Ensuring Communities Have a Voice
The California Community Foundation (CCF) believes a thriving democracy relies on every person having a meaningful voice in the decisions that shape their lives. Civic engagement is fundamental to advancing all of CCF's core priorities, including housing, health, economic opportunity, and community resilience.
The 2026 midterms present a critical moment to safeguard representation and protect access to vital public resources. To ensure a free, fair, and safe election, CCF supports local election workers, helps voters navigate voting safeguards, and counters misinformation with accurate resources.
Our commitment to empowering communities and ensuring every eligible vote is counted extends well beyond Election Day.
Strong communities are built by people who show up for each other, and that includes showing up to vote.
CCF’s 2026 civic engagement work is carried out by trusted community organizations that know their neighborhoods and have earned the confidence of the people they serve. Their work spans many languages and communities that are often overlooked.
Together, they help residents register, understand what’s on the ballot, get to the polls and have confidence that their votes are counted.
As the November election approaches, access to reliable, nonpartisan information is essential to ensuring every eligible voter can participate with confidence.
This page brings together resources to help Angelenos navigate the voting process, understand their rights and find trustworthy election information.
You’ll also find information about the nonprofit organizations CCF supports to strengthen voter engagement, expand access to election resources and protect the integrity of our elections.
From CCF’s Newsroom
- From Night Markets to Neighborhood Teach-Ins, L.A. Nonprofits Mobilize Voters
- L.A. County Is Working to Secure Your Vote. A New Coalition Wants You to Trust It.
- 2026 Legislative Priorities Update: What Changed for Angelenos
- Rising Up: Cambodian American Teens Help Community Move From Trauma to Empowerment
- LA Public Press Centers Community Voice in Scrappy Model of Local Journalism
Quick Election Resources
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As part of this work, CCF is a convener of A Count You Can Trust, a nonpartisan coalition of Angelenos committed to increasing public trust and voter confidence in elections through collaboration, communication and election education across Los Angeles County.
Coalition members demystify how elections work and explain the safeguards that protect them, from verification of every mail ballot to public observation of the count.
The coalition does not support or oppose candidates, parties or ballot measures, and operates separately from CCF’s ballot positions.
Learn more at aCountYouCanTrust.org.
CCF is proud to support nonprofit organizations working to strengthen civic engagement, expand voter access and information, and protect the integrity of our elections. These grantee partners work at the community, county and state levels to help ensure more Californians have the information and resources they need to participate in our democracy.
Explore the organizations below to learn more about their work and find additional election resources. Many of our grantee partners are sharing timely, engaging voter education content on social media. Click their Instagram handles to explore these resources and follow along. Where available, we’ve also linked directly to voter guides developed or shared by these organizations to help you navigate the November election.
The organizations are grouped by the geographic reach or focus of their work, as well as their role in strengthening election protection and the broader media and information ecosystem.
On the ground, our partners focus on four areas of impact:
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📣 Voter Engagement |
ℹ️ Voter Information |
🔓 Voter Access |
🛡️ Voter Integrity |
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| Reaching people who vote less often or haven’t been asked before, through nonpartisan outreach, voter guides and education on ballot measures. |
Sharing official, nonpartisan information on voter rights, key deadlines and resources available to every voter.
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Reaching the least-connected communities with rides to the polls, ballot parties, community events and quick responses to false information. | Making sure every eligible voter can take part in a free, fair and safe election, every ballot properly cast is counted, and that voters can trust the results. |
Community-based
| Grantee Partner | Mission Statement | Voter Guide | |
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Khmer Girls In Action 📣ℹ️ |
Khmer Girls in Action’s mission is to build a progressive and sustainable Long Beach community that works for racial, gender, and economic justice led by Southeast Asian women and youth. | @kgalongbeach | N/A |
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People Power Action Fund 📣🔓🛡️ |
The Center For Empowered Politics (CEP) and CEP Education Fund are new movement capacity building organizations that aim to train and develop new leaders of color and grow our movement infrastructure, particularly around organizing and power building strategies | @peoplepoweraf | N/A |
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Social Justice Learning Institute 📣ℹ️🔓 |
Advancing educational and health equity for youth and communities of color. | @sjli_ca | N/A |
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South Asian Network (SAN) 📣ℹ️🔓 |
South Asian Network (SAN) is a community based organization advancing the health, emotional & mental well-being, and civil rights of South Asians in Southern California. | @southasiannetwork | Get guide |
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SALVA 🔓🛡️ |
We are a nonprofit organization committed to empowering immigrant families through education, advocacy, and collective action. Since our founding, we have worked side by side with day laborers, youth, and families to build a more just and dignified future for everyone. | @salvaorg | N/A |
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Youth Leadership Institute ℹ️ |
Youth Leadership Institute builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive community change that promotes social justice and racial equity. | @ylinstitute | N/A |
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Community Coalition 📣ℹ️🔓 |
Community Coalition works to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence, and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing, and changing public policy. | @cocosouthla | Get Guide |
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SELA Collaborative ℹ️🔓 |
To strengthen the SELA communities, build collective power, and encourage innovation to drive regional systemic change. | @selacollab | N/A |
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Arab American Civic Council ℹ️🔓 |
Established in 2011, the Arab American Civic Council advances community power and grassroots democracy by moving people, organizations, and policy towards justice and equity. We envision an empowered Arab American community thriving in an America that is just and equitable for all. | @arabcouncil | N/A |
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Initiate Justice ℹ️ |
Our mission is to end incarceration by activating the power of the people it directly impacts. | @initiatejustice | N/A |
Los Angeles County-wide
| Grantee Partner | Mission Statement | Voter Guide | |
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LA Voice ℹ️🔓 |
LA Voice is a multi-racial, multi-faith community organization that awakens people to their own power, training them to speak, act, and work together to transform LA County into a place of equity and abundance for all. | @la__voice | N/A |
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LA Voice Action Fund 📣🛡️ |
Leading opposition to Prop 39 and Free Fair Election campaign | @lavoiceaction | N/A |
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Alliance for a Better Community 📣ℹ️ |
Alliance for a Better Community is advancing social, economic, racial equity and justice for the Latina/o community and the Los Angeles region through power building and policy advocacy. | @afabc_la | Get Guide |
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Somos El Voto 📣ℹ️🔓 |
Somos El Voto: Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization created to increase civic participation and drive impactful policy advocacy across Los Angeles County. | @somoselvoto | Get Guide |
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CHIRLA Action Fund 📣🔓 |
The CHIRLA Action Fund was founded in 2009 to advance the rights of immigrants at the local, state and federal level by supporting candidates, legislation and ballot initiatives that create a just society, fully inclusive of immigrants. | @CHIRLAfund | Get Guide |
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Southern California Education Fund ℹ️ |
SCEF's mission is to prepare a powerful network of leaders in low-income communities, and their allies, to act through their institutions to address the injustices that keep families caught in the cycle of poverty. | N/A | N/A |
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La Defensa 📣🔓 |
La Defensa is a femme-led 501(c)(4) advocacy organization dedicated to shifting Los Angeles County’s reliance on criminalization and incarceration towards systems of care that center human dignity | @ladefensx | Get Guide |
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Vote+ER 🔓 |
Vot-ER is revolutionizing voter engagement by transforming routine healthcare visits into opportunities for civic empowerment | @vot_er_org | N/A |
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Black Women for Wellness 📣🔓 |
Black Women For Wellness is committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls through health education, empowerment and advocacy. | @BW4LA | Get Guide |
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Thrive LA 📣🔓 |
The common sense majority already exists, but it isn’t organized yet. That’s what Thrive LA is here to fix. | @thrive.la | Get Guide |
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AAPI Equity Alliance 🛡️ |
AAPI Equity Alliance (AAPI Equity) is a coalition of over 50 community-based organizations serving the diverse needs of the 1.6 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County and beyond | @aapiequityalliance | N/A |
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Bold Black LA (FBO of SJLI) ℹ️ |
Bold Black LA is creating pathways for Black Angelenos to access resources, build community, and thrive, boldly and without compromise | @boldblackla | N/A |
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LA Forward (LA Charter Reform) 📣ℹ️🔓 |
LA Forward is a community organization fighting for policies that will make Los Angeles County a fair, flourishing place for everyone. | @laforward | Get Guide |
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The Angeleno Project ℹ️ |
The Angeleno Project's vision is to create new systems and opportunities where Angelenos can fulfill their fullest potential. | @theangelenoproject | N/A |
Statewide
| Grantee Partner | Mission Statement | Voter Guide | |
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Building Skills Partnership 🔓 |
BSP's mission is to empower property and airport service workers and their families to achieve personal and professional success through skills development, education, and community advancement | @Building_Skills | N/A |
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California Black Power Network Action Fund 📣🔓 |
The Action Fund actively participates in the political process to promote long-term policy goals for Black Californians through direct and grassroots lobbying | @blkpowernetwork_af | N/A |
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Courage California 📣ℹ️🔓 |
Courage California provides tools for communities organizing for change. | @courageca | Get Guide |
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Courage California Institute ℹ️🔓 |
Our mission is to defend and extend economic justice, human rights, and political accountability. We use digital communications and strategic organizing to provide educational resources to all Californians. | @couragecainst | Get Guide |
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Equality California 📣🔓 |
With over 900,000 members, Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. | @EQCA | Get Guide |
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SW Voter Registration and Education Project 🔓 |
Since 1974, Southwest Voter has been empowering Latino communities nationwide to drive electoral empowerment. | @svrep | N/A |
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VotoLatino ℹ️🔓🛡️ |
VotoLatino aims to mobilize and defend the latino population of the USA to exercise their voice at the pools | @votolatino | N/A |
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VoteRiders 📣ℹ️🔓 |
Voteriders aims to eliminate ID barriers to the ballot box so every eligible voter can cast a ballot that counts. | @voteriders | N/A |
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Faith Votes Sponsored by PICO CA Action Fund ℹ️🔓 |
As Californians of faith, we are organizing our neighbors to vote and take action to make this vision a reality. | @faithvotesca | Get Guide |
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Million Voters Project Action Fund ℹ️🔓 |
Nine statewide community based networks expanding CA's electorate to make structural change inevitable | @millionvp | N/A |
Election Protection
| Grantee Partner | Mission Statement | Voter Guide | |
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ACLU SoCal 📣🛡️ |
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defends the fundamental rights outlined in the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. | @aclu_socal | Get Guide |
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California Calls Education Fund 🛡️ |
We engage, educate and motivate new and infrequent voters among young people, from communities of color, and from poor and working class neighborhoods to make California’s electorate reflect our state’s diverse population. | @cacalls | N/A |
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Common Cause Education Fund 🛡️ |
Common Cause has worked to protect voters, limit Big Money’s influence on our elections, improve transparency in government, stop partisan and racial gerrymandering, and more. | @ourcommoncause | N/A |
Media & Information Ecosystem
| Grantee Partner | Mission Statement | Voter Guide | |
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Boyle Heights Beat ℹ️ |
We’re here to provide you the information you need to shape your community. | @boyleheightsbt | N/A |
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CalMatters LA Social Project ℹ️ |
To improve California’s democracy by making its government more transparent and accountable and giving Californians the information they need to understand and engage with that government. | @calmatters | Get Guide |
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Capital & Main ℹ️ |
Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. | @capitalandmainnews | N/A |
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LA Public Press ℹ️ |
LA Public Press recognizes the power of ordinary people who get organized, take direct action, and refuse to play by the rules when the rules are unjust. They are the people most likely to make a real difference and least likely to get fair and thoughtful coverage. | @lapublicpress | Get guide |
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LA Taco ℹ️ |
L.A. TACO is an award-winning, independently owned and operated media platform. We bring our loyal readers and paying members street-level news stories that often cover L.A.'s most marginalized communities, stories that other publications wouldn't dare cover. | @lataco | Get Guide |
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Gatekeeper Foundation ℹ️ |
The Gatekeeper Foundation is the home of The Raid Podcast, a deep, fact-based analysis of US immigration enforcement, the people caught in it, and the experts and leaders trying to make sense of it all and its implications on American democratic practices. | @raidpodcast | N/A |
CCF’s Democracy Fund brings donors and partners together around one of our core shared American values: A government of, by and for the people works best when everyone can take part. Gifts to the Fund help more Californians vote, give voters trusted, nonpartisan information, and protect every eligible voter’s right to a free, fair and secure election.
Contributions to the Democracy Fund will be deployed immediately to proven, high-impact, community-trusted organizations working on the front lines of election integrity and voting access. Grants will be made to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations for strictly nonpartisan, non-lobbying activities. Investment priorities include:
ℹ️ Helping voters understand the voter ID measure: Clear, nonpartisan information in multiple languages, so voters know what’s at stake before they fill out their ballot.
📣 Getting out the vote and making every ballot count: Outreach in communities of color, low-income and immigrant communities, along with help fixing simple mistakes like a missing signature so eligible votes aren’t thrown out.
🔓 Protecting voters: Responding quickly to false information, voter intimidation, and unfair barriers at the polls, as well as taking legal action when needed.
🛡️ Building confidence in the count: Some groups are actively trying to make people doubt California’s elections. The Fund supports public campaigns that explain how ballots are checked, how mail and drop-box ballots are handled, and who oversees the count.
Join Us
The right to vote, and to trust that every vote counts, is one of America’s founding promises. It belongs to every eligible voter, whatever their party or background. The weeks ahead are a defining moment for that promise, in California and across the country.
Through the Democracy Fund, you can help make sure every eligible voter has the information, access and protection they need to make their voice heard. Gifts support eligible 501(c)(3) organizations doing strictly nonpartisan work. Your support builds partnerships with trusted community organizations, protections for voters, and the ability to respond quickly when problems come up. That strength will carry through the 2026 midterms, the 2028 presidential election and beyond.
We invite you to invest alongside CCF in the long-term strength of our democracy, protecting voters today while building the capacity to safeguard every election to come.
The November ballot includes 14 statewide ballot measures and a number of County and City measures. CCF has invested in extensive nonpartisan voting information covering the full range of questions on the ballot.
As a community foundation, CCF can and does take positions on ballot measures with outsized impact on our mission and in alignment with our community partners. We have taken a position and made investments on four ballot measures this year:
Proposition 39 would make California one of the most restrictive states for voting:
In-person voting would require voters to produce a government-issued ID for inspection and review.
Voting by mail would require voters to write the last four digits of their Social Security number or other government-issued identification number on the outside of their mail ballot.
Citizens who don’t supply this personal identification information would be prohibited from exercising their constitutional right to vote.
Research shows that these measures dramatically decrease voter turnout, especially among groups that have historically been marginalized and disenfranchised, including immigrants, seniors, women and voters of color.
Moreover, California’s elections are already among the most secure in the world, with extensive ballot validation and verification procedures; Proposition 39 would break a system that is working. CCF is investing $1.94 million to educate voters about the measure’s implications and mobilize opposition.
2. Yes on Proposition 1: Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond.
Proposition 1 would authorize an $11.25 billion general obligation bond to fund programs that support the creation and preservation of affordable housing, expand homebuying opportunities for low- and moderate-income Californians and veterans, and invest in permanent solutions to solve homelessness.
Proposition 1 dollars would replenish funding for several successful state programs that have exhausted their resources. Funding will be allocated via formulas and competitive grants; LA County’s share may reach ~$6 billion.
3. No on Proposition 43: Limits Voters’ Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services.
Beginning January 1, 2027, Proposition 43 would require approval from at least two-thirds of local voters for any local initiative that creates, extends or increases a special tax.
At a time when communities across Los Angeles County and California face significant challenges and uncertainty, this measure would make it more difficult for local voters to raise revenue for essential public services, and would give a relatively small share of voters outsized power to block locally supported investments.
By limiting communities’ ability to fund public services and act through the ballot box, Proposition 43 would undermine both meeting basic needs and ensuring that communities have a meaningful voice.
4. Yes on Measure FD: Fund the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Measure FD would institute a 0.5% sales tax increase in the City of Los Angeles to generate an additional $345 million a year for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The money would be used to fulfill outstanding budget needs like hiring more firefighters and paramedics and purchasing and maintaining vehicles and other equipment.