Type of Activity: Project
Grantee: Common Defense Civic Engagement
Amount: $100,000 in 2022

What is Common Defense Civic Engagement?

Founded in 2016, Common Defense Civic Engagement (Common Defense) is the nation’s largest grassroots organization of US military veterans and the only one that invests in the leadership of its members through training and deployment in campaigns that connect directly to their history of service, including voting rights, climate justice, and anti-militarism.

Why do we think this project is important?

Building on the deep organizing model of voting rights work launched in 2021, Common Defense is continuing its efforts to leverage the power of the veteran voice to change the status of Afghan refugees, so that this vulnerable population is not subject to the fear of deportations, but instead can feel secure in building lives as new Americans.

How is Democracy Fund Voice supporting Common Defense Civic Engagement?

In 2023, Democracy Fund Voice approved a one-year grant of $100,000 to Common Defense to support their Common Defense Civic Engagement project.

In 2022, Democracy Fund Voice approved a one-year grant of $100,000 to Common Defense Civic Engagement to support their Veterans for Democracy campaign.