Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Their mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy.
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Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative
Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC) focused on building capacity within Muslim and allied communities for racial justice. MuslimARC creates anti-racism curriculum and education resources, connects multi-racial and multi-faith networks via storytelling and media, and cultivates racial justice through leadership and community development programs.
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.
Justice Work
Justice Work is a think tank/action lab that incubates path-breaking and creative initiatives to advance social justice. They center marginalized voices to challenge conventional priorities and strategies. They develop long-term partnerships with front-line organizations and academic institutions to strengthen social justice movements and break down siloed spaces.
University of Chicago
Bright Line Watch, a project of the Chicago Center on Democracy at University of Chicago, conducts research, including longitudinal studies, on the health of American democracy.
New America Foundation
The New Models of Policy Change project, housed in the Political Reform Program at New America Foundation, works on resilience against right wing extremism and growing political violence.
President and Fellows of Harvard College
To support the Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
New America Foundation
To support the work of New America’s Political Reform Program, 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.
Instituto Lab LLC
Instituto’s mission is to build sustained political power with low-income and communities of color in Arizona. They believe that every community has the inherent leadership, capacity, and resources to create their own solutions, and that all it takes to build power is to facilitate connections and training.
Human Rights First
The Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI) project organizes veterans to speak out to counter Islamophobia, advocate for refugees, and bridge divides. This grant will also support VFAI’s veteran trainings and bi-annual convenings, service and community events, and their 29/29 Ramadan initiative.