Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Educating and organizing voters year-round”
Can we apply?
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Priority states (as of 2024): Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Georgia
- Engaged in voting rights and democracy access work across the country
- Organizations working in priority states preferred
Overview
Public Wise offers unrestricted, operational grants for organizations working on voting rights and democracy.
Geographic Scope
Priority states (as of 2024): Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Georgia
Eligibility
- 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations
- Engaged in voting rights and democracy access work across the country
- Organizations working in priority states preferred
Focus Areas
- Voting rights
- Democracy access
- Fighting voter suppression and election subversion
- Advocating for pro-democracy laws
- Educating and organizing voters year-round
- Building power in BIPOC communities
Award Information
- In 2022, over $2 million in unrestricted funds went to 30+ partner organizations
- Unrestricted, operational funding model
Contact Information
Chief of Staff: Katelyn Israelski
Background
Public Wise's leadership team brings experience in local and state government, national campaigns, issue-based organizing and lobbying. They have first-hand experience with small, resource-strapped teams and understand the challenges partner organizations face.
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How to Apply
How to Apply
Learn more about partnership opportunities by emailing:
- Contact: Katelyn Israelski, Chief of Staff
- Email: katelyn.israelski@publicwise.org
No additional application details provided on the website.
What Public Wise Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 27
- Total given
- $1.28M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $10K–$150K
- By dollars: District of Columbia 28%, North Carolina 25%, Arizona 22%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Phoenix, AZ; New York, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 37% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
National Redistricting Action Fund · Washington, DC
Financial support
$150K
Progress North Carolina Action · Raleigh, NC
Financial support
$115K
America Votes · Washington, DC
Financial support
$101K
Mi Familia Vota · Phoenix, AZ
Financial support
$75K
League of Conservation Votes Inc · Washington, DC
Financial support
$50K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Unrestricted nonprofits
- Social justice
- Human rights
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