Making Grants

February 22, 2017 Mikva Challenge develops youth to be informed, empowered and active citizens and community leaders. It does this by engaging youth in action civics, an authentic and transformative learning process built on youth voice and expertise. Its programs continue to teach young people how to be civic changemakers who have the power to

February 2, 2017 Voqal recently released its first-ever annual report and is featuring some of the stories from the report on our blog. To read more download Voqal’s Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report: Taking Risks. Voqal Fund’s early support of New Media Ventures (NMV) is another example of risk taking. NMV is a first of

January 6, 2017   Not An Alternative is a New York-based collective and nonprofit organization that works at the intersection of art, activism and pedagogy to affect popular understandings of events, symbols, institutions and history. Through engaged critical research and design, the group curates and produces interventions on material and immaterial space, bringing together tools

December 29, 2016 Action for Common Good is a sister organization of the Center for Popular Democracy, which works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances and progressive unions. The Center for Popular Democracy strengthens the collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant,

December 19, 2016 This past Thursday, Voqal held its first-ever convening of grantees at Voqal Call: Chicago and it was a huge success. Voqal grantees from all over Chicago and Illinois came to the Hotel Palomar in Chicago to learn from each other and collaborate on potential strategies for advancing social change. By tapping into

December 14, 2016 FairVote Minnesota works for better democracy through public education and advocacy. It focuses on progressive voting systems that lead to greater competitiveness, better representation and more participation in elections. It advocates for voting systems with a demonstrated record of success in producing these qualities such as Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in single-winner

December 9, 2016 Free Speech TV (FSTV) a national, independent news network committed to advancing progressive social change. As an alternative to television networks owned by billionaires, governments and corporations, FSTV amplifies underrepresented voices and those working on the front lines of social, economic and environmental justice. Reaching over 40 million U.S. television households, it

December 6, 2016 Voqal’s first-ever convening of grantees and partners in Chicago is just over a week away! At the Voqal Call: Chicago convening, Voqal will dive deep into the question of what it is going to take to create a more equitable and informed society as it and its partners move into increasingly challenging

November 29, 2016 The ACLU of Colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fulfilling the promise of equal justice under the law for all Coloradans. It is the state’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. It advocates for members of disenfranchised communities, including people of color, LGBT persons, women, immigrants, low-income people, homeless, prisoners,

November 17, 2016 The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Action is a national resource and strategy center that supports state legislators in advancing and defending progressive policies across the country. With a long-term vision of building progressive power and infrastructure at the state level, it has built a network of more than 1,500 elected officials who