I hope y’all enjoyed a strange, sweltering 250th!
A question for you…
(P.S. From last week’s poll…y’all are beach and mountain vacation people!)
($$$)
Borealis Philanthropy launched a new grant opportunity, the “Just Futures Initiative.”
Areas of focus include:
“Protection of Civil and Human Rights,” and
“Belonging and Civic Power.”
I wasn’t able to find information on the dollar amount they’ll be giving out.
Press Forward announced $1.45M in grants “to advance state policies supporting local news.”
Through With Neighbors (with support from The Hearthland Foundation), start a microgrant program in your community to bring your neighbors together!
And read “A neighborhood microgrant in every town,” by Sam Pressler, Josh Nesbit, and Elise Granata in Connective Tissue for the backstory!
Money for newsrooms to support better 2026 election coverage, courtesy of Indiegraf and Hearken!
$8K election grants for newsrooms, deadline is 7/22.
Congrats to Kelly Jin on the launch of the Erica Pincus Arabesque Foundation!
Apply for the $1K-$5K “Erica Pincus ‘Not Yet’ Innovation Grants” here.
(The big news)
Mind the Movement is hosting free weekly peer support groups!
They currently host groups for: job seekers, former federal workers, men working in movement spaces, and EDs/campaign managers!
Find your group (or recommend one you’d like to see) here.
There’s a new push to get the National Guard out of DC (which would make my evening walks much less disconcerting), as covered by Dan Froomkin in Heads Up News.
Evidence, yay! Insights from the Trust for Civic Life’s second community survey!
“Joining a group of people who are solving concrete, everyday problems enhances a person’s confidence that they can make change.”
“Simply logging more volunteer hours is not connected to greater feelings of agency.”
“But people who take on leadership roles and responsibilities with a civic organization do feel an increased sense of agency.”
“Across the 24 communities surveyed, three local institutions—libraries, nonprofits, and community foundations—consistently earn the highest levels of trust of any local or national entity.”
Another excellent “Civic Education News Roundup” from Joanna Kenty at The Renovator!
(Events, podcasts, and more)
7/16 at 2pm ET — New Ohio data! Join Better Choices Ohio for a webinar, “What Ohio Voters Are Telling Us: New Findings on Trust, Representation.”
8/6 at 6pm ET — Veterans for All Voters and American Promise event for veterans on the For Our Freedom Amendment (money out of politics)!
With Alberto Ramos and Bryan Schroder of Veterans for All Voters, Aliya Bhatia of American Promise, and Joe Schuman of Divided We Fall.
Register here!
A very nifty looking convening…
The 2026 Mary Parker Follett Conversation on Creative Democracy.
11/2-11/4 outside of Boston.
6/2-6/9, 2027 — Democracy R&D announced their 2027 global conference in Bogotá and Brasília, co-hosted by Extituto de Política Abierta and Delibera Brasil.
Keep an eye out for registration info soon!
(Jobs, jobs, jobs!)
Third Plateau Development Manager, Democracy — remote, $100K-$120K
The Austin Common Staff Reporter — Austin, TX, $60K
Campus Compact HEDEX Engagement Manager — remote, $65K-$75K
Governors Action Alliance (GovAct) Special Assistant to the CEO — remote (SF preferred), $65K-$80K
Living Room Conversations Executive Director — remote, $40K-$70K
^ These orgs really want to reach great candidates in the Democracy Notes community! If you’d like to promote a role with us, our options are here!
Public Media Company Director of Data Initiatives — remote, $10K-$15K/month (contract, full-time)
Proteus Fund (remote):
Senior Donor Services Associate — $70K-$85K
Piper Fund Program Officer, Right to Protest — $110K-$133K
Committee of Seventy Senior Director of External Affairs — Philadelphia, $95K-$105K
Center for the Study of Organized Hate Fact-Checker / Disinformation Analyst — remote, $68K-$78K
July 11th deadline!
iCivics Chief Communications and Marketing Officer — remote, $180K-$200K
State of Local News Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism Research Associate — Evanston, IL, $80K
TechCongress Managing Director — DC, $210K-$225K
Big Country Organizing Director — remote, $78K
Charlotte Journalism Collaborative Charlotte Documenters Program Manager — Charlotte, NC, $60K
Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions Executive Operations Lead — remote (DC and Miami preferred), $92K-$110K
Generation Citizen Director of Marketing & Communications — remote, $87K-$92K
Race Forward Director of Policy and Democratic Governance — remote, $115K-$130K
Mellon Foundation Program Officer, The Monuments Project, Presidential Initiatives — NYC, $310K-$325K
Pennsylvania Voice Civic Engagement Manager — Pennsylvania, $68K-$73K
University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Professor of Public Policy, Democracy Policy — Ann Arbor, no $ info
Go Blue!!! I’m a former Fordie and so thrilled to see this role (despite having no salary range…)
(Where the movers are moving and the shakers are shaking)
Lena Kukelhaus is now Chief of staff at FairVote!
Cassie Miller is now Pennsylvania Coalition Coordinator at Rebuild Local News!
Upasna Gautam is now Head of Product & AI Studio at the American Journalism Project!
Adrian Shahbaz has joined The International Foundation for Electoral Systems!
James Williams is now Senior Director of National Campaigns at the ACLU!
Somil Trivedi has joined Court Accountability as Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel!
Submit your job transitions (or promotions!) here.
See you soon,
Gabe
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