Grantee Profile
Ushahidi
Grants to Ushahidi
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$750,000Active Strategy
2012 (Duration 1 year)
MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions
ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Ushahidi is a leading technology NGO that aims to change the way information flows in the world, specializing in developing â and helping others to use â free and open source software for crowdsourcing, visualization and interactive mapping. The grant will provide three types of institutional support to Ushahidi as it embarks on the next chapter of its organizational development. First, it will create an operating cash reserve. Second, it will support a comprehensive security audit and the development of related policies. Finally, the grant will support a five-year strategy planning process.
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$100,000Active Strategy
2012 (Inactive Grant)
Human Rights & International Justice
ORLANDO, FLORIDA — The grant will support Ushahidi's Kenya Election New Media Monitoring Project.
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$350,000Active Strategy
2011 (Inactive Grant)
Human Rights & International Justice
ORLANDO, FLORIDA — In support of general operations (over two years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Ushahidi $1,200,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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