FairVote
For Support Of Strategic Planning For FairVote’s Electoral Reform Efforts
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Amount$30,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/26/2014
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
FairVote is a nonpartisan organization working as a catalyst for electoral reform and voting rights at the federal, state, and local level. Using its unique networks, analysis, strategic insight and body of research , FairVote has become widely regarded as the leading advocate for adoption of instant-runoff voting, proportional representation, and the national popular vote, among other reforms. FairVote has also focused on how electoral innovation can improve the quality of representation by, for example, increasing the number of women and minorities in the legislature. This grant would support FairVote as it strengthens its leadership team, brining in a new program director to sort its visionary founder, Rob Richie, as he transitions from overarching responsibilities for thought leadership, organizational representation and field leadership, and operations to a role more narrowly focused on field leadership.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.fairvote.org
Address
6930 Carroll Ave Suite 240, Takoma Park, MD, 20912, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of board assessment and development
FairVote is a national nonpartisan organization that supports electoral rules that give voters more voice, greater choice, and fairer representation. It uses its unique networks, strategic insights, and applied research as a catalyst for change at all levels. It is a leading proponent of ranked choice voting (RCV), which has drawn national interest as a means to enhance other reforms and encourage more collaborative governance and civil elections. This one-time organizational effectiveness grant will support a governance review and formulation of a board development plan.
for general operating support
FairVote is a national nonpartisan organization that supports electoral rules that give voters more voice, greater choice, and fairer representation. It uses its networks, strategic insights, and applied research as a catalyst for change. It is a leading proponent of ranked choice voting, which has drawn national interest as a means to enhance other reforms and encourage more collaborative governance and civil elections. FairVote will serve as a clearinghouse of tools to educate and implement ranked choice voting, drive the conversation about how ranked choice voting can improve democracy for all voters, expand a national coalition of allies, and strengthen its organizational and leadership capacity. (Strategy: Improving Campaigns and Elections)
for board development
FairVote will use this Organizational Effectiveness grant to support the development of its Board of Directors at an important time of growth and increasing national visibility for the organization.
