Making Grants

February 7, 2018 Voqal is pleased to announce three new grants to organizations working in Oregon to enhance the community and strengthen social equity. The grants of $30,000 to Common Cause, $15,000 to the Oregon Progressive Fund and $10,000 to the Oregon Student Association reflect Voqal’s commitment to support progressive movements for social change. Common

February 1, 2018 Voqal is pleased to announce two new grants to organizations working in Minnesota to enhance the community and strengthen social equity. The grants of $25,000 to the Land Stewardship Project and $50,000 to WIN Minnesota reflect Voqal’s commitment to support progressive movements for social change. The Landship Stewardship Project The Landship Stewardship

January 19, 2017 On November 3, 2015, Seattle voters passed by double-digit margins a locally grown reform measure that promises to radically change how candidates for public office finance their campaigns. Won with a resounding 64 percent of the vote, the measure: Introduces a first-in-the-nation, voluntary, publicly financed “voucher” system that will provide four vouchers

January 9, 2018 As part of our ongoing series about Voqal’s philanthropic investments aimed at getting money out of politics, we take a look at past efforts at addressing campaign finance reform in New York City. In the wake of the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, many eyes turned to New York as a

December 20, 2017 Voqal recently embarked on a follow-on research effort to understand more deeply the shifting dynamics of the money-in-politics (MiP) field and identify the best role for Voqal going forward. This week, our ongoing series about Voqal’s strategic philanthropic investments to get money out of politics focuses on the final theme from this

December 13, 2017 Voqal recently embarked on a follow-on research effort to understand more deeply the shifting dynamics of the money-in-politics (MiP) field and identify the best role for Voqal going forward. This week, as part of our ongoing series about Voqal’s strategic philanthropic investments to get money out of politics, we focus on the

December 6, 2017 Voqal recently embarked on a follow-on research effort to understand more deeply the shifting dynamics of the money-in-politics (MiP) field and identify the best role for Voqal going forward. This week, as part of our ongoing series about our strategic philanthropic investments to get money out of politics, we focus on the

December 1, 2017 In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Voqal embarked on a follow-on research effort to understand more deeply the shifting dynamics of the money-in-politics (MiP) field and identify the best role for Voqal going forward. In the first entry of part two of our series focused on Voqal’s strategic review of

November 28, 2017 As we continue our series on Voqal’s recent strategic review of its philanthropic investments to address money in politics, we look at the final recommendation from the Taking Money Out of Politics: A Weighty Lift report. Looking for even more information on this issue? Be sure to check out last week’s post

November 21, 2017 The fifth entry of our series featuring Voqal’s recent strategic review of its philanthropic investments to address money in politics focuses on the need to develop effective measurement tools and benchmarks. Missed last week’s entry? Read it now to learn how leveraging extensive media and technology expertise and relationships can lead to