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Grants Database
Showing 174 -198 of 373 grants equaling $36,828,250.00
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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| Fund for a Safer Future | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
| To strengthen the gun violence prevention movement’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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| 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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| Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2016 |
| 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 | Year2018 |
| 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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| Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2015 |
| To support gun regulations in key states, track legislative developments, and respond to requests from policymakers and the media. | |||||
| 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$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2015 |
| Project Fair Play, to protect the separation of church and state by monitoring and reporting nonprofit religious institutions’ engagement in electioneering and by educating the public about the issue. | |||||
| MomsRising Education Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBellevue, WA | Year2018 |
| To increase outreach to women and mothers about gun safety issues and educate elected officials, the media, and the public about gun safety policies. More information: http://www.momsrising.org |
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| Fund for a Safer Future | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationAlexandria, VA | Year2024 |
| To strengthen the gun violence prevention movements capacity to develop successful policies, mobilize supporters, assemble the best available research, and counter opposition to common sense gun reform. | |||||
| MomsRising Education Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBellevue, WA | Year2017 |
| To increase outreach to women and mothers about gun safety issues and educate elected officials, the media, and the public about gun safety policies. More information: http://www.momsrising.org |
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| Civic Nation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2021 |
| 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://https://civicnation.org/ |
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| Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2024 |
| 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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| 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. | |||||
| Media Matters for America | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2015 |
| To develop and implement a media tracking system that efficiently tracks sources of misinformation in the media and predicts their lifecycles in order to respond more strategically and effectively. | |||||
| 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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| March For Our Lives Foundation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2024 |
| Judicial Advocacy, to advance the legal argument that gun violence presents a unique vulnerability to children and their freedoms. | |||||
| Americans For Responsible Solutions Foundation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2015 |
| To test methods for diversifying and strengthening the gun violence prevention movement. More information: http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/ |
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| 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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| MomsRising Education Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBellevue, WA | Year2015 |
| To increase outreach to women and mothers about gun safety issues and educate candidates, the media, and the public about gun safety policies as an important election issue for women and mothers. More information: http://www.momsrising.org/ |
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| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2019 |
| Flipping the Script, to understand the obstacles that prevent individuals from supporting church-state separation, determine effective messages and messengers, and quantify national support of the issue. More information: http://www.au.org |
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| Educational Fund To Stop Gun Violence | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2013 |
| Policy Education Campaign in California, to educate stakeholders about the benefits of gun violence prevention policy. More information: http://www.efsgv.org/ |
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| Demos | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2017 |
| 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. More information: http://www.demos.org |
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| Constitutional Accountability Center | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2024 |
| Democracy and Voting Rights Project, to combat threats to voting by advancing an accurate historical interpretation of Constitutional voting rights that safeguards access to the ballot. More information: http://theusconstitution.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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| Civic Nation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2019 |
| 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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