Grants Database
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- Trinity Forum, Inc
- $50,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
This grant provides general operating support for Trinity Forum.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, MediaGrant Length:
May 2021 to Apr 2022Strategy:
General- Trinity Forum, Inc
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
To disseminate Trinity Forum’s research on the contributions Christianity can make in a pluralistic society through writing and other outreach, events, and convenings.
Project:
Trinity Forum Religious Pluralism ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2020Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Trinity Forum, Inc
- $110,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2018
To conduct research on the role of Christian leaders within the United States in our political system, how their followers engage in politics, and how leaders can be a source of increasing pluralism and decreasing polarization. As part of this work, Trinity Forum will interview key Christian leaders, and publish and disseminate findings in a report.
Project:
Support for Research Project on Christian EngagementFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Trusted Elections Fund
- $700,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2019
To support the Trusted Elections Fund (formerly known as the Joint Fund for a Healthy Democracy), a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund. The Trusted Elections Fund will undertake efforts to ensure a free and fair election in November 2020.
Project:
Joint Fund for a Healthy DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Jun 2021Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Trusted Elections Fund
- $3,000,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The Trusted Elections Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is a pooled donor fund with a portfolio of democracy-related investments. The Trusted Elections Fund undertakes efforts to help prepare U.S. institutions for the possibility of challenges to free and fair elections.
Project:
Project Support for the Trusted Elections FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025Strategy:
General- Trusted Elections Fund
- $1,500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
The Trusted Elections Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is a pooled donor fund with a portfolio of democracy-related investments. The Trusted Elections Fund undertakes efforts to help prepare U.S. institutions for the possibility of challenges to free and fair elections.
Project:
Trusted Elections Fund 2022-23Foundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Government, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
May 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
General- Trusted Elections Fund
- $900,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2021
To support the Trusted Elections Fund (formerly known as the Joint Fund for a Healthy Democracy), a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund. By strengthening civic infrastructure and election administration resiliency, the Trusted Elections Fund works to ensure free and fair elections.
Project:
Trusted Elections Fund 2021-2 RenewalFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Dec 2022Strategy:
General- Trustees of Boston University
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences’ Data & Democracy partnership with the MGGG Redistricting Lab conducts cutting-edge research modeling alternative election systems with modern mathematical and statistical tools, with a focus on single transferable vote elections, to help build a powerful resource hub for election reform.
Project:
Data & Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Trustees of Princeton University
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
The Bridging Divides Initiative’s (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative at Princeton University that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States.
Project:
Tracking and Mitigating Political Violence in the USFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2026Strategy:
General- Trustees of Princeton University
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States. BDI supports efforts to grow and build local community resilience through elections and other periods of heightened risk, laying a foundation for longer-term work to bridge the divides we face as a nation.
Project:
Bridging Divides InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Trustees of Princeton University
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States. BDI supports efforts to grow and build local community resilience through elections and other periods of heightened risk, laying a foundation for longer-term work to bridge the divides we face as a nation.
Project:
Tracking and mitigating political violence in the USFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024Strategy:
General- Trustees of Princeton University
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
To support the Bridging Divides Initiative, at Princeton University, which works to mitigate political violence in the United States by laying the groundwork for a more coordinated response.
Project:
Support for Bridging Divides InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
May 2020 to Apr 2022Strategy:
General- Trustees of Princeton University
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To support research that contributes to a growing body of evidence that can inform stakeholders in media, industry, and government on how to most effectively design and regulate online spaces in a way that limits threats to democracy, with a particular focus on the impacts on people of color and women.
Project:
Investigating Digital Outrage as a Root Cause of Threats to DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Mar 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Trustees of Tufts College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support the efforts of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University in researching the intersection of youth engagement and election administration.
Project:
Research on Youth Engagement in Election AdministrationFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Apr 2021Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Trustees of Tufts College
- $295,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2012
Evaluate a series of experimental programs to educate and engage the public during the 2012 election cycle.
Project:
2012 EvaluationsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jul 2012 to Nov 2013Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Trustees of Tufts College
- $15,000.00
- Network Grant
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
This grant supports the use of particularly valuable new research on youth voting and political engagement for publication in the form of 10 Monkey Cage articles, which will be shared so that they inform the political press. The goal is to make nonpartisan practitioners aware of recent research relevant to youth voting.
Project:
Youth Engagement ResearchFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Dec 2016Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Trustees of Tufts College
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2017
To provide support for a 2-year research project that seeks to better understand the reasons why hard-to-reach youth populations choose not to vote and then create a set of guidelines that election officials can use to help address the needs of young voters.
Project:
Working with Election Officials to Address Youth ParticipationFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Nov 2017 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Trustees of Tufts College
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2014
CIRCLE will lead a process engaging multiple experts that will develop an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the news literacy and associated fields. Subsequently they will propose and prototype an approach to building new networks between newsrooms, news literacy and youth civic engagement.
Project:
News Literacy Scoping & PlanningFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2014 to Sep 2018Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Trustees of Tufts College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
The MGGG Redistricting Lab, a project of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, conducts cutting-edge research modeling alternative election systems with modern mathematical and statistical tools, with a focus on STV (single transferable vote) elections within the family of ranked choice systems.
Project:
MGGG Redistricting LabFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/RedistrictingGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Representative Institutions- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc.
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
In response to an alarming rise of divisive rhetoric aimed at Muslims in the United States, this grant supports outreach efforts by Congressional leaders to their Muslim constituents. To build greater understanding between Muslim-Americans and non-Muslim neighbors, an earned media campaign will be used to amplify the outreach activities.