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.
- Democracy North Carolina
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
This grant provides general operating support for Democracy North Carolina (DemNC). The organization works to protect the right to vote, reduce the role of money in politics, and advance fair redistricting in North Carolina.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2022Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Democracy North Carolina
- $75,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
Democracy North Carolina (DemNC) works to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Democracy North Carolina
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Democracy North Carolina (DemNC) works to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Apr 2025Strategy:
Voting Power- Democracy Revival Center
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
The Democracy Revival Center, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center, will bring a generation of social and economic justice leaders, working across issue silos, into the long-term fight to transform political and governing institutions—and lay the groundwork for them to succeed.
Project:
Democracy Revival CenterFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Government/Judicial Selection and Performance, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Democracy Rising
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2024
Democracy Rising, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy Inc., works directly with community groups advancing democracy reform to build effective organizing, education, and advocacy strategies and to ensure just implementation.
Project:
Democracy RisingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2024 to Oct 2026Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Democracy Rising
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
Democracy Rising, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy Inc., works directly with community groups advancing democracy reform to build effective organizing, education, and advocacy strategies and to ensure just implementation.
Project:
Support for Democracy RisingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Democracy Works Inc.
- $700,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2017
Democracy Works and their subdivision of TurboVote explores low-cost ways to increase civic engagement and voting through new civic technology and improving processes and data. Their aim is to make voting easier through use of technology and support for elections administrators and voters.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
Democracy Works and their subdivision of TurboVote explores low-cost ways to increase civic engagement and voting through new civic technology and improving processes and data. Their aim is to make voting easier through use of technology and support for elections administrators and voters.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Nov 2017Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $50,000.00
- Network Grant
- Elections and Voting
- 2013
TurboVote, Sunlight, and ELECTricity will work together to develop a template of easy-to use election websites and pilot those sites in 5 states.
Project:
TurboVote Mini-GrantFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Jan 2014 to Jan 2015Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
Founded by the CAA Foundation and Democracy Works, the Civic Alliance is a nonpartisan business coalition that encourages civic participation, supports safe, accessible and trusted elections, and works to inspire every American to participate in shaping our country’s future.
Project:
Civic Alliance Expansion ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Sep 2021 to Aug 2022Strategy:
General- Democracy Works Inc.
- $950,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
Democracy Works and their subdivision of TurboVote explores low-cost ways to increase civic engagement and voting through new civic technology and improving processes and data. Their aim is to make voting easier through use of technology and support for elections administrators and voters.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Jan 2023Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Democracy Works is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that collaborates with election officials, leading tech platforms, and world-class partners to drive voter access and participation. They create tools, technology, and data to protect and power our democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Jul 2023 to Jun 2024Strategy:
Resilient Elections- Democracy Works Inc.
- $1,000,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
Democracy Works’ Voting Information Project, How to Vote, & Ballot Scout programs address voting and election administration issues brought about or exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project:
Voting Information Project, How to Vote, & Ballot Scout programsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Mar 2021Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2013
ElectionLine.org is the nation’s only nonpartisan, non-advocacy clearinghouse for election reform news and information.
Project:
ElectionLine.orgFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2013 to Jan 2015Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $75,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2016
To provide support to a website that provides news about the latest and ongoing trends in election administration.
Project:
Funding support for an election administration news websiteFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Oct 2016 to Jun 2017Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $500,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2013
TurboVote looks for low-cost ways to increase civic engagement and voting.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2013 to Dec 2015Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
To provide support for the ongoing development and maintenance of a website that provides the election administration community with unfiltered news and information, communicates innovation, and fosters information sharing across jurisdictions.
Project:
Support for election administration websiteFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Mar 2015 to Jul 2016Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $50,000.00
- Network Grant
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
To provide state and local election administrators with a common location for reporting mail system problems and allowing that information to give a comprehensive picture on the scope of problems across the country.
Project:
Election Administration US Postal Problem RepositoryFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Dec 2016Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy Works Inc.
- $36,000.00
- Network Grant
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
To give local election administrators the skills to make better use of their own election data by providing detailed training on how to collect, visualize, and analyze data to make arguments about cost or efficiency.
Project:
Election Data Training for Local OfficialsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Dec 2016Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Inc.
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
In partnership with Protect Democracy, Democracy Journal’s Fall 2023 symposium on proportional representation will commission research by a diverse set of leading experts interrogating various dimensions of the topic, ranging from Proportional Representation and its implications for gerrymandering to the potential ramifications for racial representation.