Grants Database
Showing 99 -123 of 3762 grants equaling $183,031,840.00
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Southern Poverty Law Center | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationMontgomery, AL | Year2013 |
Drug Policy Alliance | Grant Amount$10,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2013 |
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Grant Amount$375,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2013 |
Voting Rights Project, to challenge voter suppression measures through litigation and public education. $375,000.00 over three years (2013-2015). | |||||
Common Cause Education Fund | Grant Amount$375,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2013 |
To ensure that all eligible citizens have access to the vote by conducting analysis of proposed changes to how elections are managed, developing a media campaign around voting rights, and placing poll monitors on Election Day to combat voter intimidation. $375,000.00 over three years (2013-2015). | |||||
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Grant Amount$375,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2013 |
Voting Rights Project, to challenge voter suppression legislation, protect and enable full access to the vote, and advocate for systemic election reform. $375,000.00 over three years (2013-2015). | |||||
Project Vote | Grant Amount$375,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2013 |
Election Administration Program, to improve voter registration and voting systems and ensure that existing voting rights laws are properly and effectively enforced. $375,000.00 over three years (2013-2015). | |||||
Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2013 |
Project Fair Play, to protect the separation of church and state by monitoring and reporting nonprofit religious institutions’ engagement in partisan politics and by educating the public about the issue. | |||||
Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
To support gun regulations in key states, track legislative developments, and respond to requests from policymakers and the media. More information: http://smartgunlaws.org/ |
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William J Brennan Jr Center For Justice Inc | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2014 |
To reduce the influence of money in politics by defending campaign finance laws that are under attack in the courts and developing legal strategies to counter the power of special interests in the US political system. More information: http://www.brennancenter.org/ |
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Story of Stuff Project | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2014 |
Community Engagement Initiative, to provide training and tools to increase and deepen individuals' civic participation. | |||||
Youth Engagement Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2014 |
To provide resources for the civic engagement sector to improve voter education programs aimed at registering young voters, getting young voters to the polls, and developing leaders in the field. | |||||
Economic Inequality Media Project | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2014 |
To educate and mobilize the public on issues related to income inequality through original videos and accompanying outreach and engagement campaigns. | |||||
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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Mother Jones | Grant Amount$10,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
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. | |||||
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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ACLU Foundation of Northern California | Grant Amount$10,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Grant Amount$2,500 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationWashington, DC | Year2014 |
Coro Center for Civic Leadership | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
League of Women Voters of San Francisco Education Fund | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association | Grant Amount$2,500 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
Southern Poverty Law Center | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationMontgomery, AL | Year2014 |
Demos | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2014 |
Addressing the Role of Money in Politics, to expose the problems associated with money in politics and its connection to the economy and build support for solutions. | |||||
Educational Fund To Stop Gun Violence | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2014 |
Policy Education Campaign in California, develop an implementation strategy for California’s gun violence restraining order and compile findings for dissemination to other states. | |||||
ProPublica | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2014 |
Checking Corruption through Vigorous Reporting: ProPublica and Dark Money, to conduct deep, ongoing research and reporting on the impact of social welfare groups on Americas political system. |
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