This is a project grant to support Faith in Public Life as they undergo a process of building out their networks in 2-3 states with an explicit focus on building relationships with MASA community members and religious leaders. The goal being the establishment of secure networks that are prepared to offer practical measure of protection to members of the greater MASA community in the chosen locations should the need arise.

This is a project grant to support Faith in Public Life (FPL), as they build on their previous interfaith clergy trainings in FL, OH, and GA, and add NC, to focus on developing curricula for trained clergy to share with congregants, and strengthen the networks of protection for MASA communities. 

To provide continued support to The American Project at Pepperdine University, which will work to promote the vision of a “conservatism of connection” to more audiences, including leaders at the state and local level through a series of events, panels, convenings, and trainings.

To provide a renewal grant to Public Citizen Foundation for its work on the Bright Lines Project, which is a bipartisan group of tax attorneys who have developed a set proposed rules which are designed to clarify the IRS regulations governing nonprofit organizations’ political activities.

The purpose of the grant is to conduct pre- and post-election survey research about the public’s attitudes toward the American electoral process. The Grantee will do this using the American Trends Panel at the Pew Research Center and will publish a report about the survey results.

To provide support for the ongoing development and maintenance of a website that provides the election administration community with unfiltered news and information, communicates innovation, and fosters information sharing across jurisdictions.

To support the New School’s Journalism + Design program in their efforts to train local newsrooms on systems and design thinking through workshops, convenings, and a digital toolkit to help journalists develop new ways to understand and serve their local communities’ needs.

The Trusting News project works with newsrooms to develop, test, and implement new practices and behaviors that make reporting more transparent and trustworthy. The Trusting News project will build a network of transparency coaches and trainers who will dramatically increase the project’s ability to make change across the industry.

To allow NDRN the capacity to educate election officials, advocates, and the public on the need to provide access to voting functions for voters with disabilities and to build tools to improve polling place accessibility.

To support the Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI) project as they continue to organize veterans and chapters to speak out to counter Islamophobia, to advocate for refugees, and to bridge divides. In particular, this grant will support VFAI’s veteran trainings and bi-annual convenings, service and community events, and their 29/29 Ramadan initiative.

To support Pillars Fund’s Culture Change Project, in partnership with the Pop Culture Collaborative, as they develop an American Muslim Pop Culture Cohort.  

The Bright Lines Project provides communications support to a team of nonpartisan tax attorneys supporting a nuetral, consistent application of the IRS rules related to political activity.

This grant will support the work of The Lugar Center, including their work to study the function of Congressional committees, creating bipartisan delegation meetings at state universities, increase congressional capacity for oversight, and other work to improve the bipartisan function of Congress. 

General operating support for the Student Press Law Center.

This grant will support the Future of California Elections (FoCE), a fiscally sponsored project of Community Partners, in conducting network-building work around California Motor Voter and Voters Choice Act implementation. 

This grant to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will support their project to assess and counter foreign technology-enabled threats to our judicial system. The project will engage stakeholders in off-the-record discussions of the threats presented, train individuals in the judicial system to counter these threats, and will culminate in a report with findings and recommendations for further action. 

The Social Data Initiative will examine social media’s impact on society and democracy, explore questions about the responsible use of social network data, and generate insights to inform solutions.

The University of Virginia’s Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is a nonpartisan organization that uses quantitative and qualitative analyses to promote legislative effectiveness among lawmakers across the United States.

OpenNews, a fiscally sponsored project of Community Partners, creates and supports a diverse community of peers working, learning, and solving problems in technology for local newsrooms to create the stronger, more representative ecosystem that journalism needs to thrive.

The Election Law Program (ELP), a joint project of William & Mary (W&M) Law School and the National Center on State Courts, provides reliable, updatable State Election Law Wikis for state and federal court judges to help them make election law decisions promptly and fairly.