The Center for Public (CPI) Integrity will combine its historic strength in follow-the-money reporting with a rejuvenated approach to data analysis, digital presentation and high-impact distribution to make the influence of special interests on the 2016 presidential election impossible to ignore and relevant to a wider audience.

To support a process to develop a competition between communities with access to next-generation networks (i.e. up to at least a gig to some premises) to leverage their internet capacity to promote stronger democratic processes and increase civic engagement. In short, Democracy on a Gig.

The purpose of this grant is to support the Morrison Institute’s research into the practice of Citizen’s Initiative Review.

To provide support for the ongoing development and maintenance of a website that provides the election administration community with unfiltered news and information, communicates innovation, and fosters information sharing across jurisdictions.

The purpose of this grant is to understand how newsrooms can better optimize their engagement metrics, particularly with election‐related coverage.

Grantee plans to increase turnout in participatory budgeting (PB) processes by using TurboVote to provide consistent, streamlined election reminders for the City of Boston’s participatory budgeting program for youth, Youth Lead the Change (YLC).

The purpose of this grant is to train journalists on using the Internet Archive’s new digital library resources of political ads and television news.

The project will create greater understanding and transparency on how political giving affects the universe of viable candidates, in hopes of developing messaging strategies that draw attention to the key role major campaign funders have in citizen ability to shape electoral bodies and therefore eventual policy.

To provide state and local election administrators with a common location for reporting mail system problems and allowing that information to give a comprehensive picture on the scope of problems across the country.

Increase the amount of information available through the U.S. Vote Civic Data Application Programming Interface (API), including state voter requirements, election dates and deadlines, and voting methods. This will increase Rock the Vote access to information for their users.

The purpose of this grant is to support Voice of San Diego’s Membership Academy.

The purpose of this grant is to create a coalition of experts from inside and outside of Congress to creative a constructive, cohesive vision for a Resilient Democracy.

To give local election administrators the skills to make better use of their own election data by providing detailed training on how to collect, visualize, and analyze data to make arguments about cost or efficiency.

The Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership identifies and brings together promising young political leaders to explore the underlying values and principles of western democracy, the relationship between individuals and their community, and the responsibilities of public leadership.

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is an agency within the Library of Congress that works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and members of both the House and Senate.

Common Cause Education Fund is an major organization supporting civic reform in the U.S., working for improvements in both election administration and campaign finance. At the national level, they are major player in shaping conversations around voting and participation rights. Their strong state chapters continue to build local coalitions for many of the reforms that the Democracy Fund believes strengthen our democracy.

The purpose of this grant is to support the Local News Lab in New Jersey. Dodge has been a co-funder (using Knight Funds) of our work with Rutgers and Free Press. They are also involved in a number of other initiatives well aligned with our priorities.

The purpose of this grant is to convene a group of journalists and people passionate about the news along with one or two featured journalist guests over a meal. The idea, dubbed “Let’s Read the News,” is a form of book club for journalism.

Take Back Our Republic (TBOR) focuses on giving concerned conservatives a voice on campaign finance reform issues. Their activities include: research, education, and advocacy to return political power to individuals.

The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) focuses on three areas: training local governments on technology to enhance engagement with their communities, developing low to no cost tools for governmental use, and helping develop infrastructure to evaluate interactions between citizens and government.