The Miami Foundation

The Internet and Platform Researcher First Amendment Support Fund at the Miami Foundation will facilitate legal support for researchers at universities, research institutes and charitable organizations who are seeking legal advice about inquiries, investigations, subpoenas, court orders and requests for information, or litigation concerning First Amendment-protected research about the internet and digital platforms.

This grant is a contribution to the Press Forward pooled fund at the Miami Foundation. Press Forward is a national initiative to expand funding for local journalism in the United States at an unprecedented scale. The Press Forward fund will invest in the strongest ideas to sustain local news, seed new ideas that have not yet had a chance to emerge, and build powerful networks and learning communities.

Representative Democracy is a fiscally sponsored project of The Miami Foundation. Founded in 2019 as a broad-based coalition supporting diversity efforts in Congress and providing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) technical support and resources in government, Representative Democracy is collaboratively building a 21st century public sector workplace. Through a stakeholder-driven model, Representative Democracy offers programming, leadership development resources, and DEIB advisory services that support modernization in government administration and strengthen organizational capacity.