2024 | $1M |
| East West Management Institute | New York, NY | Support Freedom of Expression cluster, via core institutional, capacity building | 2024 | $860.7K |
| Data and Society Research Institute | New York, NY | Support social implications of data-centric technologies & automation. | 2024 | $650K |
| Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) | Mexico City | Protects digital rights and civic space against surveillance and AI. | 2024 | $650K |
| Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) | Washington, DC | Promoting racial action plans and protecting human rights in Americas. | 2024 | $600K |
| Tifa Foundation | South Jakarta | Protects digital rights and civic space against surveillance and AI. | 2024 | $550K |
| Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) | New York, NY | General Operating Grant. | 2024 | $500K |
| Inter-American Foundation | Washington, DC | To strengthen the countrys civic space | 2024 | $500K |
| CalMatters | Sacramento, CA | Supports global AI reporting consortium, sharing expertise with newsrooms worldwide. | 2024 | $500K |
| International Women's Media Foundation | Washington, DC | Supports safety of women and non-binary journalists, anti-online violence. | 2024 | $480K |
| Agencia Publica | Sao Paulo | Supports Agencia Publicas development, global influence, and Big Tech investigation | 2024 | $450.6K |
| Privacy International (PI) | London | Support Grantee's work on right to privacy for everyone, everywhere | 2024 | $450K |
| Access Now | Brooklyn, NY | Support digital rights of world users at risk. | 2024 | $450K |
| Lighthouse Reports | Utrecht | Advances accountability journalism, GenAI, and surveillance technology newsroom. | 2024 | $432.8K |
| Human Dignity Trust | London | Supports legal reform and protection for LGBT people worldwide. | 2024 | $405.3K |
| Global Investigative Journalism Network - GIJN | Washington, DC | Supports advanced investigations and safe tech infrastructure in newsrooms. | 2024 | $400K |
| CLIP - Centro Latinoamericano de Investigacion Periodistica | Nicoya | To support achieving institutional objective of fostering public debate | 2024 | $395K |
| Association for Progressive Communications (APC) | San Francisco, CA | Building cohort organisations in Asia working on Big Tech accountability | 2024 | $355K |
| Freedom Voices Network | Paris | To secure data of threatened journalists and publish their reporting. | 2024 | $330K |
| Engage Media | Melbourne | Supports Indonesia's AI governance, youth activism, and tech surveillance research | 2024 | $327.2K |
| Media Monitoring Africa | Johannesburg | Supports healthy information ecosystems and informed citizenry in South Africa. | 2024 | $310K |
| Atlantic Council | Washington, DC | To benefit democracy and human rights in Colombia. | 2024 | $300K |
| Katiba Institute | Nairobi | To entrench a culture and practice of constitutionalism in Kenya | 2024 | $300K |
| School of Politics Policy and Governance | Abuja | Builds new, skilled political class to solve Africas development. | 2024 | $300K |
| Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) | Amsterdam | Support digital rights in Europe through strategic litigation | 2024 | $275K |
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Luminate Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.