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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
Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington	Grant Amount$100,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportProject Support	LocationWashington, DC	Year2023
To document and expose attacks on democracy and conduct research, legal actions, and communications to ensure accountability for individuals who abuse the political system. More information: http://citizensforethics.org
Media Matters for America	Grant Amount$150,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportGeneral Support	LocationWashington, DC	Year2023
To efficiently track sources of disinformation in the media in order to respond strategically and effectively. More information: http://www.mediamatters.org
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
Free Speech for People	Grant Amount$50,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportProject Support	LocationAmherst, MA	Year2023
Protecting US Elections, to challenge voter intimidation and suppression, the use of insecure voting systems, and unequal voting conditions. More information: http://www.freespeechforpeople.org
Head Count Inc	Grant Amount$100,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportGeneral Support	LocationNew York, NY	Year2023
To advance participation in democracy by reaching young people at events and through digital outreach to encourage them to register and turn out to vote. More information: http://www.headcount.org
Inequality Media	Grant Amount$30,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportGeneral Support	LocationBerkeley, CA	Year2016
To educate and mobilize the public on issues related to income inequality through original videos and accompanying outreach and engagement campaigns.
Alliance for Youth Organizing	Grant Amount$50,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportProject Support	LocationWashington, DC	Year2017
To promote policy changes that make voting easier and more appealing to young people and expand programs to increase youth voter turnout nationally. More information: http://www.allianceforyouthorganizing.org/
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
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
Common Cause Education Fund	Grant Amount$125,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportProject Support	LocationWashington, DC	Year2012
Poll Monitoring Initiative, to ensure that all eligible citizens have access to the vote by placing poll monitors on Election Day and combating and tracking voter intimidation.
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
URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity	Grant Amount$100,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportProject Support	LocationWashington, DC	Year2023
Integrated Voter Engagement Campaign, to increase participation in elections by young voters through their interest in reproductive rights. More information: http://www.choiceusa.org
Story of Stuff Project	Grant Amount$35,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportProject Support	LocationBerkeley, CA	Year2015
Community Engagement Initiative, to provide training and tools to increase and deepen individuals' civic participation.
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/
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
The Barack Obama Foundation	Grant Amount$1,000,000	Program AreaDemocracy and Civil Liberties	Type of SupportCapital Support	LocationSan Francisco, CA	Year2018
Obama Presidential Center. More information: http://https://www.obama.org/

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