UNDIVIDED Inc. provides six-week LivingUNDIVIDED cohort experiences, where they invite participants to reckon with history, build solidarity across race and ethnicity, and commit to action to advance racial healing and justice in their communities.

UNDIVIDED Inc. provides six-week LivingUNDIVIDED cohort experiences, where they invite participants to reckon with history, build solidarity across race and ethnicity, and commit to action to advance racial healing and justice in their communities.

The Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) works to strengthen the role of science within the federal civil service sector. They will develop recommendations for better hiring practices, science program leadership, and performance accountability within the federal government to help it better serve the public interest.

The Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) works to strengthen the role of science within the federal civil service sector. They will develop recommendations for better hiring practices, science program leadership, and performance accountability within the federal government to help it better serve the public interest.

The Kairos Center, housed at Union Theological Seminary, is a national organization committed to building a movement to end poverty, led by the poor. In the Fall of 2023, The Kairos Center will hold a convening of the Confronting White Christian Nationalism Initiative, in partnership with MoveOn Education Fund.

To support wellness and healing for frontline staff at United We Dream, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field.  

For general support to National Institute for Civil Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.

For general support to National Institute for Civil Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.

To support the National Institute for Civil Discourse at The University of Arizona Foundation. 

For general support to National Institute for Civic Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.

For general support to National Institute for Civic Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.

To support collaboration between NICD and the Engaging News Project to share knowledge and identify promising strategies that will determine features and tools to promote a more civil dialogue online.

This grant will support Bright Line Watch, an effort to monitor the health of our democracy by regularly surveying the expert opinion of political scientists. The project also convenes academics and other thinkers to bring attention to key trends in our democracy, particularly through a comparative global lens. 

To support the Center for Effective Government at the University of Chicago, which will bring together a diverse array of political practitioners, scholars, journalists and others and will facilitate relationship building among these actors through engagement with political reforms that strengthen American democracy.

Bright Line Watch, a project of the Chicago Center on Democracy at University of Chicago, conducts research, including longitudinal studies, on the health of American democracy.

The Democracy Reform Primers series, a project of the Center for Effective Government at the University of Chicago, provides unbiased remarks by trusted voices on problems and possible solutions to democratic issues. Each Primer focuses on a particular reform, clarifies its intended purposes, and then critically evaluates what the most compelling research has to say about it.

University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy will host a conference and a series of supporting meetings and events featuring a bipartisan cohort of political consultants and academic leaders. These gatherings will focus on discussing and finding potential solutions to the political polarization that negatively impacts the ability of Congress to function. The Grantee will also conduct research to support these convenings.

The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida is coordinating a project to identify potential solutions for local government agencies, particularly elections offices, to mitigate the impact of unduly burdensome public records requests, often called “vexatious requests,” while protecting the flow of civic information to the public.

This grant supports a collaborative research initiative led by the University of Maryland (UMD) in partnership with the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress (FMC) and the Millennial Action Project (MAP). This research explores the behavioral and psychological aspects of political cooperation to counteract polarization in American government.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland is conducting research comparing traditional social science methods of determining voting accessibility through distance-based calculations. This research seeks to improve the data and methods used to select and evaluate the accessibility of voting sites.