March 2010 Announcements Archive

SAVE THE DATE! FCCP Sponsored Session at COF Annual Conference: Citizens United vs. FEC Supreme Court Decision, Victory for Free Speech or Threat to Democracy?

Join FCCP in a lively and timely discussion on Sunday, April 25, 2010, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm at COF's Annual Conference in Denver Colorado!read more >>

New FCC National Broadband Plan Includes Recommendations for Modernizing the Democratic Process

More Americans engage in democratic election processes than in any other civic act. By bringing the elections process into the digital age, government can increase efficiency, promote greater civic participation and extend the ability to vote to more Americans. Click here for an excerpt of the plan.

May 12, 2010, 12-2 PM (NYC), Funders Briefing: DC Voting Rights, National Impact of the Movement for Full Democracy in DC

Date:         5/12/2010
Time:        12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location:  Carnegie Corporation, 437 Madison Ave., NYC

A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing, presented by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Open Society Insitute, The Ford Foundation, The Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, and The Arca Foundation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All interested funders.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:read more >>

NEW REPORT! 2008 Ballot Measure Overview: Interests Spend Lavishly To Influence Voters On Hot-Button Issues

This National Institute on Money in State Politics report finds that special interests and businesses spent lavishly to influence voters on hot-button issues in 2008. Money raised to support or oppose ballot measures climbed to $814 million in 2008--the highest amount since the Institute began collecting data on ballot measures in 2004. Go to report.

NEW REPORT! PACE Releases Paper on Non-College-Bound Youth

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) is pleased to announce the release of it's latest white paper, "An Inequitable Invitation to Citizenship: Non-College-Bound Youth and Civic Engagement."read more >>

March 25, 2010, 4:30–6 PM (Washington, DC), Funders Briefing: Democracy is in the Details, What's Urgent in 2010

QUIXOTE FOUNDATION and the Election Verification Network invite you to a private briefing on election and civic engagement issues, for funders only, at the

                             Hotel Palomar,
                             2121 P Street NW, Washington D.C. read more >>

March 17, 2010,12:00 – 2:30 PM (Boston, MA), Funders Briefing: Campaign Finance Reform Following The Citizens United Decision

The Piper Fund of the Proteus Fund is conducting a briefing for funders titled Campaign Finance Reform Following the Citizens United Decision on

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
12:00 – 2:30 pm
Boston read more >>

NEW REPORT! 2008 Civic Engagement Evaluation Assessment and Recommendations for the Field

The Tides Foundation Voter Action Fund is pleased to share 2008 Civic Engagement Evaluation Assessment and Recommendations for the Field, an analysis of the responses to the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation's civic engagement evaluation conducted in early 2009.

Click here for more information and the full report.

NEW REPORT! The Untold Story of the 2008 Election: the Role and Impact of 501(c)(3) Organizations

2008 was an unprecedented year in terms of civic participation, coverage and energy around the elections. But who was really responsible for the historic voter turnout? read more >>

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