 It changed its name to the Fund for the Public Interest in 2008, but it is generally referred to as "the Fund".The Fund runs canvass offices, as well as other citizen engagement activities such as educating voters about issues, building the membership bases for grassroots groups, supporting grassroots advocacy (such as petition drives or letter-writing drives), and fundraising.Local directors hire canvassers to raise money for the Fund's partners and support its other campaign activities including media relations and coalition building.