The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Democracy Project will continue their efforts to promote the Presidential Commission on Election Administration’s recommendations. These recommendations are meant to improve the quality of our elections.

To support the efforts of the Bipartisan Policy Center to promote recommendations that improve the quality of U.S. elections. Building on its previous work to expand the recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA), the Elections Project will convene three task forces focused on different aspects of the elections process.

The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating capacity for Center for Civic Design, a key player in the elections field. Center for Civic Design needs assistance to expand its work this election year, which includes designing election materials, experimentation, and usability testing.

To provide the Center for Civic Design with General Operating support.

Provides support for a two-year project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). The goal of the project is to identify election cybersecurity issues and best practices in two critical areas: 1) voter registration databases, and 2) campaign data and communications. CDT’s team will identify elections cybersecurity issues through research, convenings, and stakeholder engagement.

Through research and convenings, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) will share resources and best practices in cybersecurity with election officials, information security community stakeholders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders. Organizations that facilitate the administration of, and public participation in, American elections are increasingly relying on digital tools to carry out their missions and […]

The purpose of this grant is to provide support for the Center for Election Innovation & Research, a new organization created by David Becker and Amy Cohen formerly with the Pew Charitable Trusts. CEIR will work to continue improving election administration by studying new trends in elections, working with election officials to ensure confidence in elections, help improve […]

The purpose of this grant is to provide continued support for the Center for Election Innovation & Research. CEIR will work to continue improving election administration by studying new trends in elections, working with election officials to ensure confidence in elections, improving communication with voters, and streamlining the administration of elections with technological and procedural advances.

The purpose of the grant is to provide support for a companion guide to A Handbook for Elections Infrastructure Security that state and local elections officials can utilize to ensure cyber security is adequately addressed during IT procurement activities. Additionally, a training program will be developed to help election officials with conducting security self assessments and develop risk mitigation plans.

Democracy Fund supports the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Election Security Best Practices team in their work to develop security-focused tools and guidance for election officials and election technology providers including: a supply chain document for election hardware and software; security best practices for internet-connected, non-voting technology; and a social media mis/disinformation information-sharing tool.

To support the Center for Secure and Modern Elections (CSME), a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund. CSME works across the country to increase the ease of registering to vote through pro-voter education and policy reform activities, including work on automatic voter registration.

Provide two years of general operating support to the The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL), a new organization that seeks to build from its previous success when it was a part of the New Organizing Institute Education Fund as ELECTricity. CTCL focuses on three areas: training local governments to utilize technology to enhance […]

Provides two years of general operating support to The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL). CTCL will continue to focus on three areas: training local governments to utilize technology to enhance civic livelihood in their communities, develop low-to-no-cost tools for governmental use, help develop infrastructure allowing the capture of data and information during interactions […]

To provide general operating support to the Center for Technology and Civic Life.

To support Chicago Lawyers’ Committee’s work on the evaluation of the Automatic Voter Registration implementation process in Illinois and allow the Lawyers’ Committee to expand state and local stakeholder awareness of the best practices and challenges associated with the implementation.

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.

The purpose of this grant is to help fund a Civic Hall Imagination Fellow at Civic Hall Labs.

The Committee for Economic Development will conduct research on the attitudes of business leaders about campaign finance reform.

Provide two year grant support to the Committee for Economic Development to run a project to get business leaders more engaged in the money in politics discussion.

Partisan gridlock has slowed campaign finance and election policy reform at the federal level — Common Cause Education Fund is committed to building bipartisan coalitions at the state and local levels to help make headway on these issues. At the national level, they are a key player in shaping conversations around voting. Leveraging their state […]