Grants Database
Democracy Fund collaborates with our grantees, donors, and other partners to strengthen and expand the movement for an inclusive, multiracial democracy. We are proud to have supported more than 400 organizations doing this work.
- Scalawag
- $465,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Durham, NC, Scalawag is a Southern media organization that builds social and political consciousness through journalism and storytelling. Their mission is to work in solidarity with oppressed communities in the South to disrupt and shift the narratives that keep power and wealth in the hands of the few.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.
Project:
Support for Shoulder to ShoulderFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2022Strategy:
General- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, connects, equips, and mobilizes faith communities in the U.S. as strategic partners in countering, addressing, and preventing anti-Muslim hatred, discrimination, and violence. Part of this grant will build Shoulder to Shoulder’s fundraising and communications capacity.
Project:
Shoulder to ShoulderFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based ParticipationGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Aug 2024Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $10,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.
Project:
Investing in Staff WellbeingFoundation Center Topic:
Grant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
General- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.
Project:
Shoulder to ShoulderFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Sightline Institute
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
Sightline Institute’s nonpartisan Democracy and Elections program advances solutions for Cascadia’s electoral systems, including stifling extreme partisanship through open primaries, allowing voters more freedom to express their preferences through ranked choice voting and proportional representation, and expanding and protecting voting access for all.
Project:
Program support for Democracy & Elections ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Dec 2025Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Social Science Research Council
- $75,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
This grant will support the Social Science Research Council’s research on media and democracy, cutting across two areas of their existing work- Anxieties of Democracy and Digital culture. The grant will support cross-sector convenings and research about the role of media in democracy and the development of communications tools to provide resources to help media better serve democratic ends.
Project:
SSRC Media and Democracy Research ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Grant Length:
Dec 2017 to Nov 2018Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Social Science Research Council
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to support the Digital Disinformation Research and Mapping Project, which will track and aggregate ongoing research, facilitate the alignment of research with relevant policy efforts, and build a diverse and multidisciplinary scholarly network.
Project:
Digital Disinformation Research and Mapping ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2018 to Aug 2021Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Social Science Research Council
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The Social Data Initiative will examine social media’s impact on society and democracy, explore questions about the responsible use of social network data, and generate insights to inform solutions.
Project:
Social Data InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2018 to Aug 2019Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Social Science Research Council
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To support scholarship at the intersection of critical race, digital studies, and social media platforms; especially as it relates to discriminatory targeting, hateful activities, content governance, and human / civil rights protections in the United States, with a particular focus on people of color and women.
Project:
Critical Race, Digital Studies, & Social Media PlatformsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Sojourners
- $315,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Sojourners is an independent, award-winning print and online magazine of faith, culture, and politics.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Media, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
May 2021 to Apr 2023Strategy:
General- Sojourners
- $275,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Sojourners is an ecumenical Christian media and advocacy organization that works towards social and racial justice. Sojourners publishes an award-winning magazine, produces daily news and commentary on sojo.net, and mobilizes people of faith for social justice through its advocacy initiative SojoAction.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Media, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
May 2023 to Apr 2025Strategy:
General- Sojourners
- $75,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To support Sojourners’ Matthew 25 initiative to shift the political and public narrative towards more inclusive and constructive conversations. To do this, Sojourners will use values-based messaging and convene diverse partners to address issues such as racism and xenophobia through videos, audio pieces, and other resources.
Project:
Support for Matthew 25 InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Jul 2018 to Jun 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Sojourners
- $325,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
Sojourners is an independent, award-winning print and online magazine of faith, culture, and politics.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to Jul 2020Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Solidaire Network Inc
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Janisha R. Gabriel Movement Protection Fund (MPF) moves resources rapidly to protect frontline organizers from state repression, vigilante violence, and digital attacks.
Project:
Movement Protection FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Jul 2025Strategy:
General- Solutions Journalism Network
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2019
To provide general operating support to the Solutions Journalism Network so they can continue to scale and adapt the work of infusing solutions journalism practice in newsrooms, building a journalism practice that better equips and informs communities to address social issues and fosters civic participation.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Solutions Journalism Network
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to support Solutions Journalism Network in training journalists to develop solutions stories that investigate situations and provide reporting on alternate options to challenges unearthed within the investigations.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Aug 2017 to Jul 2019Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Solutions Journalism Network
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
The Democracy SOS Fellowship will provide training and resources to journalists in order to build a practice of more engagement, trust, and equity in civics, elections, and political reporting.
Project:
Democracy SOSFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Apr 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Solutions Project Inc
- $2,250,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Solutions Project (TSP) funds and amplifies climate justice solutions created by grassroots organizations that are tackling the root causes of the climate crisis. TSP is an important force for building a more connected, visible, and solutions-oriented climate and migrant justice movement.
Project:
Climate and Migrant Justice ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- South Asian Americans Leading Together
- $10,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national movement strategy and advocacy organization working to promote racial justice through federal policy and advocacy, local and national partnerships, coalition building, and strategic communications.