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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.

National Civic Engagement

*Center for Community Change
www.communitychange.org
The Center for Community Change strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots groups to enhance their leadership, voice and power. 

*Democracia USA
www.democraciausa.org
Democracia USA is a national nonpartisan Hispanic civic engagement, voter empowerment, community organizing, and leadership development organization.

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.”

*Piper Fund
www.proteusfund.org/programs/piper-fund/about
Piper Fund was established in 1997 as a funder collaborative to support the growing movement of campaign finance reform efforts at the state level.

*USAction Education Fund
ww.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.

*Working America Education Fund
www.workingamerica.org
The Working America Education Fund reaches heartland America with a progressive perspective on economic issues.

* NNCF makes a limited number of board-directed grants to pre-selected organizations.

 
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