For the purposes of assisting the election administration team at NOI plan and assess the best manner in which to complete a spinoff. The planning grant can include: assistance on developing the business plan, evaluating a proper Board development strategy, understanding and developing stronger relationships with the EA community, and other purposes to benefit the new organization.
Grant Type: Project
Public Agenda, Inc.
As a partner to the Participatory Budgeting Project, Public Agenda will play a lead role in the development of participatory budgeting through surfacing local evaluation research, performing independent research and communicating research results to key constituencies.
Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
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.
US Vote Foundation
The End-to-End Verifiable Internet Voting Specification and Feasibility Assessment Study will examine a form of remote voting that enables a so-called “end-to-end verifiability” (E2E) property. A unique team of experts in computer science, usability, and auditing together with a selection of local election officials from key counties around the U.S. will assemble for this study.
Participatory Budgeting Project Inc.
Provide project support to the Participatory Budgeting Project to foster increased use of participatory budgeting in the US.
Proteus Fund Inc.
The Collaborative Communications Initiative will improve the communications capacity of the campaign finance reform community.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is using this planning grant for a new initiative: “Fix the System.” CRFB is a trusted convener in the area of budget reform–they bring together important political forces to build coalitions and support for reasonable ways to encourage a functioning government system.
Reinvent Albany
Reinvent Albany will convene a group of technology and policy experts to produce a report that recommends how New York State could use technology to modernize compliance and reporting of campaign finance contributions under a proposed small-donor matching system.
The Aspen Institute Inc
Support the Aspen Congressional Program efforts to improve trust, dialogue, and informed participation among Members of Congress.
The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation
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.