Neo Philanthropy
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For core support of the Voting Rights Working Group
Date
Dec. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
Democracy in the United States facesmounting threats: restrictive voter identification laws, voter roll purges, limits on early voting, and partisan gerrymandering. These measures disproportionately harm voters of color, who are young, who are low-income, and/or with disabilities. Since its launch in 2010, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF), housed at NEO Philanthropy, has worked to expand voter participation and protect voting rights in underrepresented communities, raising over $200 million, and serving as a trusted donor collaborative. With Corporation support, SIF will resource its Voting Rights Working Group (VRWG)—a coalition of eleven leading national civil rights organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center for Justice, Legal Defense Fund, and the Native American Rights Fund. VRWG coordinates proactive and defensive litigation to expand ballot access, challenge tactics that undermine voter turnout, and protect voters throughout the election process. With this grant, VRWG will continue to provide a coordinated legal defense against efforts to undermine voting.
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For support of Four Freedoms Fund's nonpartisan civic engagement work
Date
Dec. 11, 2025
Duration
12 months
Description
Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy that supports state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. Over the past two decades, FFF has raised more than $300 million, supporting organizations in forty-five states and building pro-immigrant infrastructure in both traditional gateways and states with newer immigrant populations. With a focus on nonpartisan voter engagement, FFF will support immigrant-serving organizations in twenty states. The purpose will be to engage new citizens and low turnout communities in the importance of voting. FFF will also provide support to grantees on legal compliance, voting data capacity support; combat disinformation targeting voters from immigrant backgrounds; and prepare communities for Census 2030.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
12 months
Description
According to Bridgespan’s 2025 report, The Philanthropic Collaborative Landscape, funder collaboratives continue to expand. These collaboratives—often housed at nonprofit intermediaries—pool resources from multiple philanthropic sources, providing major benefits for donors interested in expanding their philanthropic contributions across issue areas and state and local organizations. Formed in 1983, NEO Philanthropy (NEO) is one such funder intermediary and has long supported two of the Corporation’s collaborative funds—the Four Freedoms Fund, which supports immigrant integration in the United States, and the State Infrastructure Fund, which supports nonpartisan voter engagement at the state and local level. With Corporation support, NEO Philanthropy will enhance its own internal capacities for legal, communications, digital security, and overall safety protocols.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
While the United States has made great strides toward realizing its democratic ideals, systemic efforts to depress voting in underrepresented communities continue. Based at NEO Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports organizations that provide voting rights protection and work to increase nonpartisan voter engagement among historically underrepresented groups across the country. Since its founding in 2010, SIF has raised more than $180 million to advance this mission. With renewed Corporation support, SIF will provide consistent, long-term funding to networks of state-based and state-focused nonpartisan organizations working on civic engagement, advocacy, election protection, and voting rights litigation.
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For core support of the Funders' Census Initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The United States census is a critical government operation designed to ensure fair political representation and adequate allocation of more than $1 trillion in federal resources to states and localities. The 2020 Census was the first online-led census, requiring new investments in infrastructure, coordination, and public education. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) manages a working group of representatives from more than 500 national, state, and community-based philanthropic organizations that have been investing resources toward a fair and accurate count since 2017. With renewed Corporation support, the Funders’ Census Initiative at the FCCP will aggregate and amplify learnings from the 2020 Census and create opportunities for funders to coordinate intercensal activities, including around redistricting, to build toward the 2030 Census.
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For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will strengthen state and regional groups across the country through grants to develop organizing and advocacy strategies, build institutional capacity, enable strategic collaboration among grantees, plan effective communications, and create intersectional alliances with unlikely allies.
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For core support of the Democracy Capacity Project
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Many small nonprofit organizations lack the resources to afford regular legal counsel and training to ensure compliance with state laws. Since 2019, the Democracy Capacity Project has been producing free, accessible resources to help nonprofit civic engagement organizations better comply with local laws and regulations. In partnership with the Alliance for Justice, the organization also provides nonpartisan trainings and pro bono assistance to help organizations design effective, compliant nonpartisan advocacy programming and identify internal operations in need of modifications. With Corporation support, the Democracy Capacity Project will develop resources for all fifty states.
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Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Although many people consider free and fair elections to be a hallmark of American democracy, the United States has seen a surge in restrictive voting laws and proposals across the country. Some state governments have been using controversial, discriminatory policies to suppress the franchise, and historically underrepresented communities—including people of color, indigenous Americans, young voters, and naturalized citizens—are being disproportionately affected. Based at NEO Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports state-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing voting rights protection and nonpartisan voter engagement among historically underrepresented groups. With Corporation support, SIF will provide consistent, long-term funding to networks of state-based and state-focused organizations that empower communities through nonpartisan civic engagement, advocacy, election protection, and voting rights litigation.
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For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups.With renewed Corporation support, FFF will strengthen state and regional groups across the country through grants to develop organizing and advocacy strategies, build institutional capacity, enable strategic collaboration among grantees, plan effective communications, and create intersectional alliances with unlikely allies.
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For support of the 2020 Census initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
7 months
Description
The United States census is a critical government operation designed to ensure fair political representation and adequate allocation of more than $1 trillion in federal resources to states and localities. The 2020 Census was the first online-led census, requiring new investments in infrastructure, coordination, and public education. Due to the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the data collection deadline was extended to October 5, 2020, which has delayed evaluations and other follow-up activities. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) manages a working group of more than 500 national, state, and community-based philanthropic organizations that have been investing resources toward a fair and accurate count since 2017. With Corporation support, the Funders Census Initiative at the FCCP will aggregate and amplify learnings from the 2020 Census and create opportunities for funders to coordinate intercensal activities, including around redistricting.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups.With Corporation support, FFF will strengthen state and regional groups across the country through grants to develop organizing and advocacy strategies, build institutional capacity, enable strategic collaboration among grantees, plan effective communications, and create intersectional alliances with unlikely allies.
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For core support of the Funders Group for Family Engagement and Parent Organizing
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
The pandemic emphasized to the world the important role families play in the education of their children. Throughout this time, we’ve learned that targeting resources and expanding capacity-building support to parent leaders can lead to profound social impact. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Group helps improve philanthropic practice to better support, partner with, and elevate the voice and leadership of parents and caregivers from low-income communities and communities of color. The Funders’ Group brings together local, state, regional, and national foundation professionals in a national network to engage in information sharing, joint learning, and networking activities that lead to financial, capacity building, convening, and other supports to parent leadership efforts. With support from the Corporation, the Funders’ Group will continue to amplify and center the voices of parents, represent, and promote the diversity of foundations with best practices in how to authentically engage in multi-issue parent organizing, family engagement, and leadership development.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
Although many people consider free and fair elections to be a hallmark of American democracy, the United States has seen a surge in restrictive voting laws and proposals across the country. Some state governments have been using controversial, discriminatory policies to suppress the franchise, and historically underrepresented communities—including people of color, indigenous Americans, young voters, and naturalized citizens—are being disproportionately affected. Based at NEO Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports state-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing voting rights protection and nonpartisan voter engagement among historically underrepresented groups. With Corporation support, SIF will provide consistent, long-term funding to networks of state-based and state-focused organizations that empower communities through nonpartisan civic engagement, advocacy, election protection, and voting rights litigation.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Although immigration advocates are successfully advancing pro-immigrant policies at the state and local levels and challenging some of the harshest anti-immigrant measures, immigrants continue to be made targets of dangerous political rhetoric and discriminatory policies. In recent years, the Trump Administration has escalated immigration raids at courthouses and places of work, separated families, detained young immigrant children, and weakened the legal immigration, refugee and asylum systems to unprecedented levels. Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigration advocacy groups. With Corporation support, FFF will support state and regional organizations across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, promote strategic collaboration among peers, increase civic engagement, devise effective communications, and create intersectional alliances with diverse allies.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
As immigrants continue to be the targets of harmful political rhetoric and discriminatory policies, voters who are closest to these communities should be empowered to make their concerns a priority at all levels of government. However, the voting rate of new citizens, and citizens of color more broadly, consistently lags that of white voters, which has lessened the pressure on policymakers to address obstacles to immigrant integration and family safety. Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a national donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. With Corporation support, FFF will strengthen the capacity, strategies, and nonpartisan voter engagement tactics of pro- immigrant groups, with the aim of motivating low-propensity and first-time voters to engage in all forms of civic participation.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund focused on nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
All Americans should have an equal opportunity to have their voices heard through voting, yet low-income communities, young voters, naturalized citizens and historically marginalized minority groups participate at lower levels and are more likely to experience voter suppression. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) supports, complements, and enhances organizations that provide voting rights protection and nonpartisan voter engagement to historically underrepresented groups across the country. With renewed Corporation support, SIF will increase voter participation and civic engagement of citizens from historically underrepresented communities, help ensure that all Americans have their right to vote respected, and build communications capacity in states for long-term voter education and mobilization.
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For support of the 2020 Census initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The United States census is a critical government operation designed to ensure fair political representation and adequate allocation of federal resources to states and localities. Accurate census data can lead to increased standards of living for some of the country’s most underserved, including racial minorities, immigrants, youth, and low-income families. However, the 2020 Census, which will be the country’s first online-led census, faces numerous challenges. They include increasingly complex living arrangements, inadequate preparations against cybersecurity threats, funding constraints, and the public’s growing mistrust of government initiatives. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) manages a working group of more than 450 national, state, and community-based philanthropic organizations who are investing resources toward a fair and accurate count. With Corporation support, the Funders Census Initiative at the FCCP will increase funders’ awareness and understanding of the 2020 Census, expand the number of funders who will invest in census operations, and serve as a technical assistance hub.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Over the past two years, immigrants have experienced a sharp increase in anti-immigrant policies at the federal level, affecting their ability to work and contribute to their communities. Immigration enforcement under the current Administration has targeted immigrants who are not only without criminal records but are also established members of their communities, including business owners, religious leaders, parents of young United States citizens, and others. Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a national donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will continue to support state and regional groups across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, strategic collaboration among grantees, effective communications, and alliances with other constituencies.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Advocates nationwide have been doubling down on efforts to counter anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies that continue to emerge following the 2016 election cycle. The numerous anti-immigrant actions taken by policymakers since the election and the emergence of anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, and anti-Muslim sentiments during the campaigns have opened a new chapter in the struggles of marginalized communities for full inclusion in society. Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will continue to support state and regional groups across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, strategic collaboration among grantees, effective communications, and alliances with other constituencies.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative that focuses on nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Class and racial tensions, intensified by vitriolic campaign rhetoric, fomented “us-against-them” politics in the 2016 election season. Fourteen states enacted new voting restrictions, which have historically impacted racial minorities and low-income communities most heavily. The election results reflected a country divided by geography, gender, age, race, income, and education. Based at Neo Philanthropy, State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports and enhances nonprofit organizations that protect voting rights and engage historically underrepresented voters nationwide. With Corporation support, SIF will continue building state networks that maximize civic and voter participation, protect voting rights, and strengthen long-term capacity for voter education and mobilization.
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For support of the 2020 census initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
The information collected in the constitutionally mandated decennial census is used to determine fair political representation and allocation of federal resources, as well as to implement and enforce civil rights laws. With the Census Bureau facing drastic financial setbacks—a shortfall of at least $300 million—many fear the consequences of the expected drop in accuracy and efficiency in the 2020 census. The Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), housed at Neo Philanthropy, has been a driving force in civic engagement grantmaking for nearly thirty-five years. By leveraging its philanthropic network of eighty-five member institutions, FCCP convenes and educates the funding community on important civic issues. With Corporation support, FCCP will foster robust, sustained, and effective foundation support around the 2020 census through outreach and recruitment, and by serving as an informational clearinghouse for funders engaged in census work.
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For support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Immigration has been a dominant theme throughout the 2016 presidential election season. Regardless of who is elected, it is likely that most immigration policy work in the coming years will continue to be focused on the state level. Advocates will have to double down on local efforts to advance positive immigration policies and counter the anti-immigrant rhetoric that has emerged from this election season. Established in 2003 with Corporation support and housed at Neo Philanthropy (formerly known as Public Interest Projects ), the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative that supports state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will continue to support state and regional groups across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, strategic collaboration among grantees, effective communications, and alliances with other constituencies.
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For support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 10, 2015
Duration
12 months
Description
With the 2016 Presidential elections looming, it is generally accepted that there will be no movement on federal immigration reform by policymakers until 2017, at the earliest. But while progress remains stalled at the federal level, there is plenty of movement at the state and local level, where policies often have much greater impact on the day-to-day lives of the public. Established in 2003 with Corporation support and housed at NEO Philanthropy (formerly known as Public Interest Projects ), the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative that supports state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will continue to support state and regional groups across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, strategic collaboration among grantees, effective communications, and alliances with other constituencies.
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For support of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
12 months
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For support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative that focuses on nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
24 months
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For dissemination and public education related to a film about the experience of undocumented immigrants
Date
Dec. 04, 2014
Duration
6 months
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For support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 04, 2014
Duration
12 months
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For support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative that focuses on nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Mar. 07, 2013
Duration
24 months
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For support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 05, 2013
Duration
12 months
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For support of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation during its 30th anniversary year
Date
Dec. 05, 2013
Duration
12 months
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For support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 13, 2012
Duration
12 months
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For the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative related to nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Dec. 15, 2011
Duration
18 months
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For the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 15, 2011
Duration
12 months
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Toward supplementing the Four Freedoms Fund's immigrant integration activities, especially in the area of strategic communications
Date
Jun. 03, 2010
Duration
18 months
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Toward establishment of a collaborative fund to encourage nonpartisan voter engagement in the states
Date
Mar. 04, 2010
Duration
12 months
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For the Four Freedoms Fund's immigrant integration activities
Date
Dec. 02, 2010
Duration
12 months
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Toward the Four Freedoms Fund's immigrant integration activities
Date
Dec. 03, 2009
Duration
12 months
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2008 membership support toward its Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Sep. 11, 2008
Duration
12 months
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Toward support of the Four Freedoms Fund's expanded activities focusing on immigrant integration
Date
Dec. 04, 2008
Duration
12 months
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As a final grant toward support of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Mar. 06, 2008
Duration
24 months
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Toward a funder collaborative promoting an examination of affirmative action policies
Date
Dec. 06, 2007
Duration
24 months
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Toward the Fund for Education Organizing, a network of funders engaged in improving student outcomes through community organizing
Date
Mar. 01, 2007
Duration
36 months
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2007 membership support toward its Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Dec. 06, 2007
Duration
12 months
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Toward an immigrant civic integration initiative
Date
Dec. 06, 2007
Duration
39 months
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Toward a funder collaborative on immigrant civic integration
Date
Dec. 06, 2007
Duration
24 months
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Toward building the capacity of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation in preparation for increased funder outreach and education prior to the 2008 elections
Date
Dec. 07, 2006
Duration
15 months
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Toward a funder collaborative on immigrant civic integration
Date
Dec. 07, 2006
Duration
12 months
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2006 membership support toward its Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Sep. 28, 2006
Duration
12 months
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Toward a funder collaborative on immigrant civic integration
Date
Dec. 01, 2005
Duration
12 months
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Toward a funder collaborative promoting an examination of affirmative action policies
Date
Mar. 03, 2005
Duration
15 months
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Toward a funder collaborative on immigrant civic integration
Date
Dec. 02, 2004
Duration
12 months