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2020 Post Election Briefing: Moving Democracy Forward

Resources
- Elections
November 23, 2020

2020 Post Election Briefing: The Future of Civic Power

Resources
- Elections
November 23, 2020

Member Resource State + Local Budgets: The Next COVID-19 Battlefront

Resources
- Money in Politics
October 1, 2020

Cohosted by Economic Opportunity Funders Tuesday, October 1, 2020 The pandemic and economic fallout are placing significant strains on state and local budgets, costing millions to contain the disease and driving sharp declines in income and sales tax revenues.

Member Resource What 2020 Rapid Response Looks Like: Responsive Planning + Innovative State Mobilization Strategies

Resources
- Elections
- Election Administration
October 1, 2020

Co-hosted by Democracy Fund Tuesday, September 22, 2020 While this year has called for unprecedented shifts in 2020 election approaches, efforts are underway to address uncertain outcomes and threats to election integrity.

Census Legacies Webinar: How Census Tables Can Help Build More Inclusive + Equitable Regions

- Census
September 17, 2020

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Sponsors: Center of Social Innovation at UCR, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation, Native Americans in Philanthropy, The California Endowment Speakers: Sky Allen, IE RISE Jocelyn Bissonnette, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation Janeen Comenote, National Urban Indian Family Coalition Naomi Lett, United Way Association of South Carolina Margarita Luna, The California Endowment Karthick Ramakrishnan, Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside Erik Stegman, Native Americans in Philanthropy Patricia A.

Civic Engagement Typology

Report
- Grantmaking
September 2, 2020

More than ever, robust civic engagement is critical to ensuring we live in a just and equitable society.

Member Resource Recording: Building Narrative Power in Money in Politics + Democracy Reform Amidst Disruption

Webinar
- Money in Politics
August 6, 2020

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 2 PM ET The current COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice uprisings in the wake of the 2020 national election are dramatically reshaping the landscape of our democracy and impacting our efforts to build the reform movement’s narrative power to engage the American public.

Key 2020 Census Milestones: Updated June 2020

Fact Sheet
- Census
June 18, 2020

A timeline for grantmakers interested in supporting a fair and accurate 2020 Census.

Member Resource Recording: Vote by Mail + Voters of Color: Research, Gaps, + Learning Opportunities

Webinar
- Voting Rights
- Racial Equity
May 28, 2020

Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 3 PM ET In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, advocates’ and experts’ consensus has moved toward states needing to vastly expand their vote by mail programs to ensure people are able to exercise their right to vote and do so safely.

Member Resource Recording: Funding Election Protection + Wisconsin Lessons in Light of Changing Realities

Resources
May 27, 2020

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 3 PM ET As we are all aware, COVID-19 has laid asunder the thoughtful and effective plans our grantees had developed to engage voters and turn them out in what was expected to be record numbers in 2020.