Full List of Grantees

Full List of Grantees

Access Now Grants strives to provide transparent information about its grantees. In some cases we are not able to share information about a grant because this information poses a security risk to the grantee. Please note that some of our grantees have operations and/or legal entities in more than one country, and the countries listed on this page represent the primary location of the grantee’s activities that are supported by Access Now’s funding. Explore our list of grantees by year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

2023

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
KRYSS NetworkMalaysia$69,952
Nubian Rights ForumKenya$30,000
Vita ActivaUSA$20,000
Haki Na SheriaKenya$30,000
MnemonicSyria$80,000
Digital Security Lab UkraineUkraine$100,000

2022

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
Nubian Rights ForumKenya$45,000
7amlehPalestine$17,000
Common Cause ZambiaZambia$12,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)Kenya$20,000
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$15,000
Zaina FoundationTanzania$15,000
Defenders Protection InitiativeUganda$20,000
Core23 LabDemocratic Republic of Congo$10,000
Digital Security GroupDemocratic Republic of Congo$19,000
MnemonicSyria$20,000

2021

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
Dig/Sec InitiativeUganda$10,000
Zaina FoundationTanzania$23,400
MnemonicSyria$45,000
Fundación AccesoCosta Rica$75,000
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$45,000
Haki na SheriaKenya$40,360
KRYSS NetworkMalaysia$58,860
Vita ActivaUSA$10,000
Defenders Protection InitiativeUganda$28,000
Acoso OnlineChile$24,950
Nubian Rights ForumKenya$10,000
Common Cause ZambiaZambia$10,000
Dig/Sec InitiativeUganda$33,000
Indigenous Media FoundationNepal$27,998
Center for Advancement of Rights and DemocracyEthiopia$99,992
Vita ActivaUSA$24,900
Fundación InternetBolivia.orgBolivia$24,856
Coding RightsBrazil$24,900
7amlehPalestine$10,000
Foundation for Media AlternativesPhilippines$20,000
Data Privacy BrazilBrazil$50,045
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, DehliIndia$24,000
Digital ReachThailand$50,740
Tecnicas RudasMexico$39,490

2020

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
Digital ReachThailand$15,000
Zaina FoundationTanzania$10,000
Data Privacy BrazilBrazil$10,000
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$60,000
7amlehPalestine$84,000
KRYSS NetworkMalaysia$31,661
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$7,487
Acoso OnlineChile$22,000
Vita ActivaUSA$9,675
Haki na SheriaKenya$23,981
Zaina FoundationTanzania$24,000
Dig/Sec InitiativeUganda$10,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, DehliIndia$24,000
7amlehPalestine$9,913
Fundación InternetBolivia.orgBolivia$21,377
SursiendoMexico$70,012
Manushya FoundationThailand$33,000
Center for Advancement of Rights and DemocracyEthiopia$49,718
Foundation for Media AlternativesPhilippines$20,000
HiperderechoPeru$20,000
Tecnicas RudasMexico$35,000
Digital Security Lab UkraineUkraine$97,119
Digital ReachThailand$32,828
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$32,000

2019

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
7amlehPalestine$31,500
Acoso OnlineChile$30,000
Digital Security Lab UkraineUkraine$12,722
Fundación AccesoCosta Rica$100,000
MajalThe Netherlands$30,000
MnemonicSyria$40,008
SursiendoMexico$52,637
TurkeyBlocksTurkey$10,012
Media Foundation West AfricaGhana$9,989
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$9,992
7amlehPalestine$9,972
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$10,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)Kenya$26,224
SursiendoMexico$31,227
Center for Advancement of Rights and DemocracyEthiopia$19,929
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$20,892
Digital Security Lab UkraineUkraine$22,993
Foundation for Media AlternativesPhilippines$20,000
Tecnicas RudasMexico$21,844
HiperderechoPeru$17,000

2018

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
7amlehPalestine$11,946
A Common FutureCameroon$7,500
Acoso OnlineChile$22,000
Acoso OnlineChile$23,500
ASCAMTA (Asocación campesina de trabajadores de Argelia)Colombia$2,650
Association for Progressive CommunicationsSouth Africa$25,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for JusticeUSA$41,000
Cameroon Association of Media ProfessionalsCameroon$10,000
Cameroon Association of Media ProfessionalsCameroon$6,615
CodaStoryUSA$50,000
Coding RightsBrazil$10,000
Digital Security Lab UkraineUkraine$6,500
Fundación AccesoCosta Rica$77,500
Fundación KarismaColombia$57,000
Fundacion para la difusion del Conocimiento y el desarrollo Sustentable Via LibreArgentina$9,900
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$15,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)Kenya$43,000
Media Foundation West AfricaGhana$40,621
Open Culture FoundationTaiwan$36,278
Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology DevelopmentNigeria$28,000
Point of ViewIndia$25,000
PollicyUganda$2,997
Raseef22Uganda$15,000
Red en Defensa de los Derechos DigitalesMexico$50,000
Rudi InternationalDemocratic Republic of Congo$17,600
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$25,138
SursiendoMexico$29,233
Syrian ArchiveSyria$51,459
TEDICParaguay$15,000
TurkeyBlocksTurkey$93,236

2017

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
7amlehPalestine$40,000
ASCAMTA (Asocación campesina de trabajadores de Argelia)Colombia$10,000
Association for Progressive CommunicationsSouth Africa$17,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for JusticeUSA$38,500
Bahrain WatchBahrain$52,000
Bloggers Association of KenyaKenya$7,500
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, DehliIndia$42,400
Centre for Internet & SocietyIndia$10,000
CIPESAUganda$32,000
Fundación AccesoCosta Rica$65,329
Fundación KarismaColombia$54,600
Global VoicesThe Netherlands$5,045
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$15,600
Internet Democracy Project at Point of ViewIndia25,000
Internet Sans FrontieresFrance$43,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)Kenya$40,000
Media Foundation West AfricaGhana$25,000
Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology DevelopmentNigeria$33,920
Point of ViewIndia$22,000
Rudi InternationalDemocratic Republic of Congo$31,275
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$77,500
Visualizing ImpactLebanon, Canada$30,174

2016

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
Association for Progressive CommunicationsSouth Africa$25,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for JusticeUSA$38,500
Bahrain WatchBahrain$25,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, DehliIndia$40,000
CIPESAUganda$20,000
CSI ENSITunisia$600
Fundación AccesoCosta Rica$53,440
Fundación KarismaColombia$44,000
i freedom Uganda – NetworkUganda$10,000
Internet Democracy Project at Point of ViewIndia$10,000
Internet Sans FrontieresFrance$21,000
IntervozesBrazil$10,000
IraQueerIraq$5,900
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)Kenya$28,595
Keyboard FrontlineHong Kong, China$11,828
Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology DevelopmentNigeria$44,000
Point of ViewIndia$10,000
Proud LebanonLebanon$5,000
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$50,620
TEDICParaguay$10,000
Social Media ExchangeLebanon$50,000
University of Hong Kong Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.Hong Kong, China$23,000

2015

GRANTEE NAMECOUNTRYAMOUNT (USD)
Association for Progressive CommunicationsSouth Africa$10,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, DehliIndia$9,500
Coding RightsBrazil$5,000
Fundación AccesoCosta Rica$5,000
Globe International CenterMongolia$5,000
IBIDEMBrazil$2,350