To support the Wesleyan Media Project in their work to organize data to hold platforms accountable to the American public and to advance America’s democratic promise. This grant will fund research and scholarship into how best to collect and publish data regarding political advertising on platforms, with a focus on ads that involve race and gender.
Grant Type: Project
Center for Internet Security Inc.
The Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) Election Security Best Practices team will develop security-focused tools and guidance for election officials and election technology providers.
Center for Public Integrity
The Consider the Source project seeks to ‘out’ shadowy political organizations that have flourished in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling.
Committee for Economic Development
The Committee for Economic Development will conduct research on the attitudes of business leaders about campaign finance reform.
Dēmos: A Network for Ideas and Action LTD
Demos will conduct research on the level of state compliance with the motor voter provision of the National Voter Registration Act.
Nonzero Foundation Inc
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.
No Labels Foundation
Support the professional development of senior management at No Labels Foundation to strengthen the organization and its management practices.
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University
The purpose of this grant is to support the Morrison Institute’s research into the practice of Citizen’s Initiative Review.
Democracy Works Inc.
To provide support for the ongoing development and maintenance of a website that provides the election administration community with unfiltered news and information, communicates innovation, and fosters information sharing across jurisdictions.
George Washington University
Support The Monkey Cage’s efforts to make the political conversation more informed by timely, accessible and sound research from a publicly oriented political science discipline and less dominated by evidence-free arguments. This is achieved by increasing the public engagement of political scientists and other academics and connecting academics with key audiences among journalists, policy analysts, and lay readers.