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, 2023, and 2024.
2024
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Digital Shelter
Somalia
$20,000
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$86,000
Haki na Sheria Initiative
Kenya
$40,000
Right to Connect
Afghanistan
$20,000
Tecnicas Rudas
Mexico
$30,000
Vita Activa
LATAM
$30,000
Zaina Foundation
Tanzania
$30,000
2023
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Annir Initiative
Libya
$20,000
Burma Academy
Myanmar
$15,341
Center for Advancement of Rights & Democracy
Ethiopia
$95,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi
India
$34,000
Common Cause Zambia
Zambia
$50,000
Defenders Protection Initiative
Uganda
$35,000
DIG/SEC Initiative
Uganda
$48,999
Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan
Pakistan
$130,000
Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Ukraine
$100,000
Haki na Sheria Initiative
Kenya
$30,000
Indigenous Media Foundation
Nepal
$20,000
Iraqi Network for Social Media
Iraq
$15,000
Jonction
Senegal
$11,000
KRYSS Network
Malaysia
$69,952
Mnemonic
Global
$80,000
Nubian Rights Forum
Kenya
$50,000
Nubian Rights Forum
Kenya
$30,000
Probox VE
Venezuela
$40,000
Rising Sun Law
Thailand
$30,000
Social Media Observatory Network
Ethiopia
$50,000
Sursiendo
Mexico
$65,000
Vita Activa
LATAM
$29,999
Zaina Foundation
Tanzania
$15,000
2022
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Nubian Rights Forum
Kenya
$45,000
7amleh
Palestine
$17,000
Common Cause Zambia
Zambia
$12,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Kenya
$20,000
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$15,000
Zaina Foundation
Tanzania
$15,000
Defenders Protection Initiative
Uganda
$20,000
Core23 Lab
Democratic Republic of Congo
$10,000
Digital Security Group
Democratic Republic of Congo
$19,000
Mnemonic
Syria
$20,000
2021
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Dig/Sec Initiative
Uganda
$10,000
Zaina Foundation
Tanzania
$23,400
Mnemonic
Syria
$45,000
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$75,000
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$45,000
Haki na Sheria
Kenya
$40,360
KRYSS Network
Malaysia
$58,860
Vita Activa
USA
$10,000
Defenders Protection Initiative
Uganda
$28,000
Acoso Online
Chile
$24,950
Nubian Rights Forum
Kenya
$10,000
Common Cause Zambia
Zambia
$10,000
Dig/Sec Initiative
Uganda
$33,000
Indigenous Media Foundation
Nepal
$27,998
Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy
Ethiopia
$99,992
Vita Activa
USA
$24,900
Fundación InternetBolivia.org
Bolivia
$24,856
Coding Rights
Brazil
$24,900
7amleh
Palestine
$10,000
Foundation for Media Alternatives
Philippines
$20,000
Data Privacy Brazil
Brazil
$50,045
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Dehli
India
$24,000
Digital Reach
Thailand
$50,740
Tecnicas Rudas
Mexico
$39,490
2020
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Digital Reach
Thailand
$15,000
Zaina Foundation
Tanzania
$10,000
Data Privacy Brazil
Brazil
$10,000
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$60,000
7amleh
Palestine
$84,000
KRYSS Network
Malaysia
$31,661
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$7,487
Acoso Online
Chile
$22,000
Vita Activa
USA
$9,675
Haki na Sheria
Kenya
$23,981
Zaina Foundation
Tanzania
$24,000
Dig/Sec Initiative
Uganda
$10,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Dehli
India
$24,000
7amleh
Palestine
$9,913
Fundación InternetBolivia.org
Bolivia
$21,377
Sursiendo
Mexico
$70,012
Manushya Foundation
Thailand
$33,000
Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy
Ethiopia
$49,718
Foundation for Media Alternatives
Philippines
$20,000
Hiperderecho
Peru
$20,000
Tecnicas Rudas
Mexico
$35,000
Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Ukraine
$97,119
Digital Reach
Thailand
$32,828
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$32,000
2019
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
7amleh
Palestine
$31,500
Acoso Online
Chile
$30,000
Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Ukraine
$12,722
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$100,000
Majal
The Netherlands
$30,000
Mnemonic
Syria
$40,008
Sursiendo
Mexico
$52,637
TurkeyBlocks
Turkey
$10,012
Media Foundation West Africa
Ghana
$9,989
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$9,992
7amleh
Palestine
$9,972
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$10,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Kenya
$26,224
Sursiendo
Mexico
$31,227
Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy
Ethiopia
$19,929
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$20,892
Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Ukraine
$22,993
Foundation for Media Alternatives
Philippines
$20,000
Tecnicas Rudas
Mexico
$21,844
Hiperderecho
Peru
$17,000
2018
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
7amleh
Palestine
$11,946
A Common Future
Cameroon
$7,500
Acoso Online
Chile
$22,000
Acoso Online
Chile
$23,500
ASCAMTA (Asocación campesina de trabajadores de Argelia)
Colombia
$2,650
Association for Progressive Communications
South Africa
$25,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
USA
$41,000
Cameroon Association of Media Professionals
Cameroon
$10,000
Cameroon Association of Media Professionals
Cameroon
$6,615
CodaStory
USA
$50,000
Coding Rights
Brazil
$10,000
Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Ukraine
$6,500
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$77,500
Fundación Karisma
Colombia
$57,000
Fundacion para la difusion del Conocimiento y el desarrollo Sustentable Via Libre
Argentina
$9,900
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$15,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Kenya
$43,000
Media Foundation West Africa
Ghana
$40,621
Open Culture Foundation
Taiwan
$36,278
Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology Development
Nigeria
$28,000
Point of View
India
$25,000
Pollicy
Uganda
$2,997
Raseef22
Uganda
$15,000
Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales
Mexico
$50,000
Rudi International
Democratic Republic of Congo
$17,600
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$25,138
Sursiendo
Mexico
$29,233
Syrian Archive
Syria
$51,459
TEDIC
Paraguay
$15,000
TurkeyBlocks
Turkey
$93,236
2017
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
7amleh
Palestine
$40,000
ASCAMTA (Asocación campesina de trabajadores de Argelia)
Colombia
$10,000
Association for Progressive Communications
South Africa
$17,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
USA
$38,500
Bahrain Watch
Bahrain
$52,000
Bloggers Association of Kenya
Kenya
$7,500
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Dehli
India
$42,400
Centre for Internet & Society
India
$10,000
CIPESA
Uganda
$32,000
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$65,329
Fundación Karisma
Colombia
$54,600
Global Voices
The Netherlands
$5,045
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$15,600
Internet Democracy Project at Point of View
India
25,000
Internet Sans Frontieres
France
$43,000
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Kenya
$40,000
Media Foundation West Africa
Ghana
$25,000
Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology Development
Nigeria
$33,920
Point of View
India
$22,000
Rudi International
Democratic Republic of Congo
$31,275
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$77,500
Visualizing Impact
Lebanon, Canada
$30,174
2016
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Association for Progressive Communications
South Africa
$25,000
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
USA
$38,500
Bahrain Watch
Bahrain
$25,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Dehli
India
$40,000
CIPESA
Uganda
$20,000
CSI ENSI
Tunisia
$600
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$53,440
Fundación Karisma
Colombia
$44,000
i freedom Uganda – Network
Uganda
$10,000
Internet Democracy Project at Point of View
India
$10,000
Internet Sans Frontieres
France
$21,000
Intervozes
Brazil
$10,000
IraQueer
Iraq
$5,900
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Kenya
$28,595
Keyboard Frontline
Hong Kong, China
$11,828
Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology Development
Nigeria
$44,000
Point of View
India
$10,000
Proud Lebanon
Lebanon
$5,000
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$50,620
TEDIC
Paraguay
$10,000
Social Media Exchange
Lebanon
$50,000
University of Hong Kong Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
Hong Kong, China
$23,000
2015
GRANTEE NAME
COUNTRY
AMOUNT (USD)
Association for Progressive Communications
South Africa
$10,000
Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Dehli
India
$9,500
Coding Rights
Brazil
$5,000
Fundación Acceso
Costa Rica
$5,000
Globe International Center
Mongolia
$5,000
IBIDEM
Brazil
$2,350
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