This planning grant will enable the Harwood Institute to develop key programs to help frame, seed and drive a counter-narrative in the country that focuses on people’s aspirations for public life and politics and what leaders, organizations and individuals can do to create a new trajectory in their communities and the country.
Strategy: Previous Strategy
Meridian Institute
The Meridian Institute will assess the feasibility of finding common ground solutions to address problems related to the regulation of money in our political system.
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
FlackCheck.org will use satire and deconstructions of political ads to assist reporters and the public in identifying and rejecting fear-mongering and fact-mangling in the 2012 elections.
Take Back Our Republic Inc
Take Back Our Republic (TBOR) focuses on giving concerned conservatives a voice on campaign finance reform issues. Their activities include: research, education, and advocacy to return political power to individuals.
The Institute for Cultural Evolution
The purpose of the grant is to support the ongoing convening of conservatives seeking to work toward identifying policy solutions to the challenges facing our country initiated and successfully conducted at several locations around the country.
The University of Texas at Austin
The Engaging News Project has a single aim: to provide research-based techniques for engaging online audiences in commercially-viable and democratically-beneficial ways. The project tests web-based strategies for informing audiences, promoting substantive discourse, and helping citizens to understand diverse views.
University of Arizona Foundation
For general support to National Institute for Civic Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.
University of Arizona Foundation
For general support to National Institute for Civic Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.
The Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
Renewal Grant for Campaign Legal Center to do legal work and education related to money in politics and election law.
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
The Columbia Journalism Review will improve the quality of election and policy coverage by focusing media criticism at the local level, where the quality of media coverage can be essential for voters to understand issues and make informed choices.