To provide support for Women Influencers Network (WIN), a project of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF). This support will help WIN retain legal counsel and build out essential staff in order to provide education and training to women who are considering running for public office.
Grant Type: Project
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The purpose of the grant is to conduct pre- and post-election survey research about the public’s attitudes toward the American electoral process. The Grantee will do this using the American Trends Panel at the Pew Research Center and will publish a report about the survey results.
ThinkTennessee
This grant will provide support to ThinkTennessee’s efforts to build awareness around registration modernization in Tennessee.
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
To provide planning support for Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) to consider and create the infrastructure, capacity, and resources necessary to support the strategic design and implementation of a pooled funding program to engage faith leaders and faith communities, bridge bridges across lines of difference, and support faith-based civic engagement efforts to overcome polarization.
Over Zero
Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, works to reduce and prevent violence, and to build societal resilience on issues of violence prevention, polarization, and more. Over Zero will initiate and complete research on societal resilience factors within the U.S.
The Miami Foundation Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, fiscally sponsored by The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch 2019 and 2020. The Fund supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
Center for Internet Security Inc.
The purpose of the grant is to provide support for a companion guide to A Handbook for Elections Infrastructure Security that state and local elections officials can utilize to ensure cyber security is adequately addressed during IT procurement activities. Additionally, a training program will be developed to help election officials with conducting security self assessments and develop risk mitigation plans.
Trinity Forum, Inc
To conduct research on the role of Christian leaders within the United States in our political system, how their followers engage in politics, and how leaders can be a source of increasing pluralism and decreasing polarization. As part of this work, Trinity Forum will interview key Christian leaders, and publish and disseminate findings in a report.
Pepperdine University
To provide continued support to The American Project at Pepperdine University, which will work to promote the vision of a “conservatism of connection” to more audiences, including leaders at the state and local level through a series of events, panels, convenings, and trainings.
University of Arizona Foundation
To support the National Institute for Civil Discourse at The University of Arizona Foundation.