Grants Awarded
As a transparent grantmaker, we believe we have a duty to publish details of all our activities in an accessible format. The source data used on this page is available as open data and can be found at http://www.sfct.org.uk/360giving and https://www.iatiregistry.org/publisher/indtrust.
Mobile platform supporting community mobilisation and democratic engagement
8 Jun 2017
South Africa
Democratic participation and civil society, Support to local and regional NGOs
£20,598.79
To cover software development and personnel costs associated with Grassroot's mobile platform.
Democracy in Action TV
22 Jun 2017
South Africa
Democratic participation and civil society, Human rights, Radio/television/print media
£17,460.80
To produce a TV show in partnership with OpenUp to enable citizens to become active participants in shaping the world they live in by facilitating a two-way flow of communication between government and civil society on law-making processes and service delivery.
Encouraging democratic participation in Kenyan youth
To enable Livity Africa to work in partnership with Mzalendo to champion young people to create content and engagement that encourages democratic participation in the lead up to the Kenyan election.
Digital Civil Society Lab World Tour
3 May 2017
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
United Kingdom
£5,000.00
Towards the costs of hosting a one-day conference on digital technology and civil society in London in June 2017.
Annual Running Costs and Project Archivist
11 May 2017
The Sainsbury Archive
United Kingdom
£4,500.00
Three year grant (£1,500 in financial years 17-18, 18-19 and 19-20) towards annual running costs and a project archivist.
Establishing a new Media Lab
To enable a new media lab to be established at iCampus, a shared innovation, co-working and community space for organizations focusing on the intersection of technology, accountability and social change in Liberia.
Smarter Grants Initiative
20 Mar 2017
Localgiving Foundation
United Kingdom
£10,850.00
To support Localgiving's Smarter Grants Initiative, which aims at improving the relationship between charities and grantmakers.
Digitisation of Africa’s Laws
16 Mar 2017
South Africa
Legal and judicial development
£90,000.00
Core costs to digitise and format laws from select African countries as well as test a range of sustainability strategies.