The IRL Fund seeks to fuel movement building efforts by a range of organizations and collectives across the African continent. It is open to those across civil society advancing digital and human rights, both on and offline.
We welcome applicants working intersectionally with other movement areas (e.g. community justice, racial justice, climate justice, human rights, economic justice, or other social justice movements).
Africa Innovation Mradi leverages Mozilla’s role as stewards of the open web to promote innovation grounded in the unique needs of users on the African continent. The program establishes networks of partners and communities exploring and developing new technologies and products grounded in open innovation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The In Real Life (IRL) Fund will support work led by not for profit organizations focused on and based in the African continent.
- The spirit of this call is to amplify and resource initiatives that explore the intersection of social justice and technology, and IRL encourage applications exploring new ideas that innovate around the lived experiences of Africans.
To apply for this grant, you are:
- Not for profit social justice/civil society organizations; or
- Journalist/media based institutions; or
- Art based organizations; or
- Academic or research focused institutions; or
- Technology/digital rights focused not for profit orgs; or
- Network/collective/collaborations comprised of the above
Who cannot apply
- Projects managed by a for-profit organization which are not licensed for use under an open source license
- Projects not located on the African continent
- Mozilla Foundation employees, Mozilla Corporation employees, contractors of either the Mozilla Foundation or the Mozilla Corporation and their immediate family members
- Corporations in which a Mozilla Foundation employee, Mozilla Corporation employee, or their immediate family members has an ownership stake
Offered Benefits
The IRL Fund seeks to support movement building efforts contributing to the development, utility and governance of technologies because of the impact each has on issues of social justice, both on and offline.
Application Process
Go to Mozilla on mozilla.fluxx.io to apply
The IRL Fund has a two-stage application process. In the first stage you will be asked to submit an expression of interest through a letter of intent (“LOI”).
Before submitting a LOI, we encourage you to:
- Complete this simple eligibility test
- Review the application guide, which is downloadable and includes a full overview of the questions in the application.
- Submit your application at https://mozilla.fluxx.io/apply/Mradi.
