Privacy International
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Your work fits if it promotes privacy as a human right or protects people's data, since its named grants have gone to research and education bodies, media, internet and civil-society groups, electoral-transparency groups, legal organisations and networks concerned with health and ethics.
- Most of its named grants fall between £2,000 and £29,500, with a median of about £10,000, so a request in that range is a realistic starting point, though its largest named grant was about £34,500.
- No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact it shows to ask whether a proposal would be considered before you write one.
- The annual report does not say how grants are decided or how competitive they are, and a further £59,608 went in grants it does not itemise.
Overview
Privacy International is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1147471).
Privacy International is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to promote the human right of privacy throughout the world, campaigning for legal and technological solutions to protect people and their data from exploitation. It exposes harm and abuses, mobilises allies globally, campaigns with the public and presses companies and governments to change. Its annual giving is £198,182, and its named grants go to research and education bodies, media, internet and civil-society organisations, electoral-transparency groups, legal organisations and networks concerned with health and ethics.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 January 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Privacy International's stated work is to promote privacy as a human right. It campaigns for legal and technological solutions to protect people and their data from exploitation, exposes harm and abuses, mobilises allies globally, campaigns with the public, and presses companies and governments to change. Its grant record includes research and education bodies; media, internet and civil-society organisations; electoral-transparency groups; legal organisations; and networks concerned with health and ethics. The report also says that partner grants include organisations that need to remain anonymous because of the sensitive nature of their work.
Geographic Focus
Priority: Throughout the world.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Privacy International.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 11 grants in year to 31 January 2025 by size
Median £10,071 (year to 31 January 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- The Libertarian Research & Education Trust£34,504year to 31 January 2025
- Fundación Karisma£29,300year to 31 January 2025
- Internet Labs£20,000year to 31 January 2025
- Foundation for Media Alternatives£19,955year to 31 January 2025
- The Centre for Internet and Society£12,652year to 31 January 2025
- Transparencia Electoral£10,071year to 31 January 2025
- ICJ Kenya£4,000year to 31 January 2025
- Paradigm Initiative Nigeria£2,773year to 31 January 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£59,608).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 January 2021 | £1,979,742 | £1,848,626 | — | Accounts for year to 31 January 2021 |
| year to 31 January 2022 | £2,277,715 | £1,903,778 | £232,269 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2022 |
| year to 31 January 2023 | £2,015,752 | £2,101,045 | £234,503 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2023 |
| year to 31 January 2024 | £2,594,514 | £2,072,470 | £99,951 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2024 |
| year to 31 January 2025 | £2,421,096 | £2,118,851 | £198,182 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 January 2022; year to 31 January 2023; year to 31 January 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 January 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for that year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 January 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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