The Democracy Fund invests in organizations working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.
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Supporting Servicemembers through the Military Voter Education ProjectBy Stacey Scholl / 2016 July 1stDemocracy Fund is proud to announce a new grant to the Military Officers Association of America Military Family Initiative (MMFI) for its Military Voter Education Project. Read More |
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Welcoming Aboard Srik GopalBy Joe Goldman / 2016 June 28thThis week we are excited to announce the newest addition to the Democracy Fund team – Srik Gopal, Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Impact. Read More |
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A Fresh Look for the Democracy FundBy Lauren Strayer / 2016 June 22ndOn our second anniversary as an independent foundation, the Democracy Fund is excited to share our fresh look and updated program names. Read More |
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Designing Ballots for TomorrowBy Natalie Adona / 2016 June 6thThe Elections Program at Democracy Fund proudly welcomes the Center for Civic Design as its newest grantee. Read More |
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Welcoming New TeammatesBy Joe Goldman / 2016 May 16thAs we near the Democracy Fund’s two-year Independence anniversary, we are delighted to welcome three new staff members to our team. Read More |
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Strengthening our Systems Thinking MusclesBy Donata Secondo / 2016 April 20thReflecting on what has been hard to see in the sometimes tedious day-to-day of map-building: just how strong our systems muscles are becoming. Read More |
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Deconstructing Congressional Dysfunction: A Systems-based ApproachBy Betsy Wright Hawkings / 2016 April 11thIn my years of service on Capitol Hill, I saw first hand that Congress is full of good people driven to make our world a better place. Yet for far too many Americans, Congress is not fulfilling its responsibilities as a representative body. Why? And can it be helped? Read More |
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New Faces at the Democracy FundBy Joe Goldman / 2016 April 6thThe Democracy Fund is a group of remarkably passionate, dedicated people who strive every day to make our democracy work better and we are delighted to welcome several new members to our team. Read More |
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The Language Barrier in the Voting BoothBy Terry Ao Minnis / 2016 April 4thWe need to work harder to make it as easy to vote for Americans who struggle with English as it is for everyone else. Read More |
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Mapping Systems is… ComplexBy Joe Goldman / 2016 March 31stThe Democracy Fund has spent the past year experimenting with a methodology to map the dynamic patterns and causal relationships that shape how systems involved with local journalism, elections, and Congress are influencing the health of our democracy. Here's what we've learned so far. Read More |
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