In a year marked by escalating attacks on civil society and a sharp rise in demand for protection, Open Briefing supported activists and organisations at risk across 68 countries. Our 2025 Impact Report reflects on a defining year of grief and solidarity, sharing evidence of real impact, collaboration across movements and regions, and why safety and resilience are now foundational to social change.
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Our impact in 2024
The past year has been marked by profound challenges and widespread suffering for communities across the globe. Against this backdrop, Open Briefing received 575 calls for assistance from grassroots activists, community groups, and social movements at risk in 2024. This marks a 66% increase in cases over the past two years. Despite this surge in demand, we continue to provide timely and highly-effective support - delivering over 6,000 hours of holistic security mentoring and accompaniment across 100 countries last year.
Our impact in 2023
In 2023, we received more calls for assistance from activists, communities, and organisations under threat than ever before. In response, our international team provided over 4,600 hours of direct support and trained over 1,000 defenders across 93 countries. Despite the challenges, those that we supported last year reported an incredible 21% decrease in risk following our work with them.
Introducing our bold new strategy
We are embarking on an ambitious new strategy to transform into a global platform and meet the threat to human rights defenders head on. This strategy is based on a clear understanding of the challenge, how we can bring about transformative change, and how we can resource our plans for maximum impact. Please join us!
Funding news!
We are delighted to announce new funding for Open Briefing's work from Oak Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy and Ford Foundation. This success puts us in a strong position at a very difficult time to expand our support to those defenders, collectives, and civil society organisations most at risk, particularly in the global south.
Open Briefing awarded major grant by the National Endowment for Democracy
Open Briefing is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a major grant by the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, non-profit foundation that is funded primarily through an annual allocation from the US Congress.
Help us protect those on the frontlines of civil society
Open Briefing supports at-risk organisations and activists on the frontlines of civil society around the world. We help them achieve social and environmental change by ensuring their physical, digital and psychological security or through enhancing their campaigns with intelligence and research support. Please consider making a donation to Open Briefing today. Help us protect those who protect others.
Open Briefing publishes its 2016-17 annual report
Over the last 12 months, Open Briefing has undertaken a diverse range of new activities in a short amount of time, which has required a considerable degree of internal organisational focus. We are proud that during this time we have managed to maintain the level of external activity that we have. We have now published our annual report for 2016-17, which outlines some of our key successes.