To support NEO Philanthropy’s State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) project in its work to protect and advance the voting rights of historically underrepresented communities through a coordinated proactive and responsive approach. SIF’s grantmaking and convening power strengthens coordination within the voting rights movement, in particular between grassroots mobilization and litigation.
Strategy: Pro-Voter Reform
Common Cause Education Fund
Common Cause Education Fund (CCEF) is a national organization supporting civic reform in the U.S., working for improvements in both election administration and campaign finance. They are a key player in shaping conversations around voting. Leveraging their state offices and national membership, they continue to build local coalitions around many reforms to strengthen our democracy.
Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Elections Project will promote recommendations that improve the quality of U.S. elections. Building on the work of the Task Force on Elections, BPC will advance state and federal election recommendations with a focus on addressing new challenges in election administration.
Democracy North Carolina
Democracy North Carolina (DemNC) works to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
League of Women Voters Education Fund
The purpose of this grant is to help the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) implement the Transformation Roadmap, with a focus on increasing LWVEF capacity at the state and national levels to help build a more engaged, diverse, and sophisticated network of 501(c)(3) members, volunteers, and activists.
A portion of this grant will also support LWVEF’s consultations with legal counsel to ensure that its legal structure positions it well for its next phase of operations.
Democracy North Carolina
This grant provides general operating support for Democracy North Carolina (DemNC). The organization works to protect the right to vote, reduce the role of money in politics, and advance fair redistricting in North Carolina.
The Equity Alliance
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to The Equity Alliance
ThinkTennessee
To provide general support for ThinkTennessee’s work to build support for democracy reform in Tennessee. ThinkTN will provide unbiased research and analysis, informing key stakeholders about evidence-based ideas that will create civic and economic opportunity in Tennessee.
New Venture Fund
This grant will provide support for the field of elections and voting research through participation in the Civic Engagement and Elections Research Collaborative Fund.
Leadership Conference Education Fund, Inc.
To support the Voting Rights Program within the Leadership Conference Education Fund as it expands its communications capacity and works to influence a shift in the national public narrative to center and support the self-empowerment of marginalized communities, re-establish voting as a fundamental right, and minimize the partisan lens on discourse around these issues.