The DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy project brings together local news researchers and others to collaborate on a journalism ecosystem funding model that explores how to fund healthy local news ecosystems.

The #PowerProgress campaign is a unique collaboration between philanthropy, nonprofits, and the Democratizing Philanthropy Project that is part program, part capacity building, and part public awareness. The campaign supports dozens of historically excluded frontline organizations working in their communities on critical issues.

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.

Church World Service’s Refugee Organizing project includes grassroots organizing, power-building, and leadership development in refugee communities.

The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ) seeks to strengthen a future where communities of color are powerful. They do this by nourishing and building up the capacity and sustainability of both news organizations and journalism ecosystem partners led by people of color.

The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), an institution of ACCESS, builds the capacity of Arab American community organizations. NNAAC’s capacity building program will help its member organizations though trainings, technical assistance, workshops, convenings, and peer-to-peer learnings.

The Online News Association (ONA) works to build a stronger journalism field that serves an engaged and informed public. Their programs for digital journalists and related fields include professional development, community-building, shared learning, and more.

The Multiracial Democracy Project, an initiative of The GWU Institute for Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity, supports a racially diverse community of researchers in law, policy, and social science in developing their research, and connects them to civil rights organizations, democracy reform organizations, and policymakers to better inform policy debates.

Latino Community Fund Georgia (LCF Georgia) supports Latinx-serving and Latinx-led nonprofit organizations that are advancing democracy, protecting and building community, and facilitating economic opportunities for all.

The Brookings Institution is researching the impact of climate change and climate migration on American systems of democracy and governance.

The Revolving Door Project, a fiscally sponsored project of The Good Nation Foundation Inc., scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.

Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences’ Data & Democracy partnership with the MGGG Redistricting Lab conducts cutting-edge research modeling alternative election systems with modern mathematical and statistical tools, with a focus on single transferable vote elections, to help build a powerful resource hub for election reform.

The Institute for Nonprofit News strengthens and supports more than 425 independent news organizations that are nonprofit, nonpartisan and dedicated to public service. From local news to reporting on global issues, members of the INN Network tell stories that otherwise would go untold – connecting communities, holding the powerful accountable and strengthening democracy.

The Native American Journalists Association facilitates collaboration, professional development and joint training for current and future leaders of journalism affinity groups serving underrepresented communities.

The eBenchbook and Alliance of Students at the Polls (ASAP) projects of the Election Law Program, a joint project of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law and and the National Center on State Courts. eBenchbook builds state-specific resources to assist judges in resolving election disputes. ASAP works to deploy law students to improve public trust in elections.

International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) works for a more humane, efficient, and welcoming refugee and asylum processes in the United States by empowering displaced persons to use the law as a tool to claim their rights, through an aligned program of legal aid, impact litigation, and advocacy.

El Tímpano, a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, works in collaboration with residents and community partners to create empowering, two-way channels of information that inform and engage the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.

Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI), a project of Human Rights First, is a coalition of veterans and allies who continue their service to America by upholding, defending, and advocating for human rights at home and abroad.

The Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project (RDYR) is an independent nonprofit investigative reporting and research organization that advances public understanding of the unique risks that America’s rural youth face online. They convene stakeholders including researchers, journalists, technologists, parents, educators, religious leaders, and mental health providers.

Democracy North Carolina (DemNC) works to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.