To support the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan, transatlantic project to expose, analyze, and develop strategies to address authoritarian interference in democracy.
Program Area: Governance
Library of Congress
The Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, will conduct their signature New Member Seminar (NMS) in January 2021 for newly elected members of the 117th Congress.
Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Congress Project will spearhead a series of activities to foster institutional reforms, help Congress reclaim a constitutionally appropriate balance with the executive branch, and expand efforts that enable members and staff to collaborate on bipartisan action.
POPVOX LegiDash Fund
POPVOX LegiDash Fund will develop a communications and legislative resources dashboard for congressional staff. The free product provides an improved constituent communications portal to view, batch, and respond to messages delivered to Congress by POPVOX.
The Brookings Institution
To support Lawfare, a blog and project of the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program. The grant will support Lawfare’s research and robust analysis of national security and rule of law issues and its use of FOIA to uncover information that will help foster objective, public, and transparent discussions around government decision-making.
Georgetown University
The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation will provide Congress with actionable steps to modernize its data collection and evidence-based policy making practices.
Union of Concerned Scientists Inc.
The Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) works to strengthen the role of science within the federal civil service sector. They will develop recommendations for better hiring practices, science program leadership, and performance accountability within the federal government to help it better serve the public interest.
Values United d/b/a Whistleblower Aid
Whistleblower Aid’s mission is to report and fix government and corporate lawbreaking — without breaking the law. Their lawyers help clients to stay safe while making impactful disclosures that change policies, because should have to risk their career or their freedom to follow their conscience.
The Governance Lab
GovLab, a fiscally-sponsored project of the Fund for the City of New York, will hire a Fellow to support the launch of Smarter Crowdsourcing, which combines rigorous problem definition with crowdsourcing to attract ideas from diverse experts and then develop policy recommendations.
New American Leaders Inc.
New American Leaders is leading a movement fighting for inclusive democracy by equipping immigrants, refugees, and their allies with the tools they need to realize their potential by running for and holding elected office, and by engaging in civic action that brings their voices to the forefront of American politics.