2007 Grantees

Our Collective Vision: Democracy and Justice

Tides’ Voter Action Fund provides timely, targeted funding aimed at magnifying the electoral power of diverse, progressive constituencies, issues and organizations; and funding focused on efforts to make the ideal of democracy real for all Americans, with particular attention paid to removing legal and social barriers to full civic participation.

December 2007: Summary Grant Recommendations

Building Inclusive Democracy $450,000
Advancement Project 150,000
Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights/National Campaign for Fair Elections 150,000
NAACP Legal Defense Fund/Prepare to Vote Project 150,000
Seizing the Moment $415,000
Blue Green Alliance/Public Health Institute 25,000
Campaign for America’s Future 80,000
Campaign for Consumer Rights 25,000
Campaign to Defend America / Americans Against Escalation in Iraq 30,000
League of Conservation Voters 115,000
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund 50,000
National Wildlife Action 15,000
Sierra Club 75,000
Framing and Communicating Progressive Values $360,000
Progress Through Action 100,000
Catholics United 15,000
NDN, Inc. 140,000
People for the American Way 25,000
The Opportunity Agenda 50,000
Working Families Organization 30,000
The New Electoral Mainstream $430,000
Center for Community Change 100,000
League of Independent Voters 50,000
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote California Collaborative 50,000
NAACP Voter Fund 100,000
National Committee on Black Civic Participation 25,000
People for the American Way Foundation /Democracia USA 25,000
SCOPE/Pushback Network 30,000
Women’s Voices Women’s Vote 50,000
Building State, Local and Regional Infrastructure $480,000
Center for Civic Action 10,000
Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues 100,000
Gamaliel Foundation 100,000
Northeast Action Campaign 25,000
Progress Now (CO) 50,000
SouthWest Organizing Project 25,000
US Action 95,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils 50,000
Western States Center 25,000
TOTAL $2,335,000
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