Our grantees have helped put fundamental rights and democratic freedoms at the heart of policymaking on AI. They’ve brought marginalised communities such as migrants, autistic people and sex workers into the debate. And they’re exploring how AI is intersecting in criminal justice, climate, health and more.
As well as offering financial support, we help organisations build networks, gain skills and work collaboratively to drive change.
€202.500
Belgium / Europe
This grant enabled European Patients' Forum to position themselves as the lead voice when it comes to patient engagement and AI. They organised capacity building training for patients’ rights organisations and EPF was able to join the European Commission’s regular E-Health Stakeholder Group meetings and WHO working group, working to unlock more capacity and access to healthcare with digitalization and responsible AI.
Learn more€206.666
Europe | Netherlands
ESWA advanced online advocacy for sex workers’ rights and strengthened community engagement. ESWA held action-planning meetings with members focused on EU policy developments and in 2024 organised Europe’s first in-person Digital Rights Convening for sex workers, member organisations, and allies. ESWA also succesfully advocated for sex workers’ digital rights in a number of EU policies and regulations, including the Digital Services Act and and AI Act.
Learn more€309.982
United Kingdom
With this grant, Glitch carried out the first intersectional research on deepfake image abuse against Black women, filling a gap in the field. It used the findings to make recommendations for reducing racialised online gender-based violence, and assessed the EU AI Act for gaps in intersectional policy. It also worked with a group of Black women experts on its response to Ofcom's Illegal Harms consultation.
Learn more€224.983
Germany
As part of the Digital Services Act Human Rights Alliance, Mnemonic worked with other civil society groups to win changes that better protect users' rights, freedoms and safety. These included transparency reporting on how platforms use automation to moderate content, a requirement to notify users when their content is demoted or restricted, and extra due diligence on the impact of moderation policies for very large online platforms. The European AI Fund also helped Mnemonic build its capacity to take part in EU lawmaking and gain visibility in European civil society through coalitions.
Learn more€156.772
Belgium / Europe
ANEC engaged a consumer AI expert to inform the AI standardisation process, both at a technical and policy levels. ANEC contributed to the AI legislative process by drafting standards and helping consumer and civil society advocates translate consumer protection demands into practical technical asks.
Learn more€98.666
Poland
With support from the European AI & Society Fund, Moje Państwo grew into a European digital policy advocacy organisation by attending conferences, discussions and workshops, it strengthened its expertise in how AI and automated decision-making systems are used in the public sector, and in how to influence policy at national and EU level. It is now recognised as an expert on the state's use of technology and has joined two working groups at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Poland, one on AI and one on data management. Two of its reports were published on the government's AI portal for public sector staff, and some of its proposals appeared among the amendments to the AI Act. It also won a case forcing the Polish Ministry of Justice to disclose the algorithm that randomly assigns cases to judges, which could change how public bodies share this kind of information with citizens.
Learn more€270.000
Netherlands
HAI became a trusted expert on AI and health and shared their experise with civil society and policymakers. HAI developed a report and advocacy materials on the impact of the EU AI Act on AI used in healthcare, and worked to debunk MedTech industry led narratives aiming to exempt health tech from regulation, which especially impacts vulnerable people. It led advocacy efforts for classification of more health related Artificial Intelligence (AI) as high-risk under the Act.
Learn more€284.000
Belgium / Europe
This grant supported EDRi's AI Act advocacy and its coalition-building, and let EDRi give financial support to members and partners in the EU AI Act coalition, and commission new research on AI and bias. EDRi's push for a fundamental rights-based approach strongly influenced the European Parliament's position and won many safeguards in the final AI Act, including partial bans on biometric recognition and emotion recognition technologies.
Learn more€200.706
United Kingdom
Foxglove backed Amazon.com workers in the UK and Germany, getting their stories into the press and challenging algorithmic micromanagement that harms their health. It filed a world-first constitutional challenge in Kenya for Facebook content moderator and whistle-blower Daniel Motaung, and resisted Facebook's threat of criminal contempt with help from a coalition of 80 groups. It also supported disabled people in challenging a secretive UK algorithm that unfairly flags them for benefits fraud.
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