The Healthy Democracy Fund will organize a Citizen initiative Review in Oregon and work with leaders from other states to encourage the replication of the Citizen initiative Review outside of Oregon.

The Faith & Politics Institute will explore how faith leaders can contribute to improving civil discourse by convening a discussion among prominent faith leaders from across the political spectrum.

AmericaSpeaks will develop a plan through which a critical mass of citizens in 1-2 Congressional districts will take part in a pilot project for scaling up public deliberation.

The BPC’s Democracy Project will address the challenges of polarization and paralysis in our governance process through research and the convening of a national commission on political reform.

Support a reunion of members of the Rodel Fellowship program.

The Columbia Journalism Review will improve the quality of election and policy coverage by focusing media criticism at the local level, where the quality of media coverage can be essential for voters to understand issues and make informed choices.

For general support to National Institute for Civic Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.

This planning grant will enable the Harwood Institute to develop key programs to help frame, seed and drive a counter-narrative in the country that focuses on people’s aspirations for public life and politics and what leaders, organizations and individuals can do to create a new trajectory in their communities and the country.

FlackCheck.org will use satire and deconstructions of political ads to assist reporters and the public in identifying and rejecting fear-mongering and fact-mangling in the 2012 elections.

Evaluate a series of experimental programs to educate and engage the public during the 2012 election cycle.

The Faith & Politics Institute will explore the development of a network of faith leaders to promote civil discourse.

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

The Non-Zero Foundation’s Bloggingheads.tv will launch its “The Good Fight” project, which will feature video-based dialogues on hot political topics between important voices from the Left and the Right.

Face the Facts USA will deliver provocative facts about big issues to help Americans debunk myths, hold better conversations, get involved, and make choices as smarter citizens around the 2012 election.

The Center for Public Integrity will launch an anti-deception initiative, called Consider the Source, that aims to uncover how campaigns and consultants manipulate the public using a flood of secret money.

The Non-Zero Foundation’s Bloggingheads.tv will launch its “The Good Fight” project, which will feature video-based dialogues on hot political topics between important voices from the Left and the Right.

The Campaign Finance Institute will convene a nationally prominent group of scholars to assess what is known about the campaign finance system and determine what are the most important research questions that should be investigated to insure that future policy reforms are informed by the best available nonpartisan information and analysis.

The Meridian Institute will assess the feasibility of finding common ground solutions to address problems related to the regulation of money in our political system.

The New America Foundation will work with scholars to conduct a series of lab and field experiments related to the effectiveness of fact checking and innovative uses of media to inform and engage the public.

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