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Grants Database
Showing 299 -323 of 378 grants equaling $37,378,250.00
Your Selections: Democracy and Civil Liberties X
| Organization Sort | Grant Amount Sort | Program Area SortFilter | Type of Support SortFilter | Location Sort | Year SortFilter |
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| When We All Vote | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Voting Squads, to recruit volunteer leaders in communities of color and provide them with voter registration and mobilization training to engage members of their communities in civic engagement activities and voting.
More information: www.whenweallvote.org |
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| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To promote policies and programs that make voting easier and more appealing to young people to increase voter turnout nationally. More information: http://allianceforyouthorganizing.org |
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| Campaign Legal Center | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Voting Rights Project, to ensure broad and equitable access to the right to vote through litigation, advocacy, public education, and grassroots voter education campaigns. More information: http://www.campaignlegal.org |
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| Fair Elections Center | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Campus Vote Project, to help community colleges and public universities institutionalize reforms and processes to create a culture of civic engagement that empowers students to register and vote. More information: http://www.fairelectionscenter.org |
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| National Redistricting Foundation | Grant Amount$200,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Redistricting Litigation, to support an equitable, democratic, and transparent redistricting process that will result in district maps that reflect the communities represented. More information: http://https://redistrictingfoundation.org/ |
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| Voto Latino | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To encourage young Latino voters to participate in elections through social media outreach and events. More information: http://votolatino.org/ |
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| Fund for a Safer Future | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To strengthen the gun violence prevention community’s capacity to develop successful policies, mobilize supporters, assemble the best available research, and counter opposition to common sense gun reform. More information: http://www.newventurefund.org |
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| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To raise the organization’s national visibility and amplify a movement to protect the separation of church and state while providing a path for involvement among younger, more diverse audiences. More information: http://www.au.org |
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| Media Matters for America | Grant Amount$150,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To continue to implement a system that efficiently tracks sources of misinformation in the media in order to respond strategically and effectively. More information: http://mediamatters.org |
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| American Oversight | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| State Accountability Project, to expose voter suppression activities by uncovering the corrupt intent behind changes to how elections are administered. More information: http://www.americanoversight.org |
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| Civic Nation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| All In Campus Democracy Challenge, a national, nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter turnout and democratic engagement by providing college campuses with resources and support to develop civic engagement plans. More information: http://civicnation.org |
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| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Grant Amount$125,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To support a multi-state effort to protect against discriminatory voting measures, advocate for improvements to voting access, and provide voters with the information they need to successfully vote. More information: http://www.lwv.org |
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| Sojourners | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Lawyers and Collars Voter Engagement and Protection Program, an interfaith effort to involve faith leaders in election education and protection. More information: http://www.sojo.net |
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| Trusted Elections Fund | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Pooled Fund, to support nonpartisan organizations to plan for, prevent, mitigate, and respond to emergencies that could threaten democracy leading up to and following the 2020 election. | |||||
| Guns Down America | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2021 |
| Is Your Bank Loaded?, to convince banks and credit card companies to minimize and eventually eliminate their business with the firearms industry and to implement a monitoring system to prohibit individuals from purchasing large quantities of firearms and ammunition. More information: http://www.gunsdownamerica.org |
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| Violence Policy Center | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To educate the public about the lack of consumer product health and safety regulation of the gun industry, expose the industry’s aggressive marketing tactics, and engage the public in efforts to reduce gun violence. More information: http://www.vpc.org |
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| Common Cause Education Fund | Grant Amount$125,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Inclusive Democracy Project, to address partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts through litigation, advancement of legal scholarship, and the creation of model redistricting commissions. More information: http://www.commoncause.org/education-fund/ |
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| Common Cause Education Fund | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Voting and Elections Project, to protect voting access, help voters with problems, and work with election administrators to ensure voting systems are safe, reliable, and secure. More information: http://www.commoncause.org/education-fund/ |
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| Faith in Action Network | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Voter Engagement Program, to educate communities of color, low-income workers, women, and young people about election issues and increase voter turnout. More information: http://https://faithinaction.org/ |
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| Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Election Protection and Voting Rights, to challenge voter suppression legislation, protect and enable full access to the vote, and advocate for systemic election reform. More information: http://www.lawyerscommittee.org |
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| The American Independent | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To provide credible, fact-based information on voter suppression efforts and foreign interference in elections and counter false reports of voter fraud and misinformation around voting. | |||||
| Voto Latino | Grant Amount$70,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To encourage young Latino voters to participate in elections through social media outreach and events. More information: http://votolatino.org/ |
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| When We All Vote | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| To increase participation in elections by changing the culture around voting through communications campaigns that engage celebrities and athletes. More information: http://www.whenweallvote.org |
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| Faith in Action Network | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2021 |
| Live Free, to support a multi-faith movement to end mass incarceration and gun violence by calling for investments in programs that reduce violence and promote healthy communities. More information: http://https://faithinaction.org/ |
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| Public Citizen Foundation | Grant Amount$150,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2021 |
| Declaration for American Democracy, to support a public education campaign calling for comprehensive structural changes to America’s democracy to expand voting rights, address partisan gerrymandering, strengthen ethics rules, and limit the influence of money in politics. More information: http://www.citizen.org |
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