Nonprofit Sector

Total: $3,849,450

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

  • Washington, DC
  • $25,000

To help NCRP achieve its mission of promoting philanthropy that serves the public good, is responsive to people and communities with the least wealth and opportunity, and is held accountable to the highest standards of integrity and openness.

Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media

  • Baltimore, MD
  • $25,000

For general operating support.

National Council of Nonprofits

  • Washington, DC
  • $25,000

Support for improvements to the organization's Website and related technology. This will help develop the National Council's Website into a time-saving resource for nonprofit leaders.

Groundwire

  • Seattle, WA
  • $50,000

To support ONE/Norhwest's Civic Engagement Platform, which improves how civic engagement tools are designed and delivered to nonprofit organizations.

Net Impact

  • San Francisco, CA
  • $75,000

To strengthen the capacity and impact of nonprofit Boards by increasing the awareness, interest, and participation in Board service from MBA students and alumni 2, and increasing the number of MBA Board Fellows.

Network For Good

  • Bethesda, MD
  • $100,000

To develop the consolidation of its content management system into a single platform.

Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network

  • St. Paul, MN
  • $50,000

To create civic engagement programs in established state nonprofit associations and national partners towards making active civic engagement, like that in Minnesota, a part of the culture and practice of the nonprofit sector.

New America Foundation

  • Washington, DC
  • $50,000

To support a public interest campaign to reclaim the public airwaves to achieve universally accessible and affordable broadband, to ensure open neutral networks, and to close the widening digital information divide.

OMB Watch/Focus Project

  • Washington, DC
  • $50,000

To increase government transparency and accountability, ensure equitable regulatory and budgetary processes and policies, and to protect and promote citizen participation in democracy.

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

  • New York, NY
  • $25,000

For The New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards program.

Open Media and Information Companies Initiative

  • New York, NY
  • $75,000

For general operating support.

Participatory Culture Foundation

  • Boston, MA
  • $200,000

Support for democratic media distribution software, called Miro. Miro addresses the needs of public media to increase its impact around the world.

Philanthropy New York

  • New York, NY
  • $25,000

General operating support that will help Philanthropy New York to achieve its critically important goals set out in its 3 year strategic plan to further enhance our members? capacity to meet their missions.

Pop!Tech Institute

  • Camden, ME
  • $50,000

To support the enhancement of two core elements of the PopTech Accelerator social innovation engine: media development/distribution, and an expansion of online collaboration.

Prometheus Radio Project

  • Philadelphia, PA
  • $75,000

Support for the Station Support Program, which aims to diversify the media landscape by building new community radio stations, supporting existing stations, and encouraging networking between stations.

Sustainable Endowments Institute

  • Cambridge, MA
  • $50,000

Support to assist the Sustainable Endowments Institute with its work to improve the sustainability practices of higher education institutions through its annual College Sustainability Report Card.

Public Radio Capital

  • Boulder, CO
  • $200,000

To implement radio based, Web-enabled public media services for young adults. The grant will support initial implementation of an appealing, cost effective and replicable model for future public media.

Techsoup Global

  • San Francisco, CA
  • $75,000

To support the development of a carefully vetted database of top-tier service providers for broadband access projects receiving federal economic stimulus funds.