Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action

Demos is a nonprofit public policy organization working to build a just, inclusive, multi-racial democracy and economy. It forges strategic alliances with grassroots and state-based organizations. For the past two decades, Demos has moved progressive issues such as debt-free college, voting rights access at public agencies, and strong credit-card protections for consumers, from the movement to the mainstream. Today, Demos's focus is on building power for Black and brown people and moving the U.S. toward inclusion, equity, and shared power.

Demos is a research, public policy, and advocacy organization that seeks to advance a more inclusive and representative democracy by guaranteeing the freedom to vote, addressing the influence of money in politics, building new pathways to the middle class, fostering a sustainable economy, and advancing the values of community and racial equity in public discourse. Its voter registration work focuses on compliance by the states with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which requires that citizens be able to register to vote at public assistance agencies, motor vehicle facilities, and health benefit exchanges. It also works to reduce the impact of money in politics through research and long-term legal scholarship intended to change both public opinion and legal precedent.

Demos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Demos works primarily to achieve a stronger democracy through reducing the role of money in politics making the system of voting more inclusive for all, and building pathways to a diverse, expanded middle class in a sustainable democracy. Miles Rapoport, Demos’ president, served for ten years in the Connecticut legislatures prior to coming to Demos. This grant will provide general support with particular emphasis on its work on voting and on reducing the role of money in politics.

To support the Democracy and Interdependence Global Initiative.

In support of the Public Works Project on Government and the Economy.