The Leadership Conference Education Fund
Project Title
As a final grant for support of its voting and voting rights program
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite no challenges to the 2024 presidential election results, false claims of election fraud in the 2020 election continue to fuel efforts to restrict voting access for Americans across the country. At the same time, a combination of social media, artificial intelligence (AI), and bad actors (foreign and domestic) seek to spread disinformation and sow division, contributing to increased public distrust in elections and government. With renewed Corporation support, The Leadership Conference Education Fund aims at increasing voting and protecting voting rights and in addressing the impact of AI in spreading disinformation and misinformation. The Leadership Conference Education Fund will also further its efforts to promote greater technology platform accountability, especially as AI advances, to ensure tech companies have in place and enforce voter interference/election disinformation policies.
Project Title
For support of its voting and voting rights program
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
False claims of election fraud in the 2020 election have fueled new efforts to restrict voting access for historically disenfranchised Americans across the country. At the same time, the combination of social media, artificial intelligence, and bad actors (foreign and domestic) who seek to spread disinformation and sow division have contributed to increased public distrust in elections and government. With Corporation support, the Leadership Conference Education Fund will lead efforts to safeguard democratic institutions and advance civil rights by protecting voting rights, including addressing the harmful risks posed by the technological proliferation of mis- and disinformation.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
36 months
Description
Since the Supreme Court ruling inShelby County v. Holder(2013) gutted voting rights protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965,states have closedpolling locations in underserved districts, removedvoters from voting rolls, and enactedvoter identification requirements that many are either unable to meet or are inadequately informed about.Social mediahasalsoenableddisinformation campaigns to further undermine trust in elections andpublic educationcampaigns, contributing to lowered faith in government and democratic participation.Since 1969, the Leadership Conference Education Fund has served as the education and research arm of one of the largest legacy civil rights coalitions in the country. The education fund aims to build public will for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of every person in the United States.With Corporation support, the education fund will spearheadpublic educationcampaigns that empower and mobilize advocates at the local, state,and federal levels.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Since the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder dismantling key voter protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, more than twenty states have advanced policies that make it more difficult for already marginalized Americans to exercise their right to vote. Moreover, millions of Americans are at risk of being discounted in the upcoming 2020 Census, which determines congressional representation and the distribution of more than $675 billion in federal funds to states and localities. Since 1969, the Leadership Conference Education Fund has served as the education and research arm of one of the largest legacy civil rights coalitions in the country. The education fund works to build public will for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of all people. This includes advancing voting rights protections and guaranteeing a fair, accurate census. With renewed Corporation support, the education fund will spearhead public education campaigns that empower and mobilize advocates at local, state, and federal levels
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Recent years have challenged civil rights advocates and the disenfranchised communities they work to represent. Jurisdictions nationwide are proposing discriminatory electoral changes quicker than the courts can strike them down; the Census Bureau faces deep funding cuts that jeopardize the accuracy of the decennial census, which helps determine congressional representation and allocate federal resources; and the current Administration has raised unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, casting serious doubt on U.S. electoral processes. As the leading expert on civil rights research and education, the Leadership Conference Education Fund builds public will for federal policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the U.S. With renewed Corporation support, the education fund will continue to draw attention to a wide range of pressing civil rights issues, including voting rights, an accurate 2020 census, immigration, and a fair, independent judiciary.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 10, 2015
Duration
24 months
Description
Civil rights advocates in the United States are at a pivotal moment. The country is about to enter its first presidential election campaign without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act since the law was partially struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013—and many state and local governments have introduced bills to limit access to the polls. And although the 2020 census is five years away, efforts to defund it and exclude underrepresented groups from the decennial tradition are already underway. With Corporation support, as the leading expert on civil rights research and education, the Leadership Conference Education Fund (the education fund) will continue its public education, outreach, and communications campaign to educate the public about the importance of voting rights; the 2020 Census; and redistricting. It will also undertake strategic planning, which includes ensuring a sound plan for succession of the organization’s leadership.
Project Title
For a public education, outreach, and communications campaign on the importance of voting rights
Date
Mar. 06, 2014
Duration
15 months
Project Title
Toward immigrant policy reform and civil rights education
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
12 months
Project Title
Toward focus group research and polling within African American and immigrant communities
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
6 months
Project Title
Toward a public education initiative on the impact of the enforcement mechanisms of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Date
Dec. 01, 2005
Duration
12 months