Genres Public Interest

Turbocharging youth voter engagement, especially at community colleges, trade, technical and vocational schools, at People of Color Serving Institutions

Civic Influencers

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Civic Influencers mission is to create more young leaders across the country. We are strategic in recruiting, training, and mentoring young leaders in swing districts and states. These young leaders – called Civic Influencers – helped achieve the remarkable youth voter turnout levels we saw in 2022. Read More

Ballona Waachnga Project

Daniel Rothman & Halina Kliem

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

A long-term interdisciplinary project tracing the effect of climate change on the Ballona Wetlands, installed in varying incarnations for art, science, and community contexts as educational and artistic experiences. Read More

Independent News Curation Team

OptOut Media Foundation

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

The OptOut Media Foundation has a mission to educate the public about current events and help sustain a diverse media ecosystem by promoting and assisting independent news outlets and, in doing so, advance democracy and social justice. Read More

Vanguard Social: Visions of Southern Queer Resistance

Rose-Grayson, Carolyn

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

“Vanguard Social: Visions of Southern Queer Resistance,” highlights the works of Southern QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous People of Color) artists as a means of empowering and uplifting their lived experience. Read More