Grants Database
Showing 124 -148 of 343 grants equaling $34,328,250.00
Your Selections: Democracy and Civil Liberties X
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Free Speech for People | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAmherst, MA | Year2023 |
Protecting US Elections, to challenge voter intimidation and suppression, the use of insecure voting systems, and unequal voting conditions. More information: http://www.freespeechforpeople.org |
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Head Count Inc | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2023 |
To advance participation in democracy by reaching young people at events and through digital outreach to encourage them to register and turn out to vote. More information: http://www.headcount.org |
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Inequality Media | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2016 |
To educate and mobilize the public on issues related to income inequality through original videos and accompanying outreach and engagement campaigns. | |||||
Alliance for Youth Organizing | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2017 |
To promote policy changes that make voting easier and more appealing to young people and expand programs to increase youth voter turnout nationally. More information: http://www.allianceforyouthorganizing.org/ |
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Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
To monitor the implementation of California’s gun violence restraining order and compile findings for dissemination to other states. More information: http://www.efsgv.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 Project, to utilize litigation and voter education to protect the right to vote, particularly for communities of color, low-income communities, people with disabilities, and other traditionally disenfranchised populations.
More information: www.lawyerscommittee.org |
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Common Cause Education Fund | Grant Amount$125,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2012 |
Poll Monitoring Initiative, to ensure that all eligible citizens have access to the vote by placing poll monitors on Election Day and combating and tracking voter intimidation. | |||||
Generation Progress | Grant Amount$45,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
Fight4AFuture Network, to engage 18 to 35 year olds in gun violence prevention by identifying and mentoring young leaders, providing policy expertise, and supporting advocacy efforts across the country. More information: http://www.americanprogress.org |
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
Integrated Voter Engagement Campaign, to increase participation in elections by young voters through their interest in reproductive rights. More information: http://www.choiceusa.org |
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Story of Stuff Project | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2015 |
Community Engagement Initiative, to provide training and tools to increase and deepen individuals' civic participation. | |||||
Trace Media | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2020 |
To add a public health desk to The Trace’s newsroom to report on gun violence through the lens of public health with a focus on gun homicides and community violence, suicide by firearms, and distilling research on gun violence to ensure that it reaches the public and policymakers. More information: https://www.thetrace.org/ |
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Violence Policy Center | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2017 |
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 further engage the public in efforts to reduce gun violence. More information: http://www.vpc.org |
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MapLight | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2020 |
Digital Deception Solutions, to increase awareness of foreign and dark money influences in US elections and promote policy solutions to protect the US from political manipulations. More information: http://www.maplight.org |
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National Vote at Home Institute | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
To advance vote-by-mail options, improve policies around the use of these systems, and promote vote by mail across the US.
More information: www.voteathome.org |
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Center For American Progress | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
To help protect the 2020 election from foreign interference and formulate a policy strategy to prevent future election interference. More information: http://www.americanprogress.org |
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Faith in Action Network | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
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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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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William J Brennan Jr Center For Justice | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2015 |
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. | |||||
Free Speech For People | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAmherst, MA | Year2020 |
Fighting for Election Security Project, to move to safer US elections by exposing and challenging fraudulent practices and disinformation by voting system companies. More information: http://www.freespeechforpeople.org |
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William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2020 |
To address the threats to voting during the COVID-19 pandemic through communications and policy development and advocacy.
More information: www.brennancenter.org |
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The Barack Obama Foundation | Grant Amount$1,000,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportCapital Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2018 |
Obama Presidential Center. More information: http://https://www.obama.org/ |
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Demos | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2016 |
Addressing the Role of Money in Politics, to expose the problems associated with money in politics and its connection to the economy and to 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 | Year2016 |
Develop an implementation strategy for California’s gun violence restraining order and compile findings for dissemination to other states. | |||||
MapLight | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2016 |
Secret Money Watch, to create a website to help identify the sources of secret money in politics and to support more in-depth media coverage of the topic. More information: http://maplight.org/ |
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Civic Nation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2016 |
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 / allinchallenge.org |
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