More Equitable Democracy is a racial justice organization founded in 2018 that works with communities of color to advance electoral system reforms intended to increase political representation and racial equity. The group provides research, public education, coalition building, technical assistance, regranting and capacity-building to support policies such as proportional representation and ranked-choice voting and to strengthen state and local voting-rights protections.
Electoral system reform (proportional representation, ranked-choice voting), state and local voting rights protections, redistricting and census outreach policy, capacity-building and funding strategies for community-led civic engagement, and policies that link voting rights to racial equity in representation.
Primarily philanthropic support and tax-deductible donations routed through a fiscal sponsor (NEO Philanthropy), supplemented by foundation grants, regranting of public funds for community outreach, and private donations.
NEO Philanthropy (fiscal sponsor), Washington Census Alliance (partner coalition), Director George Cheung and advisory staff including Jenn Pae and Rey López-Calderón; collaborative relationships with state and local election reform and racial justice organizations.
Non-profit organization (fiscally sponsored project / nonprofit intermediary; fiscally sponsored by NEO Philanthropy, a 501(c)(3))
