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What is the Bridge Alliance Education Fund?
The Bridge Alliance Education Fund (BAEF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that was first designed as a way to support the efforts of the Bridge Alliance.
The Bridge Alliance served as the first coalition of organizations working individually and collectively to promote healthy self-governance in our democratic republic. Bridge Alliance organizations spanned the ideological spectrum, but are unified to work efficiently, outside arbitrarily defined political lines.
Although the healthy democracy ecosystem has evolved over time to be more expansive than one coalition could represent, the Bridge Alliance Education Fund continues to evolve in how we serve that ecosystem. We primarily serve the larger community through programs that serve our mission, while maintaining the deep connections we fostered between our former members and the expansive ecosystem we are all a part of.
You can explore the 10-year history of the Bridge Alliance Education Fund, the Bridge Alliance, and our programs further on our History page.
What is the "Healthy Self-Governance Movement" or "Healthy Democracy Ecosystem"?
The Healthy Self-Governance Movement has evolved to also identify as the Healthy Democracy Ecosystem, and is a sprawling, decentralized network of organizations and leaders who are working hard to revitalize America. More specifically, they are promoting civility, transparency, effective governance, civic engagement, and a country before party mindset -- i.e. all the elements necessary for healthy self-governance in the democratic republic that is the United States.
None of the many organizations in the field or their talented leaders have the solution or “silver bullet” to fix America. Rather, they each represent a crucial thread for repairing the fabric of society.
It was the first goal of the the Bridge Alliance to weave these threads together into a tapestry (i.e. cohesive movement) to reinvigorate our democratic institutions. Our goal remains a healthy democratic republic.
