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Grants List

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Grant NameGrant Date
Belden Russonello & Stewart
Washington, DC

Amount: $155,000.00
Length: 1 yr.

URL: www.brspoll.com/

To conduct a public opinion survey in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin that will analyze voters’ attitudes about state government, politics, and a range of proposed reforms.

12/6/2007
Campaign Finance Institute
Washington, DC

Amount: $275,000.00
Length: 1 yr.

URL: www.cfinst.org

To support the Campaign Finance Institute’s policy research and policy-maker education activities, with a focus in the coming year on the effects of the 2008 election cycle on the federal campaign finance system, the causes and consequences of small donor participation, and the development of a post-2008 campaign finance policy agenda.

12/6/2007
Democracy 21 Education Fund
Washington, DC

Amount: $130,000.00
Length: 1 yr.

URL: www.democracy21.org

To support the Democracy 21 Education Fund’s policy research, education, and activities related to federal campaign finance, lobbying, and government ethics reform.

12/6/2007
University of Illinois at Springfield Center for State Policy and Leadership
Springfield, IL

Amount: $112,291.00
Length: 2 yrs.

URL: cspl.uis.edu

To support the Sunshine Project.

12/6/2007
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Political Science
Madison, WI

Amount: $298,945.00
Length: 1 yr.

URL: www.polisci.wisc.edu/~kmayer

To support the Wisconsin Advertising Project.

12/6/2007
Fund for Justice
Chicago, IL

Amount: $50,000.00
Length: 1 yr.

To organize and staff a task force that would examine the benefits and political feasibility of instituting a merit retention system for incumbent Illinois appellate and trial court judges, with a focus on Cook County.

7/19/2007
Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Chicago, IL

Amount: $580,000.00
Length: 2 yrs.

To support the Government Accountability in Illinois project.

7/19/2007
Justice at Stake Campaign
Washington, DC

Amount: $380,000.00
Length: 2 yrs.

To support state-level policy development and advocacy work in the judicial reform area in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

7/19/2007
League of Women Voters Minnesota Education Fund
St. Paul, MN

Amount: $100,000.00
Length: 2 yrs.

To support the State of Democracy in Minnesota project, a collaborative effort of civic groups, scholars, legal experts, and policy makers.

4/11/2007
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund
Madison, WI

Amount: $100,000.00
Length: 2 yrs.

URL: www.lwvwi.org

To support its participation in a collaborative effort with other civic groups to develop and promote a comprehensive political reform agenda for Wisconsin.

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