Tomas Lopez

Associate Director, Trusted Elections Fund

Tomas Lopez is Associate Director of Trusted Elections Fund, a non-partisan pooled fund that distributes grants, engages donors, and coordinates actions to prepare for and respond to high-risk threats to U.S. elections. He previously served as Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina, a state-level non-partisan voting rights organization engaged in grassroots organizing, policy advocacy and research, and strategic communications; and as an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, where he litigated voting rights cases and partnered with advocates to advance and defend electoral reform efforts. Tomas is a graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School.

Contributions

How Family Philanthropy Can Support Free, Fair, and Representative Elections in 2024

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Keara Mendez, Marilyn Carpinteyro, Tomas Lopez, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Joe Goldman

In this salon conversation, family philanthropy donors will have the opportunity to learn about critical election-related areas of giving and major 501(c)(3) funding opportunities associated with each area. After every election cycle, nonprofit leaders working on strengthening democracy and civic engagement report that the funding they received often came too late to have meaningful impact. The goal of field leaders… Read More