To provide support for the field of elections and voting research through participation in the Civic Engagement and Elections Research Collaborative Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund.

Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of the Constitution’s text and history. They work in the courts, through government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all in America and to protect the judiciary from politics and special interests.

Algorithmic Justice League, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, conducts and publicizes research investigating algorithmic bias in high visibility commercial and public sector AI systems.

General operating support for Free Press. 

The Defending Democratic Institutions (DDI) project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) assesses and counters technology-enabled threats to our judicial system. The project sends alerts about threats from malign interference, trains judiciary workers on how to respond to threats, and conducts research into this interference.

The purpose of this grant is to support Business Forward Foundation’s project to 1) organize business leaders and train them speak out on the business benefits of diversity and inclusiveness, 2) to strengthen an ad campaign to support the organizing work, and 3) to develop a storefront sign campaign around diversity, inclusion and empathy. A portion of this grant will also support the costs of Business Forward Foundation conducting an audit of its 2018 financials.

To support One America Movement, a fiscally sponsored project of Repair the World, to conduct leadership development trainings focused on polarization and pluralism. 

The Institute for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University trains new cadres of black journalists through new fellowships; runs Social Justice Reporting Collaboratives between students at Morgan State and other journalism institutions; and produces research on the needs of black communities residing in news deserts or facing otherwise biased or insufficient news.

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a fiscally sponsored project of Morehouse College, is a news trade organization dedicated to increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting.

This grant will provide general support for College to Congress. 

The Equity Alliance is the leading Black-led grassroots organization in Tennessee promoting intentional, unapologetic, innovative, and culturally relevant year-round civic engagement among Black communities, while providing their communities with the tools and knowledge they need to be self-determining and create sustainable change.

The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) will create and revise resources on libel and defamation insurance for nonprofit news organizations. INN will expand their insurance program and partner with nonprofit organizations to develop short- and long-term solutions to lowering the cost of insurance for nonprofit journalists so that they are protected against lawsuits related to their reporting.

This grant will support a project of GovLab, a program within the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University, to develop a handbook for congressional offices with techniques for increasing citizen voice in the policymaking process and improving constituent engagement through new technologies. The grant also will allow GovLab to pilot projects with several congressional offices for using open source software to test some of the techniques outlined in the handbook. 

More in Common’s (MiC) is conducting a three-part research strategy to better understand and diagnose the challenges around American identity, civic and cultural norms, race, polarization and violence mitigation. They will test and refine messaging to identify approaches that can reach and resonate with a majority of Americans.

The Native American Journalists Association supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while holding the media accountable in their portrayals of Native American and Indigenous communities.

The People’s Parity Project is a nationwide network of law students and new attorneys organizing to unrig the legal system and build a justice system that values people over profits.

Race Forward’s Institutional and Sectoral Change program builds resources to equip civil society to counter authoritarianism and support transnational networks of young people committed to pro-democracy movement building.

The Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project (RDYR) is an independent nonprofit investigative reporting and research organization that advances public understanding of the unique risks that America’s rural youth face online. They convene stakeholders including researchers, journalists, technologists, parents, educators, religious leaders, and mental health providers.

The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP)’s Democracy Learning and Action Cohort will convene trustees and senior staff decision-makers of family philanthropies to encourage philanthropic and other civic investments that have the potential to strengthen and fortify democracy and voting rights in the U.S.

The Revolving Door Project, a fiscally sponsored project of The Good Nation Foundation Inc., scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.