Ideas
Grants Database
Democracy Fund champions the leaders and organizations who defend democracy and challenge it to be more open and just. We are proud to have supported more than 200 organizations doing this work.
- 131 & Counting
- $15,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2021
To support 131 & Counting’s work to increase the number of women in Congress and public policy positions through educational and social forums that build a bipartisan network of women leaders.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
July 2021 to June 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- 2020 Census Project
- $750,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2018
To support the 2020 Census Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund. The 2020 Census Project’s Democracy Funders Collaborative Joint aims to ensure that the 2020 Census is implemented effectively, and produces a robust count of the population of the U.S.
Project:
2020 CENSUS PROJECTGrant Length:
June 2018 to November 2019Strategy:
General- 2020 Census Project
- $500,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2019
To support the 2020 Census Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund. This grant will support the efforts of the 2020 Census Project’s Democracy Funders Collaborative joint fund on the Census, which aims to ensure that the 2020 Census is implemented effectively, produces a robust, accurate count of the population of the United States, and supports efforts to ensure […]
Project:
2020 Census Project RenewalGrant Length:
December 2019 to December 2020Strategy:
General- 22nd Century Initiative
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
22nd Century Initiative, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center, facilitates widespread opposition to authoritarian movements and ideas, and resources organizations and networks to build an enduring, reparative, people-powered democracy.
Project:
22nd Century InitiativeGrant Length:
November 2022 to October 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- 22nd Century Initiative
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
22nd Century Initiative, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center, facilitates widespread opposition to authoritarian movements and ideas, and resources organizations and networks to build an enduring, reparative, people-powered democracy.
Project:
22nd Century InitiativeGrant Length:
November 2023 to October 2024Strategy:
Weaken Authoritarian Factions- Accelerate Change, Inc.
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
Civic Revolution aims to transform democracy to be more responsive and representative of all communities through a coalition of digital media organizations dedicated to catalyzing civic engagement for diverse audiences.
Project:
Civic RevolutionGrant Length:
September 2022 to August 2023Strategy:
General- ACCESS
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The National Network for Arab American Communities, an institution of ACCESS, builds the capacity of Arab American community organizations. NNAAC’s capacity building program helps its member organizations through trainings, technical assistance, workshops, convenings, and peer-to-peer learnings.
Project:
National Network for Arab American CommunitiesGrant Length:
November 2022 to October 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- ACCESS
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), an institution of ACCESS, builds the capacity of Arab American community organizations. NNAAC’s capacity building program will help its member organizations though trainings, technical assistance, workshops, convenings, and peer-to-peer learnings.
Project:
National Network for Arab American CommunitiesGrant Length:
November 2023 to October 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Accountable.US
- $225,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2021
Accountable.US (A.US) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)3 organization that shines a light on special interests that too often wield unchecked power and influence in Washington and beyond. They conduct in-depth investigations to expose conflicts of interest and then share their findings with the media, public, policymakers, and allies in real-time.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
October 2021 to September 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Accountable.US
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
Accountable.US (A.US) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)3 organization that shines a light on special interests that too often wield unchecked power and influence in Washington and beyond. They conduct in-depth investigations to expose conflicts of interest and then share their findings with the media, public, policymakers, and allies in real-time.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
November 2023 to October 2024Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
ACRE Institute was founded in 2017, when policies were implemented that disproportionately benefited financial institutions, while harming Black and Brown communities. ACRE Institute’s leadership brings deep experience researching, organizing, and campaigning around Wall Street accountability issues following the 2008 financial crisis.
Project:
General Operating Support 2016-2017Grant Length:
July 2022 to June 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute
- $800,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
The Action Center on Race and the Economy supports racial, economic, and environmental justice organizations with strategic planning and advocacy coordination on political campaigns. The Action Center also leads campaigns to spotlight the political influence that corporate and financial profiteers wield as they erode the basic racial and economic rights of communities of color.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
October 2023 to September 2025Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice is an immigrant women-of-color-led grassroots organization based in Woodside, New York. Founded in 2005, they are the country’s only worker and social justice center dedicated to serving and mobilizing the Nepali-speaking community — an underserved, under-resourced, and undercounted community.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
November 2021 to April 2023Strategy:
General- Advancement Project
- $175,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
Advancement Project is a next generation, multi-racial, policy, communications, and legal action group committed to civil rights and racial justice . They use innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements, achieve policy change and support local movements to ensure impacted communities are at the forefront of change.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
September 2020 to December 2021Strategy:
General- African American Federal Executives Association Incorporated
- $50,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
The African American Federal Executives Association (AAFEA) is the leading non-profit organization dedicated to preparing and supporting African Americans for advancement into and within the senior ranks of the United States Government.
Project:
General Operating SupportGrant Length:
November 2022 to October 2023Strategy:
Representative Leadership- Algorithmic Justice League
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
Algorithmic Justice League, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, conducts and publicizes research investigating algorithmic bias in high visibility commercial and public sector AI systems.
Project:
Algorithmic Justice LeagueGrant Length:
October 2021 to March 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Alternative Newsweekly Foundation
- $35,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2020
The Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, National Association of Hispanic Publishers and others are collaborating on a “Marshall Plan” for community media. Their goal is digital transformation and long term sustainability of critical community publishers, especially those led by people of color and serving diverse communities in the U.S.
Project:
Marshall Plan for Community Media PlanningGrant Length:
November 2020 to October 2022Strategy:
General- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
Scholars from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and American Enterprise Institute (AEI) are conducting a joint project to find solutions to the many continuity of government challenges that our institutions face, some emerging from our current pandemic and others more universal.
Project:
Continuity of Government CommissionGrant Length:
November 2020 to October 2022Strategy:
Empowering Congress- American Immigration Council
- $75,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
This grant supports the merger of American Immigration Council and Partnership for a New American Economy into a unified American Immigration Council. By combining their organizations, a far larger portion of the budget can be dedicated to programmatic work serving immigrants.
Project:
AIC Merger SupportGrant Length:
April 2022 to June 2022Strategy:
General- American Journalism Project
- $2,000,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2019
This general operating grant to The American Journalism Project will support the organization’s mission to make transformative investments in Civic News Organizations, building a new public service media that is governed by, sustained by and looks like the public it serves.