This grant will support the Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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New America Foundation
This grant will support the work of New America’s Political Reform Project, which seeks to revitalize American democratic practice by introducing new ideas and new perspectives to the public debate, putting reform ideas to the test, and bringing together activists, academics, and political practitioners to test and refine promising concepts.
New America Foundation
To support the Political Reform Program, through the New Models of Policy Change project, at New America Foundation to strengthen work on resilience to political violence.
Islamic Society of North America
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.
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.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
The purpose of this grant is to provide support for the New Americans Campaign (NAC), which will in turn support multilingual hotlines to advise and assist eligible legal permanent residents (LPR) in becoming U.S. citizens. The grant will also support the NAC’s Innovation Fund, including resources to help NAC partners to move more people along the path to becoming citizens.
Business Forward Foundation
The purpose of this grant is to support Business Forward Foundation’s project to 1) organize business leaders and train them speak out on the business benefits of diversity and inclusiveness, 2) to strengthen an ad campaign to support the organizing work, and 3) to develop a storefront sign campaign around diversity, inclusion and empathy. A portion of this grant will also support the costs of Business Forward Foundation conducting an audit of its 2018 financials.
Georgetown University
To support the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection’s (ICAP) litigation, public education, and efforts in support of vulnerable communities.
Pillars Fund
To support Pillars Fund’s Culture Change Project, in partnership with the Pop Culture Collaborative, as they develop an American Muslim Pop Culture Cohort.
Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.
The BPC’s Democracy Project will address the challenges of polarization and paralysis in our governance process through research and the convening of a national commission on political reform.