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Showing 49 -73 of 343 grants equaling $34,328,250.00
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| Organization Sort | Grant Amount Sort | Program Area SortFilter | Type of Support SortFilter | Location Sort | Year SortFilter |
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| Action for the Climate Emergency | Grant Amount$125,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoulder, CO | Year2023 |
| Civic Engagement and Democracy Program, to increase youth civic engagement by inspiring a new generation of Americans to participate in democracy and voting. More information: http://www.acespace.org |
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| Story of Stuff Project | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2013 |
| Community Engagement Initiative, to provide training and tools to increase and deepen individual's civic participation. More information: http://www.storyofstuff.org/ |
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| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2018 |
| 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: https://www.lwv.org/about-us |
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| Public Citizen Foundation | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
| Democracy and Accountability, to support a public education campaign calling for comprehensive structural changes to America’s democracy to expand voting rights, address gerrymandering, strengthen ethics rules, and limit the influence of money in politics. More information: http://www.citizen.org |
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| Students Learn Students Vote Coalition | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2023 |
| To bring first-time and new voters into the electoral process and ensure that college students throughout the country have easy and equal access to participate in every election. More information: http://slsvcoalition.org |
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| Voto Latino | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2018 |
| To encourage young Latino voters in seven states to participate in elections through social media outreach and events. More information: http://votolatino.org/ |
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| SEE Innovation | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2015 |
| Project for Improved Environmental Coverage, to increase the quality and quantity of environmental coverage in the news media. | |||||
| Media Matters for America | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2014 |
| To develop a media tracking system that effectively and efficiently tracks sources of misinformation in the media and predicts their lifecycles in order to respond strategically and effectively. More information: http://mediamatters.org/ |
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| SEE Innovation | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2014 |
| Project for Improved Environmental Coverage, to increase the quality and quantity of environmental coverage in the news media. | |||||
| March For Our Lives Foundation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2023 |
| Judicial Advocacy, to advance the legal argument that gun violence presents a unique vulnerability to children and their freedoms. More information: http://www.marchforourlives.com |
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| American Oversight | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
| 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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| Demos | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2023 |
| Democracy Reform Project, to protect and expand the right to vote by fighting voter suppression while expanding access to voting. More information: http://https://www.demos.org/ |
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| Project Vote Inc. | Grant Amount$125,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2012 |
| Election Administration Program, to improve voter registration and voting systems and ensure that existing voting rights laws are properly and effectively enforced. | |||||
| Nonprofit Vote | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCambridge, MA | Year2023 |
| To partner with organizations to promote voter engagement programs that predominately reach low-income women, people of color, and young voters served by nonprofits. More information: http://www.nonprofitvote.org |
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| Project Vote Smart | Grant Amount$15,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPhilipsburg, MT | Year2009 |
| Civics Education Program, to design curriculum materials and Web-based civics educational programs for student audiences based on Vote Smart's database. | |||||
| Protect Democracy Project | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
| VoteShield, to protect and validate the integrity of voter registration databases and election systems. More information: http://https://www.protectdemocracy.org |
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| Project Vote Smart | Grant Amount$15,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPhilipsburg, MT | Year2012 |
| VoteEasy, to update an interactive online tool that helps voters determine which political candidates most accurately reflect their own views. | |||||
| Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationYoungstown, OH | Year2022 |
| Government Transparency Project, to uncover and release gun store inspection records to identify which stores are contributing to gun violence and hold government agencies accountable for failing to enforce gun laws. More information: http://BradyUnited.org |
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| Guns Down America | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2022 |
| Is Your Bank Loaded, to convince financial institutions to limit their business with the firearms industry and to implement a monitoring system to prohibit individuals from purchasing large quantities of firearms. More information: http://www.gunsdownamerica.org |
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| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAmherst, MA | Year2022 |
| To raise the organization’s national visibility and involve younger, more diverse audiences in the movement to protect church-state separation. More information: http://www.au.org |
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| Voting Initiative | Grant Amount$8,670,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | Location | Year2020 |
| Piper Fund | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2022 |
| Judicial Independence Project, to protect state courts from the influence of special interests and promote judicial reforms through support of state-based judicial independence organizations. More information: http://www.proteusfund.org |
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| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| To guide the implementation of AB 154 and SB 138 and increase access to abortion services in California. More information: https://www.aclunc.org/ |
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| Civic Nation | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2022 |
| When We All Vote, to increase participation in elections by changing the culture around voting through communications campaigns that engage celebrities and athletes. More information: http://https://civicnation.org/ |
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| Ignite | Grant Amount$13,250 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2010 |
| To support the expansion of Ignite's programs at San Francisco schools and foster the development of young women's political knowledge and ambition. | |||||
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