Civic Nation was founded in 2015 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that creates campaigns to raise public awareness and forge pathways to action around a variety of challenges in American society. Working with the White House and other public and private partners, Civic Nation has launched campaigns on…
Ashoka began elevating and connecting social entrepreneurs around the world in 1980, and since 2001 has supported more than 200 Ashoka Fellows striving for social change in the United States. In an effort to build a more robust and diverse network of U.S.-based changemakers, Ashoka has launched the…
RAF is partnering with the Center for Cooperative Media to fund collaborative reporting projects that will enrich public-interest journalism.
Collaborative Journalism Summit (presented by RAF and partners) will explore how joining forces can enhance reporting, community engagement and sustainability…
Internet Archive and First Draft News (both RAF grant partners) collaborate to verify information from TV news…
The American Press Institute’s Tom Rosenstiel on fact checking and journalism in a “post-truth” era…
Vital Signs, a new tool from ProPublica (RAF grant partner), collects important health care information in one easy-to-use place.
The Rita Allen Foundation joins funders seeking fresh ideas for improving the information ecosystem; submissions due April 3.
Growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, Elsa Flores was encouraged to follow her unflagging “curiosity about how things work.” Inspired by her father, an educator who studied biology and chemistry, Flores had always envisioned a career in science. But she felt uncertain about where to attend college—whether to…