To support the Shoulder to Shoulder campaign, inside of Islamic Society of North America, in their initiative on interfaith and islamophobia trainings and workshops. These training are called Faith over Fear, and this grant will support Shoulder to Shoulder’s Ramadan work, as well.
Grant Type: Project
Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.
Support the Democracy Program to raise awareness of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration and The Commission on Political Reform recommendations among key stakeholders and the general public and support key research and technical assistance to assist officials who are seeking to adopt best practices recommended by the commissions.
Committee for Economic Development
Provide two year grant support to the Committee for Economic Development to run a project to get business leaders more engaged in the money in politics discussion.
Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc.
A grant to the Poynter Institute will foster a public conversation within media about the role of pundits in our democracy, reduce the level of deception from pundits through highly visible fact checking of pundits, and demonstrate the value of using non-partisan fact checking of media pundits to reduce deception and misinformation.
American Press Institute
The American Press Institute will improve the practice of fact checking and significantly increase the adoption of fact checking practices through research and the convening of media leaders.
Ethics and Public Policy Center, Inc.
To reduce political fear mongering by bringing together prominent journalists and columnists of all political stripes to learn about and discuss issues related to religion that cut across partisan boundaries.
Online News Association
The competitive Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education will support “live news experiments” that further the development of teaching hospital models in journalism education, in which students create innovative projects with professionals, professors and researchers.
Internet Archive
The Political TV Ad Archive provides a searchable, viewable, and shareable online archive of 2016 political TV ads, with fact-checking and reporting citizens can trust. The project is open source and available on Github.
The Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is forming a Litigation Strategy Council (LSC), which is comprised of a small group of the country’s best and most experienced constitutional litigators to collaborate on and lead the development of a pragmatic and winning strategy to transform campaign finance jurisprudence in the courts.
New America Foundation
The Political Reform program of New America develops new strategies and innovations to repair the dysfunction of government, restore trust, and rebuild the promise of American democracy.