This grant provides general operating support.
Program Area: Governance
The Ohio State University
To support the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) at The Ohio State University in deploying and promoting Connecting to Congress, its online deliberative town hall meeting module for use by congressional offices. This grant will help the project expand its pilots with congressional offices and inform potential broader adoption by Congress through analysis of data gathered during the pilots.
One America Movement
To support One America Movement, a fiscally sponsored project of Repair the World, to conduct leadership development trainings focused on polarization and pluralism.
National Conference of State Legislatures
The National Conference of State Legislature’s Center for Legislative Strengthening (CLS) provides nonpartisan research and analysis for state legislators and legislative staff about legislative operations, procedure, and continuity planning. Their work bolsters the autonomy and effectiveness of the legislative branch of government in the 50 states and U.S. territories.
Constitutional Accountability Center
Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of the Constitution’s text and history. They work in the courts, through government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all in America and to protect the judiciary from politics and special interests.
R Street Institute
R Street Institute’s Governance Project aims to assess and improve the state of America’s national system of self-governance by producing research papers and other writing about congressional capacity and separation-of-powers issues.
Faith and Politics Institute
General support for Faith and Politics Institute
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center’s Legislative Reform Program conducts research on major democracy reform issues, and educates advocates, policymakers, and the public about opportunities to increase congressional capacity.
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York, Inc.
The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York provides training, coaching, and leadership development to build a more diverse, resilient and effective democracy movement.
Future Currents
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Planning Group, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, scenario-planning methodologies, and strategy-design processes to grassroots organizations and movement leaders to help them achieve their goals for a vibrant, reparative democracy.