The #PowerProgress campaign is a unique collaboration between philanthropy, nonprofits, and the Democratizing Philanthropy Project that is part program, part capacity building, and part public awareness. The campaign will support dozens of historically excluded frontline organizations working in their communities on critical issues.
Strategy: Pro-Voter Reform
The Equity Alliance
The Equity Alliance is the leading Black-led grassroots organization in Tennessee promoting intentional, unapologetic, innovative, and culturally relevant year-round civic engagement among Black communities, while providing their communities with the tools and knowledge they need to be self-determining and create sustainable change.
MOAA Military Family Initiative
The grant will provide support for the Military Officers Association of America Military Family Initiative (“MOAA-MFI”) to continue establishing a baseline, evidence-based understanding of the state of military family absentee voting. The second phase of the Military Voting Education Project (MVEP) will significantly increase MOAA-MFI’s brand presence in the military family voting market to increase organic referrals in a future third phase.
Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido Inc., dba Texas Civil Rights Project
Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido Inc., dba Texas Civil Rights Project protects the civil rights of Texans through their work on economic justice, voting rights, and criminal justice.
The Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda Inc
To provide general operating support for the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda.
New Georgia Project Incorporated
New Georgia Project (NGP) builds power with and increases the civic participation of the New Georgia Majority — Black, Latinx, AAPI, and young Georgians — and other historically marginalized communities through nonpartisan voter registration, organizing, and advocacy on the issues important to our communities.
Mississippi Votes
Mississippi Votes works to increase voter registration and turnout (specifically within 18-35 voting bloc) through innovative and high-tech engagement programming and outreach strategies. They also engage traditional organizing techniques to cater to the needs of today’s voters.
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Southern Coalition for Social Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by a multidisciplinary group, predominantly people of color, who believed that communities engaged in social justice struggles need a team of lawyers, social scientists, community organizers, and media specialists to support them in their efforts to dismantle structural racism and oppression.
League of Women Voters Education Fund
The League of Women Voters Education Fund addresses mis- and dis-information and builds states’ capacity for voter protection.
Nonprofit Vote
This grant supports Nonprofit VOTE’s coordination of their National Voter Registration Day (NVRD). Nonprofit VOTE works to recruit, educate, and empower local partners to participate in NVRD and register voters, while simultaneous launching a national media campaign to amplify those efforts.