Grants Database
Showing 224 -248 of 343 grants equaling $34,328,250.00
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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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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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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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Every Voice Center | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2016 |
To promote public financing systems for elections by highlighting recent policy victories and candidates who won with small donations and public funds. More information: http://everyvoicecenter.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 | Year2016 |
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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Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCroton Falls, NY | Year2018 |
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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Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2018 |
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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Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2018 |
Students Demand Action, to support student-led chapters in high schools, colleges, and communities across the country working to increase public awareness about gun violence issues. More information: https://everytown.org/ |
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Faith in Action | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2018 |
Live Free, to help faith leaders and community organizers reduce gun violence and end mass incarceration in impacted communities. More information: https://faithinaction.org/issue-campaign/live-free/ |
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Faith in Action | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2018 |
Together We Vote, to educate communities of color, low-income workers, women, and young people about election issues and increase voter turnout. More information: https://faithinaction.org/ |
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Generation Progress | Grant Amount$45,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2018 |
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://genprogress.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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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2018 |
Giffords Courage Fellows, to support a year-long fellowship program for students ages 16 to 20 to gain the skills to reduce gun violence in communities across the country. More information: http://lawcenter.giffords.org/ |
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Trace Media Inc | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBrooklyn, NY | Year2018 |
The Kids Who Aren’t Coming Back, to engage high school student journalists in researching and writing profiles of children fatally shot during the year following the Parkland school shooting, documenting the role of gun violence in the child’s death. More information: http://www.thetrace.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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