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Creating Real Change by Empowering eople to Help Shape Public Policy.


Current Grantees

2011 Grantees

 

Domestic

Spring 2011

Brave New Foundation
Culver City, CA
$25,000
To support the production of and outreach for a multi-media documentary series about the political and philanthropic giving of the Koch brothers

Center for Working Families
New York, NY
$35,000
To support a public education campaign about the impacts of establishing a state-owned bank in Oregon

Coalition for DC Representation (DC Vote)
Washington, DC
$50,000
For general support 

Institute for Policy Studies
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the Program on Inequality and the Common Good’s grassroots democracy network, “The Other 98%

Movement Strategy Center
Oakland, CA
$50,000
To support the Rebuild The Dream Innovation Fund

The Nation Institute
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Nation Institute Investigative Fund’s series on the poverty industry

National People’s Action (dba)
Chicago, IL
$150,000
To support the New Bottom Line, the bank accountability campaign

New Organizing Institute Education Fund
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support Citizen Engagement Laboratory’s economic campaigns

ProgressiveCongress.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
For general support

Public Accountability Initiative
Buffalo, NY
$25,000
To support research on corporate accountability to be used in grassroots organizing campaigns

Public Campaign
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support corporate money in politics research and messaging efforts that enhance issue campaigns

Public Interest Projects
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support CorporateDisclosure.org

Taxpayers for Common Sense
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support a public accountability campaign that raises public awareness of ineffective and wasteful government spending

The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
New York, NY
$50,000
To support Roosevelt Institute fellows working on financial reform

Tides Center
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support production and distribution of two Story of Stuff web-based movies

Women’s Action for New Directions Education Fund
Arlington, MA
$35,000
To support media and messaging training related to the federal budget and military spending

Fall 2011

ACCE Institute
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000
For general support

Alliance for Global Justice
Washington, DC
$35,000
To support training and education of participants at the United Students Against Sweatshops National Conference

Center for Economic and Policy Research
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support CEPR's work on financial reform

Courage Campaign Institute
Los Angeles, CA
$55,000
For general support

Culture Project
New York, NY
$40,000
To support Blueprint for Accountability

Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action
New York, NY
$75,000.00
To support Demos’ financial reform project

Fund for Constitutional Government
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support Tax Justice Network USA

Institute for America’s Future
Washington, DC
$50,000
For general support

National People’s Action
Chicago, IL
$75,000
To support the Make Wall Street Pay Campaign

National People’s Action
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the New Bottom Line Campaign’s Communications Hub

New York Communities Organizing Fund, Inc. (NYCOFI)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support NYCOFI’s foreclosure relief program

Public Citizen Foundation
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support Public Citizen’s financial reform work

Public Interest Pictures
Culver City, CA
$25,000
To support Bal Maiden Films in post-production and initial promotion/distribution costs of the film WE ARE WISCONSIN

Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the Campaign for a Fair Settlement

International

Spring 2011

Arts Engine
Claremont, CA
$50,000
To support Access

J Street Education Fund
Washington, DC
$100,000
For general support

Latin America Working Group Education Fund
Washington, DC
$35,000
To support efforts that promote a just security approach to U.S. policy towards Latin America

National Security Archive Fund
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support the U.S.-Iran Relations Project

Washington Office on Latin America
Washington, DC
$25,000.00
To support WOLA’s Regional Security Policy Program

Fall 2011

B’Tselem USA
Washington, DC
$35,000
For general support

Center for International Policy
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support Win Without War

Federation of American Scientists
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the Beyond Iran’s Nuclear Proliferation Predicament Campaign

US Campaign for Burma
Washington, DC
$25,000
For general support

Musgrove

National Security Archive Fund
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support a conference on a pivotal episode in U.S.-Iran relations

Philanthropy

Communications Network
New York, NY
$1,500
For general support

Community Partners
Los Angeles, CA
$500
To support the Funders Network on Trade & Globalization

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Sebastopol, CA
$500
For general support

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
$1,500
For general support

Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC
$800
For general support

Ploughshares Fund
San Francisco, CA
$500
For support of the Peace and Security Funders Group

Public Interest Projects
New York, NY
$2,500
To support the Funders Committee for Civic Participation

Proteus Fund
Amherst, MA
$500
To support the International Human Rights Funders Group

Travel

Backbone Campaign
Vashon, WA
$3000

The White House Project
New York, NY
$2500

USAction Education Fund
Washington, DC
$3500

Institute for America's Future
Washington, DC
$2000

Institue for Policy Studies
(The Other 98%)
Washington, DC
$5000

Center for International Policy
(Afghanistan Study Group)
Washington, DC
$5000

New Organizing Institute Education Fund
(GetEQUAL Education Fund)
Washington, DC
$2500

Backbone Campaign
Vashon, WA
$3000

Interfaith Peace-Builders
Washington, DC
$2500

Center for International Policy
Washington, DC
$3000

Appalachian Voices
Boone, NC
$2500

Public Campaign
Washington, DC
$3500