Research - Democracy and Power Innovation Fund Resources Member page About Us Who We AreOrganizing PartnersResearch PartnersFunding PartnersAdvisory Committee Our Work Events Webinars2025 Convening News & Media Contact Research Resource DatabaseCommunity Resources Logout Login Signup About Us Who We AreOrganizing PartnersResearch PartnersFunding PartnersAdvisory Committee Our Work Events Webinars2025 Convening2023 Convening2022 Convening2021 Convening News & Media Contact Research Resource DatabaseCommunity Resources Logout Login Signup Our Work Research We co-create our research projects with our organizing partners and research leads, ensure that organizing partners are driving research goals and strategy, and create opportunities for practitioners across organizations to learn from each other. DPI Organizing Lab The DPI Organizing Lab is a collaboration across a group of base-building groups to support the collection and analysis of organizing data that groups can use to evaluate their organizing programs, with the goal of improving strategy, practice, and impact. This innovative project focuses on data that helps groups understand their core work (organizing that supports winning change) rather than data that focuses on last-mile voter contact inputs (e.g., door knocks, number of conversations). Understanding & Measuring Power Building on lessons from the work of the DPI Organizing Lab, we have worked with our state partners to develop an analytic framework for how to understand and measure power. This approach supports organizations in identifying and measuring the activities, strategies, and tactics that are effective in their work to build base, organize collective capacities, and achieve external influence and impact. Narrative and Identity The DPI Fund’s narrative and identity research focuses on how to connect with, engage, and inspire Black, Latino, AAPI and Native voters to lean into their agency and increase their civic participation. In this work, we are exploring the values that drive civic participation, the ideological differences within demographic groups, and how organizations can promote the sense of community and belonging that is necessary as a foundation for political engagement. View Research topics Research Database Click here to access the diverse array of DPI Fund resources including research reports and summaries, slide decks, and recordings of webinars. see all research Resources Webinars, strategy sessions & more. Collaboration and promoting a culture of learning and innovation within organizing and civic engagement practice are critical strategies in our work to build power to win change. Thus, in addition to supporting research and learning projects, the DPI Fund hosts webinars, strategy sessions, and various collaborative learning events. Signup Today Take a Tour The DPI Fund supports groundbreaking research related to organizing strategy and practice, understanding and measuring power, and values and political identities within communities of color. Login to access DPI Fund resources including research reports and summaries, slide decks, and recordings of webinars. Signup Login PDF DPI Reports Who Are Your People? Civic Leadership and the Sources of Power This report highlights civic leaders who have built a base of followers and, acting collectively, wield power in public decision-making. We aim to re-energize the traditions of civic leadership and organizing that are vital to building a democracy that reflects the voice and interests of all people. Play Video View Summary Read More PDF Research Reports Understanding the Disaffected Electorate Building on more than 5 years of research and learning, we have found that across race, age, and geography, frustration with politics is rising. This disillusionment and cynicism impacted engagement in 2024 and remain a threat to civic participation in 2026 and beyond. Play Video View Summary Read More PDF DPI Reports Learning to Build Power This report weaves together the most important lessons from dozens of DPI-sponsored research and program innovation projects and offers a vision for a new paradigm of multiracial democratic practice rooted in people, organizations, and power. Play Video View Summary Read More Join us to explore more research and innovation projects housed in the DPI Research Library.  Join DPI Contact Us The Democracy & Power Innovation Fund is a project hosted at the Rockefeller Family Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contact ‍[email protected] 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115 Membership Membership PageResearch TopicsResource DatabaseMember Login © 2024 Democracy & Power Innovation Fund Privacy Policy Terms of Use Cookie Policy Design by: IFMM