Ignite

This grant will support efforts by IGNITE and Empowered Women to bring together women-focused organizations and to help them plan ways to work together to achieve political parity in the United States. These organizations will do this through strategic planning and holding convenings of organizations who have similar goals but do not always work together toward those common goals. 

Empowered Women

This grant will support efforts by IGNITE and Empowered Women to bring together women-focused organizations and to help them plan ways to work together to achieve political parity in the United States. These organizations will do this through strategic planning and holding convenings of organizations who have similar goals but do not always work together toward those common goals. 

Wayne State University

The purpose of this grant is to explore how WDET, and in turn other local non-profit media organizations, can integrate revenue driving activities into engaged journalism projects. Our intention is to identify and realize the sustainability of “engagement” as a practice, and share our learnings for the wider industry to review.

Partnership for Public Service Inc.

This grant supports the Partnership for Public Service’s efforts to support constructive, bipartisan congressional oversight. It has two components: case studies on effective congressional oversight, and an analysis of how to more effectively engage career executive branch officials around oversight.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc.

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. 

Common Cause Education Fund

To support the work of Common Cause New York in conducting nonpartisan research and public education regarding establishing Automatic Voter Registration for New York State. This research and education is part of Common Cause’s broader efforts to make registration and voting secure, fair, and accessible for all eligible New Yorkers. 

The Aspen Institute Inc

The Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership identifies and brings together promising young political leaders to explore the underlying values and principles of western democracy, the relationship between individuals and their community, and the responsibilities of public leadership.

One Voice Inc.

To support One Voice’s efforts to build relationships with election clerks, conduct research on potential cost savings associated with online voter registration, and build capacity among the coalition of organizations in Mississippi working on elections issues.

Democracy Fund
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Washington, DC 20036