Transparency and Accountability Initiative

The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) is a collaborative of leading funders of global transparency and accountability programming. We are committed to development through empowering citizens to hold their governing institutions to account. We seek to galvanize support for ambitious new ideas and promote more impactful funding, building on the momentum of the thriving global transparency and accountability movement – all the more important in current global context.

Building on successes to date, which include playing a key role in the establishment and implementation of the Open Government Partnership and helping bridge communities of technologists, data scientists and transparency researchers and activists, TAI has an exciting strategy focused on scaling donor impact. The members (Chandler Foundation, Ford Foundation, the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Luminate, the MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Foundations, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation) are aligning efforts around shared priorities, including pursuing more transparent, equitable and inclusive tax systems and informing and empowering citizens and governments with data. TAI is a platform to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration and foster a culture of learning among both donors and practitioners.