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The Foundation makes grants to local and national organizations in the areas of public policy, social justice and voter education. Locally, the Foundation supports DC-based advocacy organizations that work hand in hand with the Foundation’s health care, youth development, housing, and human services grantees. Nationally, the Foundation makes grants to organizations working in the areas of reproductive rights, voter education, and voter mobilization.
Civic Affairs
Center for Community Changewww.communitychange.org
The Center for Community Change strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots groups to enhance their leadership, voice and power.
DC Action for Children
www.dckids.org
DC Action for Children is a multi-issue advocacy organization dedicated to improving conditions for children, youth, and families in the District of Columbia.
DC Appleseed Center
www.dcappleseed.org
DC Appleseed conducts research and analyses that address important public policy issues facing Washington, DC and advocates for practical solutions to some of DC's most challenging problems.
DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
www.teenpregnancydc.org
DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy works to reduce the teen pregnancy rate in the District of Columbia by galvanizing public support, training parents, listening to teens and keeping the spotlight focused on teen pregnancy prevention.
DC Fiscal Policy Institute
www.dcfpi.org
DC Fiscal Policy Institute works to analyze the District’s fiscal problems and makes recommendations for addressing serious budget shortfalls in ways that protect services vital to low-income residents.
DC Vote
www.dcvote.org
DC Vote educates the public about the need for District of Columbia citizens to obtain full voting representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
*Development GAP
www.developmentgap.org/
The Development Gap works to assist in the promotion of economic justice across the Third World by helping to maximize control by poor communities and sectors over their own development in the face of impositions from the North.
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
www.fightcrime.org
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is comprised of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors who take a hard nosed look at crime prevention strategies, inform the public and policymakers about those findings, and urge government investment in programs proven effective by research.
Global Fund for Women
www.globalfundforwomen.org
Global Fund for Women awards more than 500 grants totaling $5.7 million to organizations around the world that government aid and private philanthropy rarely reach.
Government Accountability Project
www.whistleblower.org
Government Accountability Project helps to ensure government and corporate accountability by uniting whistleblowers’ inside information and expertise with concerned citizens, policymakers and the media and gives legal assistance to employees who choose to “blow the whistle.”
People For the American Way Foundation
www.pfaw.org
People for the American Way Foundation advocates for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society.
Project Vote
www.projectvote.org
Project Vote works to create and sustain increased levels of voter participation by low-income, minority, and other disenfranchised communities.
Social Action and Leadership School for Activists, a program of the Institute for Policy Stuides
www.hotsalsa.org
The Social Action and Leadership School for Activists offers affordable evening classes in Washington, D.C., to make D.C.-based activists and organizations more effective.
US Action Education Fund
www.usactioneducationfund.org
USAction Education Fund works to increase civic and voter participation, especially among the traditionally under-represented constituencies, such as people of color.
Women's Voices Women Vote
www.wvwv.org
Women's Voices. Women Vote. works to activate unmarried Americans in government and democracy.
* NNCF makes a limited number of board-directed grants to pre-selected organizations.
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