COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND
COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND
WASHINGTON, DC, US
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501(c)(3)
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EIN
31-1705370
COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND
WASHINGTON, DC, US
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501(c)(3)
•
EIN
31-1705370
Programs
Program 1 [2021]
REDISTRICTING & REPRESENTATION FILED THE FIRST CHALLENGE TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO EXCLUDED UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT COUNT.LEAD THE CHARGE COALITION OF NINE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO TRAIN HUNDREDS OF ACTIVISTS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.DEVELOPED A SERIES OF MATERIALS IN MANY LANGUAGES TO TEACH COMMUNITIES THE BASICS OF REDISTRICTING.FILED A LAWSUIT THAT WILL GIVE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR A VOICE IN MINNESOTA REDISTRICTING.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.3MProgram 2 [2021]
VOTING & ELECTIONS CO-LED AND MANAGED THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXECUTION OF THE NON-PARTISAN ELECTION PROTECTION COALITION BY ORGANIZING THOUSANDS OF ELECTION PROTECTION VOLUNTEERS IN THE MIDST OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC. WITH PARTNERS, WE RECRUITED OVER 46,000 NONPARTISAN GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEERS TO SIGN UP TO HELP PROTECT THE VOTE.TRAINED OVER 2,400 VOLUNTEERS TO PHONE BANK AND SEND PEER-TO-PEER TEXT MESSAGES DIRECTLY TO VOTERS. SENT MORE THAN 20 MILLION TEXTS TO MORE THAN 14 MILLION INDIVIDUAL VOTERS, USING THE VAN TO REACH VOTERS OF COLOR AND OTHERS FROM COMMUNITIES THAT FACED THE GREATEST DEGREE OF VOTER SUPPRESSION, AND/OR WERE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISINFORMATION, SUCH AS FIRST TIME VOTERS. BETWEEN MID-OCTOBER THROUGH ELECTION DAY, WE CONDUCTED 17 MEDIA BRIEFINGS (FOUR WITH ALLIES) FOR REPORTERS IN KEY STATES AND NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDED REGIONAL ISSUE UPDATES, VOTER INTIMIDATION, VOTING UNDER THE PANDEMIC, PROTECTING THE VOTE, PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ANALYSIS, ELECTION PROTECTION LITIGATION, ELECTION DAY UPDATES, AND TRANSITION OF POWER ISSUES. WE ENGAGED WITH MORE THAN 85 MAJOR MEDIA NEWSPAPERS/PUBLICATIONS (E.G., NYT, WAPO, WSJ, USA TODAY, TIME), NEWS BROADCASTERS (E.G., CNN, 60 MINUTES, VOA, ABC, NBC, NPR, VICE), REGIONAL AND LOCAL STATIONS, AND OTHER PLATFORMS/CONTENT PROVIDERS (E.G., AP, BLOOMBERG, BUZZFEED, SCRIPPS, REUTERS).HELD A DISINFORMATION AND DEMOCRACY SUMMIT (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CITIZENSHIP) THAT HAD OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS PRESENT ON THEIR DISINFORMATION WORK IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS.WROTE A REPORT, ALONG WITH A COALITION PARTNER, ENTITLED, "REACHING LOW-PROPENSITY VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA'S NOVEMBER 2020 ELECTIONS" EXAMINING VOTERS' AWARENESS OF VOTING OPTIONS, VOTING OPTION PREFERENCES, AND REACTIONS TO EXISTING VOTER MESSAGING MATERIALS.CREATED A REPORT ENTITLED, "GOLDEN STATE DEMOCRACY: HOW CALIFORNIA EXPANDED VOTER ACCESS DURING A PANDEMIC" TO SHARE THE STORY OF HOW CALIFORNIA PREPARED FOR THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC WROTE A REPORT, ENTITLED, "NATIVE AMERICAN VOTING PRACTICES IN NEW MEXICO: HOW DO WE PROMOTE AN INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE COVID-19 ERA?" EXAMINING NATIVE AMERICAN VOTER PARTICIPATION IN THE 2020 PRIMARY, AS WELL AS IN ELECTIONS OF 2012 AND 2016.IN NORTH CAROLINA, COMMON CAUSE PRINTED AND MAILED 1.4 MILLION VOTER GUIDES TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD WITH A REGISTERED VOTER OF COLOR AND TO EVERY MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS PART OF OUR ELECTION PROTECTION COALITION. AN ADDITIONAL 400,000 GUIDES WERE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION THROUGH FOOD BANKS, CHURCHES, BARBER SHOPS, NAIL SALONS, EARLY VOTING SITES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS. IN OHIO, COMMON CAUSE ELECTION PROTECTION VOLUNTEERS BECAME "AMBASSADORS AND PLACED 10,000 YARD SIGNS AROUND THE STATE PROMOTING THE ELECTION PROTECTION HOTLINE. IN RHODE ISLAND, COMMON CAUSE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TRANSLATE VOTER EDUCATION BROCHURES INTO SPANISH, KHMER/CAMBODIAN, AND HMONG. IN GEORGIA, COMMON CAUSE FILED SUIT AGAINST GWINNETT COUNTY, A JURISDICTION COVERED BY THE LANGUAGE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, DEMANDING THAT SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO SPANISH SPEAKING VOTERSIN CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, AND PENNSYLVANIA, COMMON CAUSE MOVED TO INTERVENE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VOTERS IN CASES BROUGHT BY POLITICAL ACTORS ATTEMPTING TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THE BALLOT.IN INDIANA, COMMON CAUSE FILED SUIT AGAINST THE STATE'S ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS SIGNATURE MATCHING PROCESS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS, IN WHICH VOTERS' BALLOTS WERE DISCARDED IN A SYSTEM WITH NO TRAINING, STANDARDS, OR REGULATIONS.IN RHODE ISLAND, COMMON CAUSE CHALLENGED PROVISIONS REQUIRING THAT, WITHIN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, VOTERS MUST OBTAIN WITNESS SIGNATURES OR THAT OF A NOTARY IN ORDER TO CAST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT THAT COUNTED. IN TEXAS, COMMON CAUSE FILED SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER RESTRICTING BALLOT DROP OFF SITES TO ONE PER COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF SIZE OR NEEDS OF EACH COUNTY.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$10.5MProgram 3 [2021]
MONEY IN POLITICS & ETHICS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE FEC ALLEGING THAT REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE VIOLATED THE SOFT MONEY BAN OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT (FECA) BY SOLICITING UNLIMITED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR A SUPER PAC.DEVELOPED A REPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA EXAMINING HOW LOBBYING AND POLITICAL SPENDING HAVE SHAPED THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE 15 BIGGEST, MOST INFLUENTIAL ISPS AND RELATED TRADE ASSOCIATIONS SPENT MORE THAN $234 MILLION ON LOBBYING AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS DURING THE 116TH CONGRESSAN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN $320,000 A DAY.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.9M
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