ICYMI - Joe Goldman of Democracy Fund sets out the ever expanding threat of political violence and the critical need for funders to support grantees' safety and security. Read on to learn more about TEF's work to build resilience to political violence, and to keep our communities safe.
Trusted Elections Fund
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Ensuring a just and inclusive democracy. 501(c)(3) public charity and does not engage in partisan political activities.
About us
The Trusted Elections Fund (TEF), a nonpartisan pooled fund, supports efforts to prepare for and respond to high-risk threats to U.S. elections. Since its founding in 2019, TEF has focused on election crises – including illegitimate disputes over election results, interference with vote tallies, political violence, and candidate refusal to accept legitimate results. To meet these challenges, TEF invests in organizations that seek to prevent election-related political violence, anticipate challenges to election administration, and develop infrastructure that protects our elections and reinforces the public’s confidence in their results. TEF advances work across three core strategies to counter emergent threats that undermine American democracy: - Counter Election Sabotage: The threats facing U.S. elections could disrupt the administration of elections at the local, statewide, and national levels. TEF supports organizations that identify and mitigate evolving threats facing voters and election officials, ensure that the results of free and fair elections are respected, and that those who wish to erode public confidence in those results are held accountable. - Build Resilience to Election-related Political Violence: Our resilience work seeks to stop harmful acts before they occur, and positively influence societal norms to reject violence in favor of civic practices. TEF supports warning systems and early response preparations to prevent or mitigate potential political violence (use of threat or force intended to impact a political outcome). - Build Field Infrastructure to Prepare for Crises: TEF convenes and supports pro-democracy stakeholders, to hone state and national infrastructure to adapt to the ever-changing nature of the threats to our elections.
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- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2019
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Updates
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As Joe Goldman of Democracy Fund sets out so powerfully in today's article in the The Chronicle of Philanthropy, political violence is on the rise, and "[g]rant makers have an obligation to ensure that grantees are safe and secure and that the communities they serve are protected from violence." As he notes, building resilience to political violence and ensuring the safety of those working to defend democracy are core to TEF's approach. #Philanthropy must prioritize the safety of our grantees.
“...violent rhetoric doesn’t just put politicians at risk. It also harms those who are trying to bolster our democratic systems — namely the nonprofit and civic leaders working to protect civil rights and ensure voting is free, fair, and representative.” In a new The Chronicle of Philanthropy op-ed, Democracy Fund president Joe Goldman discusses how philanthropy must rise to the challenge political violence poses to our democracy, and help defend those working to protect civil rights and ensure voting is free, fair, and representative. https://lnkd.in/eFzxzp9d
Political Violence, Threats to Civic Society, and a Game Plan for Philanthropy
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Building resilience to political violence is a core component of our work at the Trusted Elections Fund. Learn more about our approach and our recommendations for #philanthropy in this moment of political violence and threats to our #democracy.
How philanthropy can respond to this moment of political violence
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Political violence has no place in American democracy. TEF unequivocally condemns yesterday’s act of violence, and the violent rhetoric that has followed the horrific events in Pennsylvania. Now is the time to de-escalate violence and engage the existing tools of democracy to navigate our differences.