2023 Ensuring Civic Engagement Grants

2023

National

• All Voting Is Local – $200,000
  • Removes discriminatory barriers to voting by tackling problems before they silence voters on Election Day.
• Mi Familia Vota – $200,000
  • Builds Latino political power by expanding the electorate and strengthening local infrastructures through year-round voter engagement.
• Movement Voter Project – $200,000
  • Builds progressive power at all levels of government by strengthening the best and most promising local community-based organizations in key states, with a focus on youth and communities of color.
• State Leadership Project – $200,000
  • Incentivizes meaningful, long-term investment in structures, organizations and leaders in states across the country, with a focus on election protection, combatting misinformation and voter education.
• Voter Formation Project – $200,000
  • Increases participation in elections using innovative and data-driven digital communications strategies to engage, register and mobilize new and infrequent voters of color.
• Entertain Impact – $100,000
  • Elevates civic engagement through voter registration of previously disenfranchised populations.

Arizona

• One Arizona – $200,000
  • Brings together partners to strategize, share resources, build progressive infrastructure and support civic engagement goals.
• Arizona Native Vote – $150,000
  • Increases voter registration and civic engagement by educating rural and tribal communities about voter registration, elections, government and voting rights.
• Arizona Center for Empowerment – $100,000
  • Builds sustainable voter registration, voter education and mutual aid programs for Latine and BIPOC communities.
• Black Phoenix Organizing Collective – $100,000
  • Builds Black power through political education and leadership development, policy advocacy and civic engagement strategies that create strong, independent and self-reliant communities.

Nevada

• Make It Work NV – $250,000
  • Shifts the landscape of our community through advocacy and education to support the long-term health and vitality of Black families.
• Make The Road – $250,000
  • Increases voter participation within BIPOC communities in Nevada.
• Asian Community Development Council – $200,000
  • Promotes, fosters, advocates and champions Asian American and Pacific Islander populations in Nevada with an emphasis on civic engagement.
• Silver State Voices – $200,000
  • Creates a more robust democracy by increasing civic participation, fostering collaboration among diverse entities and employing new tools and technology to equalize access and representation.

North Carolina

• We Are Down Home – $250,000
  • Impacts community change by increasing voter registration in rural communities of color and addressing the disinformation and voter disenfranchisement.
• Blueprint North Carolina – $200,000
  • Convenes 41 organizations to provide training and resource sharing to advocate for their communities and advance equity and social justice.
• North Carolina Asian Americans Together – $200,000
  • Fosters community among Asian Americans and allies in North Carolina through civic engagement, leadership development, grassroots mobilization and political participation.
• Southern Coalition for Social Justice – $200,000
  • Supports marginalized communities in fighting for their right to responsive representation by protecting free and fair elections.