Under Represented Communities

California Civic Participation Funders
Joining Forces to Increase Impact

How can foundations help build movements for opportunity and social change... and win? An innovative partnership of 10 foundations is working in four counties in California to increase civic participation in communities of color and among low-income populations. A case study on the effort explores what’s unique about this funder collaborative aimed at collective impact, what it’s accomplished so far, and where it’s going.read more >>

A report by CIRCLE (Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement)

(From the Executive Summary)

Youth civic engagement is critical to our democracy. Young people benefit personally by participating and communities need their voices and their energies to address problems. The future of our democracy depends on each new generation developing the skills, values and habits of participation.read more >>

Civic engagement is a useful tool that can help any organization advance its mission. In this useful one-page fact sheet you’ll learn the three major factors in civic engagement success and see FCCP’s key recommendations for funding the civic engagement work of your grantees.

Download FCCP's 2012 Civic Engagement Funding Best Practices fact sheet and share it with your colleagues!

Supporting nonpartisan civic engagement work is both necessary- and legal!  FCCP's indispensible and updated guide, A Funders Guide to Legal Issues, helps de-mystify the IRS rules for funding voter registration, education and ballot campaigns and answers grantmaker's most commonly asked questions. read more >>

Click to view the report: Turning Point: The Changing Landscape for Women Candidates

The “Millennial Generation” (born post-1980, ages 18-30) is the largest, most racially and ethnically diverse generation the US has ever known. However, it is clear that race continues to play a role in their lives.read more >>

2010 was a turning point for women running for Governor — and a turning point in our 12 years of researching their campaigns. In the midst of the most partisan political landscape in recent history, gender disadvantages faded and women candidates showed distinct advantages over their male competitors. More than ever, gender has the potential to become a strategic asset for women running for executive office.read more >>

Inside the report you’ll find:
• An overview of our funding strategy of providing long term, general support funding to a select group of grantees
• Strategies and outcomes that show how our funds helped support a group of organizations that are bringing justice and equity to low income and communities of color.
• Video profilesof 2 grantees – Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Communities for a Better Environment
• What worked, what didn’t and what we’d do differently read more >>

Immigrant civic engagement is an increasingly critical issue for the United States. Immigrant civic engagement may take various forms, but naturalization, voting registration and voter turnout are key measures or benchmarks.

This report examines immigrant civic participation in terms of immigrants’ current engagement, the capacity of states to provide naturalization and voting registration, and the impact that immigrants are having on the adult citizen population in theU.S.read more >>

Each year, the Hispanic population—and with it the Hispanic electorate—continues to grow across the nation. Heading into the redistricting process, that growth plays a role both in helping states gain seats and in preventing states that lose seats from experiencing greater losses. In recently released 2010 Census population totals, minorities accounted for roughly 70% of the growth in the U.S. voting-age population in the last decade, with Latinos alone accounting for 40% of that growth.read more >>