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.

This grant will support the launch of The George Washington University’s Project on Political Communications Ethics. The grantee will conduct lunch meetings with key stakeholders to discuss ethics in political communications and will conduct initial research and planning for the future of this program. 

To support 131 & Counting’s work to increase the number of women in Congress and public policy positions through educational and social forums that build a bipartisan network of women leaders.

To support research on radical polarization and the behaviors to lead to increased political violence in the United States and dissemination of the research through white papers and a book.

The primary goal of this study is to qualitatively evaluate the impact of diversity placement programs on the recruitment and retention of minority journalists in U.S. newspaper newsrooms between 2000 and 2015. This also allows us to engage a scholar interested in journalism institutions with a focus on inclusion, who we may continue to engage throughout our strategy implementation.

Grantee plans to increase turnout in participatory budgeting (PB) processes by using TurboVote to provide consistent, streamlined election reminders for the City of Boston’s participatory budgeting program for youth, Youth Lead the Change (YLC).

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.

The purpose of this grant is to support wellness and healing for frontline staff at National Network for Youth, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field.  

The purpose of this grant is to support wellness and healing for frontline staff at Freedom Network USA, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field.  

The purpose of this grant is to provide capacity building support to the Grantee as they engage in executive coaching and management training.

The Robert H. Michel Retrospective will honor Mr. Michel’s contribution to the nation’s political history by commissioning a series of essays by scholars and practitioners. The authors will use his career to illustrate and explain themes such as political polarization, congressional gridlock, and leadership dysfunction.

To support wellness and healing for frontline staff at Four Freedoms Fund, a project of NEO Philanthropy, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field. 

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

To support production and outreach for the documentary Represent, which followed a bipartisan group of female candidates during their 2018 election bids to different positions across the country.

To support Common Cause Massachusetts’ work on automatic voter registration implementation.

Military Veterans in Journalism’s Information Integrity Project is a nonpartisan initiative combating the spread of deceptive narratives and violent extremism in veteran and military communities. A team of journalists, including several military veterans, report on violent extremist groups and narratives and engage with the community online to counter recruitment efforts.

Created by a group of former congressional staffers, BoricuActivatEd empowers individuals of all ages and teaches them to become active in the public space. They hold free workshops in locations across the country, carried out by former public servants and former congressional staff members.

This grant supports the Congressional Management Foundation’s ongoing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts as an organization in 2020.

This grant is to support Montclair State University’s Center for Cooperative Media’s new Collaborative Journalism Fund and first open call. 

This project grant will support capacity building at the Lawfare Institute. Lawfare facilitates research and robust analysis of national security issues, and its experts also use FOIA to uncover information that will help foster objective, public, and transparent discussions around government decision-making. This capacity building grant will support Lawfare’s work to build its influence by improving its ability to produce high-quality audio and video content.