GoVoteNYC’s funders recognize that the city flourishes when all New Yorkers are engaged and participate in civic life and elections of municipal leadership. The funding group also believes local government is more representative and accountable when all voices are heard in our central democratic process—voting.
GoVoteNYC was organized in January 2021 to prepare New Yorkers for one of the city’s most consequential elections in a generation. Its goals are to:
· increase voter participation & narrow participation gaps.
· increase the capacity of grantees to educate, engage, and mobilize voters.
· strengthen coordination among organizations that are building a more engaged citizenry.
· foster a “voter-friendly” ecosystem where barriers to voting are minimized and election administration is competent and fair.
GoVoteNYC operates in a strictly nonpartisan manner and will provide funding only to organizations that are both exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and are a public charity as described in sections 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Code.
GoVoteNYC operates through pooled funds and aligned giving, providing grants and technical assistance to nonprofit partners working on nonpartisan get-out-the-vote and other civic participation activities. It is an open resource to other donors and a platform for sharing resources, information, and lessons learned in the field.
Interested in joining GoVoteNYC? Contact Neill Coleman, director, at [email protected]
Learn more about the collaborative at GoVoteNYC.org
Reports
- Trusted Messengers: An Evaluation of Community Approaches to Increase Civic Engagement and Voter Turnout in New York City See more
Members
Altman Foundation
Brooklyn.org
Charles H. Revson Foundation
The Ford Foundation
The New York Community Trust
New York Foundation
New York Women’s Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Scherman Foundation
Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies
Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock