Center for Civic Design

The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating capacity for Center for Civic Design, a key (and overlooked) player in the elections field. Center for Civic Design supports many of our grantees and other organizations we work with. It needs assistance to expand its work this election year, which includes designing election materials, experimentation, and usability testing.

Democracy Works Inc.

To provide support for the ongoing development and maintenance of a website that provides the election administration community with unfiltered news and information, communicates innovation, and fosters information sharing across jurisdictions.

Fair Elections Center

To provide support for growth and visibility of the website workelections.com, which is a site designed to collect and centralize poll worker information and applications from several jurisdictions, making it easier for local election officials and potential poll workers to connect and fill Election Day positions. 

Center for Technology and Civic Life

Provide two years of general operating support to The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL). CTCL will continue to focus on three areas: training local governments to utilize technology to enhance civic livelihood in their communities, develop low to no cost tools for governmental use, help develop infrastructure allowing the capture of data and information during interactions between citizens and government.

The Reed Institute

To provide funding for survey work of public opinions about election administration.

Democracy Works Inc.

ElectionLine.org is the nation’s only nonpartisan, non-advocacy clearinghouse for election reform news and information.

Democracy Fund
1200 17th Street NW Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20036