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.
- Free Press
- $175,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2020
General operating support for Free Press.
Project:
Free PressFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Free Press
- $215,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
Free Press is a watchdog for media and technology policy. They conduct research and policy analysis, educate policymakers, the press and the public, pressure corporations, organize campaigns with grasstops and grassroots constituencies to hold decision-makers accountable, and lead winning coalitions.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Media/Journalism Education and Training, Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Freedom Network USA
- $20,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
The purpose of this grant is to support wellness and healing for frontline staff at Freedom Network USA, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field.
Project:
RAD Healing and Wellness for Freedom Network USAFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020Strategy:
General- FRIDA - The Young Feminist Fund
- $530,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
FRIDA Young Feminist Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Foundation, works to provide young feminist organizers with the resources they need to amplify their voices and bring attention to the social justice issues they care about. This grant is made by Democracy Fund in collaboration with the Rights and Dignity Working Group, a cross-Omidyar Group initiative.
Project:
FRIDA Young Feminist FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Rights and Dignity- Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) , a fiscally sponsored project of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, is a dynamic collective of social justice funders and youth organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organizing as a strategy for youth development and social change.
Project:
Funders' Collaborative on Youth OrganizingFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
General- Future Currents
- $733,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Planning Group, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, scenario-planning methodologies, and strategy-design processes to grassroots organizations and movement leaders to help them achieve their goals for a vibrant, reparative democracy.
Project:
Social and Economic Justice LeadersFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
General- Future Currents
- $75,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, is working to establish new models of co-governance between civil society actors and those working within the institutions of our democracy.
Project:
Social & Economic Justice Leaders Project - Co-Governance ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Sep 2021Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Future Currents
- $400,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Planning Group, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, scenario-planning methodologies, and strategy-design processes to grassroots organizations and movement leaders to help them achieve their goals for a vibrant, reparative democracy.
Project:
Social and Economic Justice LeadersFoundation Center Topic:
GovernmentGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- Future Currents
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Planning Group, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, scenario-planning methodologies, and strategy-design processes to grassroots organizations and movement leaders to help them achieve their goals for a vibrant, reparative democracy.
Project:
Social and Economic Justice LeadersFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
General- Future of California Elections
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
This grant will support the Future of California Elections (FoCE), a fiscally sponsored project of Community Partners, in conducting network-building work around California Motor Voter and Voters Choice Act implementation.
Project:
Grant for FoCE network-buildingFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Dec 2020Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Generation Justice
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Generation Justice, a fiscally sponsored project of New Mexico Community Foundation, is a multiracial, multicultural project that trains youth to harness the power of community and raise critical consciousness through leadership development, civic engagement, media production and narrative shift.
Project:
Generation JusticeFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- George Washington University
- $300,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2016
Support The Monkey Cage’s efforts to make the political conversation more informed by timely, accessible and sound research from a publicly oriented political science discipline and less dominated by evidence-free arguments. This is achieved by increasing the public engagement of political scientists and other academics and connecting academics with key audiences among journalists, policy analysts, and lay readers.
Project:
Monkey Cage RenewalFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
Dec 2016 to Nov 2018Strategy:
General- George Washington University
- $300,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2014
Transform the Monkey Cage from a stand-alone entity into a key component of a broader infrastructure that supports better communication between political science researchers, elected officials, the media and by virtue of that better informed public discussion on democracy reform. This will require building infrastructure to support that engagement, which in turn will help increase the audience for useful research and incentives for researchers to reach, and listen to, that audience.
Project:
The Monkey CageFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2014 to Dec 2016Strategy:
General- George Washington University
- $15,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
This grant will support the launch of The George Washington University’s Project on Political Communications Ethics. The grantee will conduct lunch meetings with key stakeholders to discuss ethics in political communications and will conduct initial research and planning for the future of this program.
Project:
Project on Political Communication EthicsFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Apr 2019 to Aug 2021Strategy:
Constructive Politics- George Washington University
- $800,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The Multiracial Democracy Project, an initiative of The GWU Institute for Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity, supports a racially diverse community of researchers in law, policy, and social science in developing their research, and connects them to civil rights organizations, democracy reform organizations, and policymakers to better inform policy debates.
Project:
The Multiracial Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Media/Journalism, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Media/Media Access and Policy, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Media, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2026Strategy:
General- Georgetown University
- $120,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life supports the efforts of U.S. Catholic leadership to advance the common good in our multiracial, pluralist democracy. The Initiative also strengthens the U.S. Catholic community’s resistance to the misuse and distortion of Catholic principles for anti-democratic ideological ideas and goals.
Project:
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public LifeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Media, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
General- Georgetown University
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life supports the efforts of U.S. Catholic leadership to advance the common good in our multiracial, pluralist democracy. The Initiative also strengthens the U.S. Catholic community’s resistance to the misuse and distortion of Catholic principles for anti-democratic ideological ideas and goals.
Project:
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public LifeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
General- Georgetown University
- $1,435,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection’s (ICAP) litigation measures in support of targeted communities.
Project:
JIS support for ICAPFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and Transparency, Media/Media Access and Policy, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Apr 2024Strategy:
General- Georgetown University
- $95,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
To support Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. The grantee will conduct programming on the role of faith in our political system and will create partnerships across Catholic institutions and with leaders across different faith traditions to strengthen religious pluralism and overcome polarization.
Project:
Engaging Young Leaders in Building Civility in Furtherance of Democracy and the Common GoodFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to May 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Georgetown University
- $290,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
To support the Georgetown University’s Beeck Center in conducting its first field research project of the Resilient Democracy Coalition (RDC), as well as to support RDC’s experimental effort to design an app to connect newly elected Members of Congress to current and former Members.