Money and Politics Grants 2009: $1,897,062

Regional Reform

The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC $100,000
To support the Brookings Institution’s Bringing Democracy to Political Mapmaking initiative. In partnership with the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings will organize a clearinghouse for tracking, advising, promoting, and ensuring information sharing. (1 yr.)
Campaign Finance Institute
Washington, DC $125,000
To support a project entitled Small Donor Democracy: Options for the Midwest and for the U.S. Congress. (18 mos.)
Citizen Advocacy Center
Elmhurst, IL $50,000
To support the promotion of policy recommendations of the Midwest Open Government Project; and the Center’s educational and organizational efforts to achieve a full census count in DuPage County. (1 yr.)
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA $104,152
To support the Campaign for Accountable Redistricting. (18 mos.)
Justice at Stake Campaign Inc.
Washington, DC $190,000
To support Midwest judicial reform efforts through policy research, development, and advocacy; communications and public education; and networking and coalition building. (1 yr.)
The Ohio State University Foundation
Columbus, OH $150,000
To support a process for designing and developing model citizen redistricting commissions in two Midwest states. (1 yr.)
The Ohio State University Foundation
Columbus, OH $62,800
To support a published study entitled From Registration to Recounts—2008 Retrospective/Look Forward, an analysis by the University’s Moritz College of Law of major election law and administration issues that arose during the 2008 elections in Illinois. (1 yr.)
Women in Government
Washington, DC $25,000
To organize, in partnership with the Foundation and its grantees, programs on gun-related domestic violence and redistricting at the 2010 16th Annual State Directors’ Conference and the 17th Annual Midwest Regional Conference. (1 yr.)

State Reform

Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Chicago, IL $40,000
To support a research study on policy strategies for strengthening the role of inspectors general in enforcing state and local government ethics laws. (1 yr.)
The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, OH $50,000
To support its financial oversight and management of the You Can Count on Me Ohio project, a statewide census awareness campaign. (1 yr.)
The Fund for Justice
Chicago, IL $50,000
To support its Judicial Performance Commission Pilot Project. (1 yr.)
Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Chicago, IL $335,000
To support the development and promotion of a broad political reform agenda through policy research and advocacy, communications and public education, and organizing and coalition-building. (1 yr.)
League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund
St. Paul, MN $120,000
To support the State of Democracy in Minnesota project and a special 2010 Census initiative. (2 yrs.)
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund
Madison, WI $120,000
To support the development and promotion of a comprehensive political reform agenda for Wisconsin. (2 yrs.)
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund
Madison, WI $50,000
To support the We Count! Wisconsin Census Project 2010, a collaborative effort with the Wisconsin Civic Engagement Project to achieve a complete census count in the state’s hard-to-count communities. (1 yr.)
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Los Angeles, CA $150,000
To support the organization’s census education, advocacy, and outreach activities in Illinois and elsewhere in the Midwest. (2 yrs.)
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Detroit, MI $50,000
To support its 2009-10 census awareness campaign in Michigan. (1 yr.)
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc.
St. Paul, MN $50,000
To manage a multi-organizational initiative entitled Census 2010: Collaborating for a Complete Count. (1 yr.)
Regents of the University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN $75,110
To support the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance’s Minnesota Redistricting Project. (1 yr.)