Announcements

NEW REPORT! 2008 Ballot Measure Overview

The National Institute on Money in State Politics report finds 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.

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 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 >>

March 24, 2010, 10 AM – 2:30 PM (NYC), Funders Briefing: Campaign Finance Reform Following the Citizens United Decision

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

Wednesday, March 24th
10 AM – 2:30 PM
the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
New York

This panel presentation with advocates and legal experts considers the far-reaching impact of the Supreme Court's recent Citizens United v. FEC decision. A funders-only discussion will follow.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 >>

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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