Believing that all our citizens are entitled to a free, fair, and transparent democracy, we have invested in several nonprofits focused on defending democratic ideals, norms and institutions and promoting liberty, equality, and truth. We have also made a variety of grants to support projects and programs promoting equal rights and expanded access to justice for all U.S. residents.
Recipients of our grants to support justice and defend democracy are:
- American Constitution Society for Law & Policy
- Anti-Defamation League Arizona
- Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
- Arizona College Scholarship Foundation, Immigrant Scholarship Fund
- Arizona Justice Project
- ASU Foundation, McCain Institute
- Brookings Institution
- Cato Institute
- Center for Constitutional Design at Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law
- Center for Public Interest Research
- Citizen Legislators Caucus Foundation
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Citizens in Charge
- Clean Elections Institute
- Coalition for Integrity
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- Community Outreach & Advocacy for Refugees
- Defending Democracy Together Institute
- Florence Immigration & Refugee Rights Project
- Free Expression Legal Network
- Freedom House
- Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center
- National Conference for Community and Justice
- New America Foundation
- Patriotic Millionaires
- Patriots & Pragmatists
- Project on Government Oversight
- Protect Democracy
- Renew America Movement
- Renew Democracy Initiative
- RepresentUs Education Fund
- Sunlight Foundation
- The Niskanen Center
- U.S. Term Limits
- Valley Beit Midrash
- Valley of the Sun YMCA
In addition, a number of the principal parties in Lodestar formed two nonprofits (both unrelated and separately-funded organizations)—Educating Citizens on Government Corruption, and Campaign for Accountability and Transparency dba Make Integrity Great Again—which disbursed in excess of $2,000,000 to support public integrity in elected and appointed government officials.
Our founder, Jerry Hirsch, addresses the topic of nonprofit media, the First Amendment, and the legal support necessary to protect the media in his speech to the 2017 Global Philanthropists Circle Members Meeting. Watch it here.
Grant Information
Grant Amount: $6,580,715
Year Granted: 2000 through current year (multiple grants)
Location: National