Protect Democracy
For General Operating Support
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Amount$100,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/6/2018
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
Protect Democracy is a nonprofit dedicated to preventing American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. Since launching in February 2017, Protect Democracy has filed more than 20 legal actions and more than 400 Freedom of Information Act requests. It has also provided numerous memos, reports, and background briefings to reporters, congressional staff, and other influencers who shape national policy and debate. The organization’s core activities include public education about democratic norms, monitoring and exposing violations of those norms, inducing oversight to correct norm violations, and litigating to stop democratic erosions.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
protectdemocracy.org
Address
2020 Pennsylvania Ave NW #163, Washington, DC, 20006, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Protect Democracy is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to preventing U.S. democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. In order to preserve the norms, institutions, and guardrails of U.S. democracy, Protect Democracy strategically deploys the law, policy advocacy, media, and technology to prevent the standard playbook of anti-democratic tactics employed by autocrats from taking root in the United States and to build a democracy that works for all of us.
for general operating support
Protect Democracy is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to preventing U.S. democracy from
declining into a more authoritarian form of government. In order to preserve the norms,
institutions and guardrails of U.S. democracy, Protect Democracy strategically deploys the law,
policy advocacy, media, and technology to prevent the standard playbook of anti-democratic
tactics employed by modern autocrats from taking root in the United States and to build a
democracy that works for all of us.
for general operating support
Protect Democracy is a nonprofit dedicated to preventing American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. Since launching in February 2017, Protect Democracy has filed more than 20 legal actions and more than 400 Freedom of Information Act requests. It has also provided numerous memos, reports, and background briefings to reporters, congressional staff, and other influencers who shape national policy and debate. The organization’s core activities include public education about democratic norms, monitoring and exposing violations of those norms, inducing oversight to correct norm violations, and litigating to stop democratic erosions.
