Tides Foundation
For Support Of POPVOX/LegiDash
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Amount$125,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/1/2020
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The grant to the fiscally sponsored project called POPVOX/LegiDash at the Tides Foundation will support the mobilization of resources and technical support to help Congress continue to legislate, appropriate, conduct oversight, and serve constituents in the wake of COVID-19. This includes chronicling procedural and technical innovations; convening members, staff, and civil society to discuss the effectiveness of these methods; and providing resources, training, and technology to aid the continued function of the legislative branch. It will build on prior work by POPVOX/LegiDash to modernize congressional operations and policy procedures through the use of technology.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.tides.org
Address
1012 Torney Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Green New Deal Network fund
The Green New Deal Network brings diverse actors into a national coalition of 15 grassroots, labor, climate, and environmental justice organizations. The network is focused on advancing climate justice campaigns in five priority states, implementing federal climate investments at the state and local levels, and advocating for federal executive action on climate. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for Bay Area Cultural Funders for Equity CAF
Fiscally sponsored by Tides Foundation, the Bay Area Cultural Funders for Equity Collective Action Fund is a funder collaborative committed to amplifying the voices, power, arts, and cultures of people of color and other vulnerable communities in the Bay Area, particularly those living at or near poverty. Focused on advancing equitable community well-being, the collaborative members include public funders; independent, community, and family foundations; philanthropic advisors; and donors. In its first year, its activities will include member coordination, convening, and collaborative grantmaking. Support for the collaborative advances the Performing Arts Program’s overall strategic framework.
