SPF’s 2019/2020 census grantmaking targeted the integration of census work into the work organizations were already doing under the major initiatives SPF adopted in 2013. In an effort to continue the work our grantee partners have carried out in increasing Census participation, SPF shifted 2021 grantmaking towards redistricting. As it stands today, large swaths of voters from low-income communities of color throughout the rural South are still systematically disenfranchised due to the apportionment and redrawing of congressional districts undertaken by both prior and current state legislatures.

Putting increased pressure on Southern state legislatures to fairly redraw district boundaries is crucial in lifting the voices that have traditionally been silenced. As apportionment and redistricting only occur once every 10 years following the Census, SPF is focused on doubling down on its efforts to support the groups working so hard to make sure there’s a seat for everyone at the table.

SPF trainings and webinars assist organizations in learning HOW to integrate redistricting work into the work they are doing in three major initiatives.