Type of Activity: Project
Grantee: SiX Action
Amount: $150,000 in 2023
What is SiX Action?
SiX Action is an independent, nonpartisan 501(c)(4) strategy and resource organization that supports state legislators to build and wield progressive governing power for the people they represent. Through providing legislators with the tools needed to shape impactful public policy and leadership development SiX Action works to secure real, lasting reforms that support working families, protect the environment, defend civil rights and liberties, and strengthen our democracy.
Why do we think this project is important?
Democracy Fund Voice supports work to strengthen and expand the movement for an inclusive, multi-racial democracy with a focus on POC power and leadership. The Defensive Democracy Advocacy project aims to build the capacity of state legislators to respond to attacks on voting rights and advance legitimacy in elections.
How is Democracy Fund Voice supporting SiX Action?
In 2023, Democracy Fund Voice approved a one-year grant of $150,000 to SiX Action to support their Defensive Democracy Advocacy project.
In 2022, Democracy Fund Voice approved a one-year grant of $200,000 to SiX Action to engage and provide resources to state legislators to advance legitimacy in elections and respond to attacks on voting rights at the state level. In 2020, a two-year grant was approved for $300,000.