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- City Bureau NFP
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to support City Bureau, an innovative local news organization in Chicago, that is leading efforts in community engagement, ecosystem building, business models. This grant will enable City Bureau to continue and expand their core programs, including Documenters, Civic Reporting Fellowships, and Public Newsrooms.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
December 2018 to May 2020Strategy:
Ecosystem News- City Bureau NFP
- $60,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
City Bureau is hiring a part-time coordinator to support an informal collective of community news partners to develop a theory of change, definitions, public communication, future convenings and other structures to realize their shared vision for the future of local media.
Project:
Capacity Building CoordinationFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
December 2021 to November 2022Strategy:
General- City Bureau NFP
- $500,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2020
City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
October 2020 to September 2022Strategy:
Ecosystem News- City Bureau NFP
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
October 2022 to September 2023Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- City Bureau NFP
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
City Bureau NFP works with a part-time coordinator to support an informal collective of community news partners to develop a theory of change, definitions, public communication, future convenings and other structures to realize their shared vision for the future of local media.
Project:
Future of Local News GroupFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
November 2023 to October 2024Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- City Bureau NFP
- $450,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
October 2023 to September 2026Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- City Bureau NFP
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to support City Bureau, an innovative local news organization in Chicago, that is leading efforts in community engagement, ecosystem building, business models. This grant will enable City Bureau to continue and expand their core programs, including Documenters, Civic Reporting Fellowships, and Public Newsrooms.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
December 2018 to May 2020Strategy:
Ecosystem News- City Bureau NFP
- $60,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
City Bureau is hiring a part-time coordinator to support an informal collective of community news partners to develop a theory of change, definitions, public communication, future convenings and other structures to realize their shared vision for the future of local media.
Project:
Capacity Building CoordinationFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
December 2021 to November 2022Strategy:
General- City Bureau NFP
- $500,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2020
City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
October 2020 to September 2022Strategy:
Ecosystem News- City Bureau NFP
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
October 2022 to September 2023Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Civic Culture Coalition
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support the efforts of the Civic Culture Coalition’s I Am A Voter campaign, fiscally sponsored by the Entertainment Industry Foundation, in organizing a meeting of major media leaders and increasing the number of artists and influencers participating in the campaign.
Project:
Support for I Am A Voter campaign activitiesFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
August 2019 to January 2021Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Civic Culture Coalition
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support the efforts of the Civic Culture Coalition’s I Am A Voter campaign, fiscally sponsored by the Entertainment Industry Foundation, in organizing a meeting of major media leaders and increasing the number of artists and influencers participating in the campaign.
Project:
Support for I Am A Voter campaign activitiesFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
August 2019 to January 2021Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Civic Engagement Research & Dissemination Hub
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Civic Engagement and Dissemination Hub, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy Inc., is a source of research on best practices for voter contact in the field of nonpartisan civic engagement.
Project:
Civic Engagement Research & Dissemination HubFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
August 2021 to December 2021Strategy:
General- Civic Engagement Research & Dissemination Hub
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Civic Engagement and Dissemination Hub, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy Inc., is a source of research on best practices for voter contact in the field of nonpartisan civic engagement.
Project:
Civic Engagement Research & Dissemination HubFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
August 2021 to December 2021Strategy:
General- Civic Hall Labs, Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
The purpose of this grant is to help fund a Civic Hall Imagination Fellow at Civic Hall Labs.
Project:
Civic Hall Imagination FellowFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
December 2015 to December 2016Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Civic Hall Labs, Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
The purpose of this grant is to help fund a Civic Hall Imagination Fellow at Civic Hall Labs.
Project:
Civic Hall Imagination FellowFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
December 2015 to December 2016Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Civic Hall LLC
- $225,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2015
The purpose of this grant is to scope opportunities to enable greater public participation in candidate debates by studying, modeling and encouraging the use of innovative approaches from around the country and also elsewhere that make debates more substantive, engaging, educative, and accountable to public concerns.
Project:
Rethinking DebatesFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
July 2015 to December 2016Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Civic Hall LLC
- $225,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2015
The purpose of this grant is to scope opportunities to enable greater public participation in candidate debates by studying, modeling and encouraging the use of innovative approaches from around the country and also elsewhere that make debates more substantive, engaging, educative, and accountable to public concerns.
Project:
Rethinking DebatesFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
July 2015 to December 2016Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Civic Nation
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2017
The Purpose of the Grant is to allow Civic Nation to build out a strategy and recruit additional support around positive communications placement that increases the likelihood of culture change around how the public discusses and views the American Muslim community.
Project:
Protecting Vulnerable Communities and Anti-Hate InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
Other, MediaGrant Length:
June 2017 to May 2018Strategy:
General- Civic Nation
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2017
The Purpose of the Grant is to allow Civic Nation to build out a strategy and recruit additional support around positive communications placement that increases the likelihood of culture change around how the public discusses and views the American Muslim community.