The purpose of this grant is to support City Bureau, an innovative local news organization in Chicago, that is leading efforts in community engagement, ecosystem building, business models. This grant will enable City Bureau to continue and expand their core programs, including Documenters, Civic Reporting Fellowships, and Public Newsrooms.
Grant Status: Completed
Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido Inc., dba Texas Civil Rights Project
To provide support to the Texas Civil Rights Project’s ongoing work to increase compliance with the state’s high school voter registration law, increase Section 5 compliance through litigation, and develop pro-voter policy blueprints in Texas’ largest counties.
Take The Lead Inc
The purpose of this project grant is to support the “50 Women Change the World Leadership Program” for 50 rising leaders in the media industry. The program is based on Take the Lead’s core curriculum, the “9 Leadership Power Tools to Advance Your Career” training program that teaches women how to lead themselves, their careers and systems change in a mindful and holistic way.
The Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
Renewal Grant for Campaign Legal Center to do legal work and education related to money in politics and election law.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
To provide continued support to the Alliance for Securing Democracy at The German Marshall Fund of the United States to identify and support the best methods of pushing back on foreign threats to our U.S. political system, whether they be through elections, misinformation, or attempts to interfere with our democratic institutions.
Social Science Research Council
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.
Islamic Society of North America
To support the work of the Islamic Society of North America’s Shoulder to Shoulder initiative in interfaith, islamophobia trainings – entitled Faith Over Fear trainings – in up to ten geographic regions of the United States. This Grant will also support Shoulder to Shoulder’s Ramadan Road Trip 2019 network-building scoping work for the trainings, as well as a monitoring and evaluation consultant.
Asian Law Caucus
To support direct litigation and legal services work, and to strengthen and expand multilingual know your rights materials that can be delivered to MASA and immigrant communities.
University of Maryland
To support research on radical polarization and the behaviors that lead to increased political violence in the United States and dissemination of the research through white papers and a book.
The New School
The purpose of this renewal grant is to support the Journalism + Design program at The New School in their efforts to support local news through spreading the tools of systems thinking and community engagement. This grant will allow The New School to refine its approach to workshops, partnerships, and open-source material for further spreading the mission and mindset of systems thinking in journalism.