Ford Foundation donations made to Twaweza Communications Limited

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Foundation
Facebook username FordFoundation
LinkedIn username ford-foundation
Websitehttps://www.fordfoundation.org
Donations URLhttps://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/
Twitter usernameFordFoundation
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/mission/
Grant application process pagehttps://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/idea-submission/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/ford-foundation

Full donor page for donor Ford Foundation

Basic donee information

We do not have any donee information for the donee Twaweza Communications Limited in our system.

Full donee page for donee Twaweza Communications Limited

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 13 130,000 155,192 70,000 80,000 85,000 87,500 100,000 130,000 150,000 185,000 250,000 300,000 325,000
FIXME 13 130,000 155,192 70,000 80,000 85,000 87,500 100,000 130,000 150,000 185,000 250,000 300,000 325,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2017 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
FIXME (filter this donor) 13 2,017,500.00 87,500.00 410,000.00 345,000.00 100,000.00 300,000.00 325,000.00 70,000.00 250,000.00 130,000.00
Total 13 2,017,500.00 87,500.00 410,000.00 345,000.00 100,000.00 300,000.00 325,000.00 70,000.00 250,000.00 130,000.00

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (13 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 13)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
87,500.00102017-10-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To increase citizen agency and accountability of public officials and institutions through alternative narratives that buttress inclusion, and equitable and prudent use of public resources in Kenya. Affected regions: 667###Nairobi (City)###100; @@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
95,000.0092015-07-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To convene women-led, women-focused civil society organizations for discussions on natural resources, and inform the public of women’s rights and impact on environmental issues in East Africa. Affected regions: 667###Nairobi (City)###100; @@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
80,000.00122015-05-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For technical support to women's rights and resource rights organizations to increase their visibility and media capacity for sustained actions. Affected regions: 291###East Africa###100; 9177417###Female@@@9177887###Racial ethnic minority; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
150,000.0062015-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For technical support to women's rights and civil society organizations to increase their visibility in the media and build their media capacities to sustain actions in Kenya and internationally. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177417###Female@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
85,000.00112015-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To enhance community engagement with county leadership for inclusive governance in Kenya via research, digitized cultural practices, and journalism focused on transparency and accountability. Affected regions: 667###Nairobi (City)###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
160,000.0052014-10-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To enhance the capacity of Kenyan civil society organizations to use social media in awareness creation, and to improve data collection that informs research and policy advocacy. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177417###Female@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
185,000.0042014-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For research and media policy dialogues and documentation of land related issues of Kenya into a publication. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177417###Female@@@9177456###No Intention@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
100,000.0082013-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To recognize a champion of democracy with project support to develop an online English-Kiswahili dictionary of legal terms. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
300,000.0022011-11-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For media monitoring, training of local language journalists and public dialogues on key national issues, including citizenship and electoral reform. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177417###Female@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
325,000.0012010-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For media training and monitoring and to explore new distribution strategies for local media content. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###25@@@667###Nairobi (City)###75; 9177456###No Intention@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
70,000.00132009-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the (Re)membering Kenya lecture series to promote freedom of thought and public dialogue among academics and public intellectuals. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
250,000.0032008-06-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To develop and transmit reconciliation messages, monitor media coverage; and document narratives of violence, loss and hope in Kenya's post-election crises. Affected regions: 502###Kenya###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.
130,000.0072007-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For a project on creativity and cultural leadership targeting youth in the media, arts and culture. Affected regions: 291###East Africa###8@@@502###Kenya###92; @@@; Eastern Africa; affected countries: FIXME.