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Grants Database
Showing 224 -248 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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| Goldman Fund and Levi Strauss & Co. Gun Violence Prevention Grantmaking | Grant Amount | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of Support | Location | Year2020 |
| Media Matters for America | Grant Amount$8,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Voting Initiative | Grant Amount$8,670,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | Location | Year2020 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2020 |
| Reimagining the Role of Police, to reduce the role, responsibilities, and presence of police in the everyday lives of communities that are heavily policed.
More information: https://www.aclu.org |
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| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2020 |
| Policing Reform Campaign, to monitor police conduct in cities throughout the country and ensure that government officials keep communities safe, hold law enforcement officers accountable for misconduct, and improve policing tactics.
More information: www.naacpldf.org |
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| Democracy Works | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBrooklyn, NY | Year2020 |
| To build trust in the democratic process, encourage more people to vote, and equip election officials with the information and tools to effectively administer elections, including vote by mail.
More information: https://www.democracy.works |
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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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| 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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| 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$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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| Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCroton Falls, NY | Year2020 |
| To provide education, organize students and faculty, and create resources for campus-based and gun violence prevention groups to defeat policies that force colleges and universities to allow guns on campus. More information: http://www.keepgunsoffcampus.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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