Public Narrative works to strengthen community-driven journalism in Chicago. In 2024 Public Narrative assumed stewardship of the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA). Their work to integrate CIMA into Public Narrative closes the feedback loop among stakeholders and collaborators like CIMA administrators, members, audiences and supporters/philanthropy.

The Horizons Project, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, advances research on weakening and dismantling authoritarianism in the United States.

The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life supports the efforts of U.S. Catholic leadership to advance the common good in our multiracial, pluralist democracy. The Initiative also strengthens the U.S. Catholic community’s resistance to the misuse and distortion of Catholic principles for anti-democratic ideological ideas and goals.

Press Forward Chicago, a funder collaborative housed at The Chicago Community Trust, helps to right-size independent, community news outlets and set them up for long-term sustainability. This initiative infuses the Chicago journalism ecosystem with renewed financial vitality, fortifying the multitude of independent outlets serving the diverse local communities.

The Leadership Center for Democracy and Social Justice is a leadership development initiative housed within the City University of New York to harness the potential of leaders of color working in the democracy reform and social justice sectors.

The Native American Journalists Association facilitates collaboration, professional development and joint training for current and future leaders of journalism affinity groups serving underrepresented communities.

The Chicago Independent Media Alliance project at the Reader Institute for Community Journalism works to create a self-sustaining media ecosystem in Chicago. The Chicago Independent Media Alliance project is a partnership of independent and local media entities collaborating on editorial and revenue-generating models.

The Unicorn Fund at Media Democracy Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is an award program that supports under-resourced grassroots leaders, including independent journalists, who face attacks for expressing their ideas, telling the truth, and taking a stand on the front lines of narrative change.

Mississippi Votes works to increase voter registration and turnout (specifically within 18-35 voting bloc) through innovative and high-tech engagement programming and outreach strategies. They also engage traditional organizing techniques to cater to the needs of today’s voters.

Convergence Center for Policy Resolution will create and convene a Roundtable on transforming the civil service to meet the needs of the 21st century. The Roundtable will be an incubator for different groups and stakeholders to share ideas about how to transform the system and attract, retain, and develop talented and diverse career public servants.

We the Veterans Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created by veterans and military family members. They empower the veteran and military family community to strengthen American democracy.

We the Veterans Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created by veterans and military family members. They empower the veteran and military family community to strengthen American democracy.

The New Models of Policy Change project, in the Political Reform Program, at New America Foundation supports work on community resilience against right wing extremism and growing political violence.

Rural Digital Youth Resiliency conducts data collection and analysis to document and analyze the networks and strategies used to expose, recruit, and radicalize white youth in the Appalachian region in order to determine opportunities for intervention.

Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.

Lawyers for Reporters, a project of the Vance Center, and in partnership with the Press Freedom Defense Fund, provides pro bono legal services to local and social mission-driven organizations in the United States.

UNDIVIDED Inc. provides six-week LivingUNDIVIDED cohort experiences, where they invite participants to reckon with history, build solidarity across race and ethnicity, and commit to action to advance racial healing and justice in their communities.

Movement Law Lab, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, helps develop a legal arm for social movements through deep consultation with organizers and grassroots groups to understand legal vulnerabilities and needs. They recruit and vet lawyers to provide advice and strategy, and conduct outreach, training, and planning sessions for large groups of lawyers.

The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University trains new cadres of black journalists through fellowships, runs Social Justice Reporting Collaboratives between students at Morgan State and other journalism institutions, and produces research on the needs of black communities residing in news deserts or facing otherwise biased or insufficient news.

The Inland Empire Journalism Hub at the Inland Empire Community Foundation is a platform for cooperative journalism, fostering collaboration, community engagement, and a vibrant exchange of ideas.