State-Based Nonprofit Infrastructure

Supporting nonpartisan civic engagement work is both necessary- and legal!  De-mystify the rules for funding voter registration, education and ballot campaigns with FCCP’s indispensible and updated guide for grantmakers.
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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 >>

A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning is a tool developed for advocates, evaluators, and funders who want guidance on how to evaluate advocacy and policy change effread more >>

When foundations and other donors in Minnesota provided funding to 15 nonprofits to bring about systemic, long-term change, Minnesota's citizens and communities benefited from a return on that investment of $138 for every dollar spent.read more >>

In a recently released report, Improving State Voter Registration Databases, funded by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the National Academy of Sciences makes a series of recommendations to improve statewide voter registration databases.read more >>

When it comes to funder collaboratives, is the whole truly greater than the sum of its parts? Can foundations make a bigger impact with grant dollars by working together than by going it alone? Yes, grantmakers say, as long as members define their goals, set clear operational guidelines, and work from the start to make the collaborative function well for grantees.read more >>

Project Vote has released a research memorandum, Sustaining Voter Participation Levels in 2010: Summary of Findings, on how to sustain voter participation for the 2010 election.read more >>

After more than a year of development, The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI), a non-partisan research institute affiliated with the George Washington University, has launched an exciting, fun-to-use tool.read more >>

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.