Grants Offered to Groups That Offer Ideas for Cleaning Up Elections

Mobilize.org, an “all-partisan” network focused on encouraging young people to become more fully engaged in the political process, is seeking grant proposals for innovative projects that encourage clean election practices at the local, state, and national level.

The organization is seeking the proposals by June 15, in anticipation of its Democracy 2.0 Entrepreneur Grant Summit, Money in Politics, to be held July 18 through 21, in Denver.

In partnership with the Sunlight Foundation and Common Cause, Mobilize.org is, according to an announcement on its Web site, “focusing efforts on empowering members of the Millennial Generation to develop innovative clean elections practices, emphasizing the creation of public finance reforms at the local and state level. These types of reforms are intended to give voters more control over the government by making politicians accountable to voters rather than wealthy campaign contributors,” according to the announcement.

At the meeting in Denver, the announcement says, grant winners will “each receive . . . between $3,000 and $5,000 and more importantly, will receive the support of Mobilize.org and our extensive partner network to champion their proposal and create systemic and long lasting change in the way elections are run.”

For more on how nonprofit groups can engage the millennial generation, see the transcript of The Chronicle‘s recent online discussion on the subject. And to share your opinion, click on the “comments” link below.