The Vote is Sacred Fellowship (VISF) seeks to spark a national conversation about how voting and civic participation is rooted in diverse faith traditions and bring to the forefront the practical ways those traditions and institutions can come together to protect our democracy. Anchored in the importance of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, the initiative will focus on activating the social capital within and between faith and civic communities to underscore the importance of the vote and peaceful engagement around elections in a religiously diverse, participatory democracy.  

VISF will bring together 15 diverse organizational leaders representing national and local organizations engaged in elections work. Opportunities for fellows include:  

A Supportive Network: Join a supportive network, finding space and time through in-person and virtual programming for discussion, learning, and mutual care.  

Partner Coordination: Coordinate election work across national and local partners, ensuring each organization is using its best abilities in the right places.   

Faith in Elections Playbook: Learn from IA’s Faith in Elections Playbook (FIEP), which provides strategies for fostering healthy engagement in election processes, especially leveraging faith and local faith leaders.  

Grants Program: $10,000 grants are available to be used to distribute and activate the FIEP in your organization’s network, as well as to sub-grant local partners leading with faith in election work. For example, in 2024 grantees used funds to support efforts to recruit poll chaplains, implement trustworthy information initiatives, and to host bridgebuilding activities.