# Entries open for first DADI Foundation charitable grant - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/07/11/entries-open-first-dadi-foundation-charitable-grant/ - Published: 2018-07-11T09:30:00+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Entries have opened for the Challenge Award, a new grant that will award £10,000 in funding, as well as expert technical advice and mentorship, to a project that is harnessing technology to support democracy.** The [Challenge Award](https://dadi.foundation/challenge) is the first charitable grant to be awarded by [DADI Foundation](https://dadi.foundation/), a new non-profit organisation backed by blockchain technology startup [DADI](https://dadi.cloud/en)( Decentralized Architecture for a Democratic Internet). [Applications](https://dadi.foundation/challenge) close on 31 July. The Challenge Award is open to small charities, NGOs, and new projects that ‘support or develop robust and inclusive democracies’. In addition to a funding grant of £10,000, the award will provide the project with a combination of world-class technical expertise, project management guidance, mentorship and ongoing support. ## Advertisement The [DADI Foundation](https://dadi.foundation/) has been created by cloud computing services provider DADI as an extension of its aim to democratise the internet. The foundation operates independently and provides a range of research, education and grants to ensure that technology is used to help advance human rights and equality globally. Jennifer Martin-Nye, Chief Executive of the DADI Foundation, and a former human rights advisor to the [People’s Postcode Lottery](https://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/)/ Novamedia, said: > “There is growing evidence that we need to reframe technology’s role in a world > with an increasingly unequal distribution of wealth and power.” > “We look forward to addressing that challenge by using technology in a proactive, > positive way – helping the tech industry and human rights sector to tackle root > causes of injustice, and bridging the gap between technological expertise and > human rights activism. We’re excited to be opening up the foundation’s first grant > as part of that mission, with a second round of grants opening later this year > focused on issues such as gender and conflict as barriers to effective participatory > democracy.” The shortlist will be confirmed in August, with the winner to be announced in September. * **[Can the blockchain help to rebuild trust in charities?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/16/can-the-blockchain-help-to-rebuild-trust-in-charities/)**( 16 December 2015) * **[Blockchains, Bitcoins and fundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/04/blockchains-bitcoins-fundraising/)**( 4 January 2016) * **[Blockchain fundraising startup receives investment](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/05/blockchain-fundraising-startup-receives-investment/)**( 5 September 2016) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)