The Democracy Futures Project
The Democracy Futures Project is an initiative to develop the capacity of philanthropies to think long-term about American democracy.
2024
https://civicmakers.com/ridiculously-hopeful-futures/
Ridiculously Hopeful Futures
Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.
Active
Since 2025
California
Imagine a future where consulting the people who need government support is routine—where their voices shape policies, programs, and services. We believe that by listening to customers, we can create better experiences and outcomes for everyone. The Challenge We’re Tackling Government agencies are hesitant to co-design with their customers because: They don’t fully see the benefits of involving customers. There are real and perceived legal and administrative barriers to customer research. Customer research is viewed as time-consuming and resource-intensive.
Funding details
| Funded by | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Social Safety Net Product Studio at Digital Harbor Foundation | 2025-03-01 | — |
- Project type
- Program
- Country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Founded
- 2025
- Language(s)
- English
- Categories
- Civic imagination, Communicating with the people, Supporting public sector from outside government
- Added
- 2025-03-20
- Last modified
- 2026-07-12T16:45:09.000Z
Additional details
- Formats
- workshops
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Geographic focus
- California
- Geographic focus — country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Political unit
- state, local
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