Silicon Valley Community Foundation

For Support Of The Making Every Vote Count Project

Amount

$250,000
Program

U.S. Democracy
Date Awarded

3/16/2018
Term

12 Months
Type of Support

Project

Strategies

Overview

The Making Every Vote Count Foundation is a new project at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation dedicated to increasing citizen awareness of problems with the existing presidential selection system. It supports research and education exploring why the United States would be better served if the person who wins the plurality of the national popular vote count were guaranteed to become president. The group hopes to maximize civic engagement and public participation in a secure and reliable democratic process, with a focus on the method of selecting the president.