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.
- Justice Work
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
22nd Century Initiative is a project of Justice Work, a fiscally sponsored project of the National Center for Civic Innovation. The Initiative addresses the expansion and mainstreaming of white nationalism and other far right movements in the U.S. by developing strategies, networks, research, and actions that protect the integrity of our democracy.
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22nd Century InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- Justice Work
- $10,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
Justice Work is a think tank/action lab that incubates path-breaking and creative initiatives to advance social justice. They center marginalized voices to challenge conventional priorities and strategies. They develop long-term partnerships with front-line organizations and academic institutions to strengthen social justice movements and break down siloed spaces.
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Investing in Staff WellbeingFoundation Center Topic:
Grant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
General- Kairos Fellowship Inc.
- $1,050,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Kairos works toward an inclusive, multi-racial democracy by changing how pro-justice organizations see, use, and imagine the future of the internet. Kairos recognizes that understanding the internet as a place, and reshaping governance of the internet as a public square, are essential to strengthening democracy and building a healthier digital media ecosystem.
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General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Kairos Fellowship Inc.
- $215,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
Kairos Fellowship, a fiscally sponsored project of Allied Media Projects Inc., trains fellows in digital-first campaigning who are placed at state and national power-building organizations.
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Kairos FellowshipFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Kanu Hawaii
- $85,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To provide Kanu, a Hawaii based volunteer organization, with capacity to engage volunteers to raise awareness about nonpartisan civic engagement and empowerment in the state. Kanu will work with other organizations and nonprofits to promote greater Hawaiian participation in voting and public engagement.
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Volunteerism and Civic Engagement-HawaiiFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2020Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Kartemquin Educational Films
- $20,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To support production and outreach for the documentary Represent, which followed a bipartisan group of female candidates during their 2018 election bids to different positions across the country.
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Support for Represent DocumentaryFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Keep Our Republic Charitable Fund
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Keep Our Republic is a non-partisan civic education organization dedicated to protecting a republic of laws and strengthening the checks and balances of our democratic electoral system. We aim to discover, highlight, and help prevent an array of extraordinary threats to American democracy, strengthen democratic guardrails, and educate the public before it is too late.
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General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Mar 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation, Inc.
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
This grant will support the Georgia News Lab. The News Lab’s mission is threefold: To make the vital work of investigative reporting affordable for news organizations, to increase diversity in newsrooms, and to help news outlets better serve their communities by increasing the flow of trustworthy public interest journalism.
Project:
Georgia News LabFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Oct 2017 to Jun 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Keseb
- $300,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2023
Keseb, a fiscally sponsored project of the Fund for Constitutional Government, is a nonpartisan, pro-democracy nonprofit organization building transnational alliances between democracy activists and entrepreneurs to fight authoritarian ideology, demagogic political leaders, and xenophobic movements.
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Support for KesebFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2025Strategy:
General- Latino Community Fund Inc
- $195,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Latino Community Fund Georgia (LCF Georgia) supports Latinx-serving and Latinx-led nonprofit organizations that are advancing democracy, protecting and building community, and facilitating economic opportunities for all.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Apr 2025Strategy:
Voting Power- Law For Black Lives
- $750,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
To support Law for Black Lives (L4BL), a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, on its litigation and and capacity building.
Project:
Support for Law for Black LivesFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Mar 2020 to May 2023Strategy:
General- Law Forward Inc.
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2024
Law Forward is a legal nonprofit working to defend ballot access, led the fight for fair districts, protected separation of powers, advocated for the judiciary’s constitutional role, and convened broad coalitions—including key Wisconsin nonprofits, government officials, and national allies to resist election subversion and ensure fair, free elections.
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General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Jun 2024 to May 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- Lawfare Institute
- $25,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2018
This project grant will support capacity building at the Lawfare Institute. Lawfare facilitates research and robust analysis of national security issues, and its experts also use FOIA to uncover information that will help foster objective, public, and transparent discussions around government decision-making. This capacity building grant will support Lawfare’s work to build its influence by improving its ability to produce high-quality audio and video content.
Project:
Capacity Building for Videos and PodcastsFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Jun 2019Strategy:
General- LawWorks
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
The 65 Project, an initiative within LawWorks, a fiscally sponsored project of the Franklin Education Forum, works to increase the adoption of ethics best practices by lawyers and state bar associations.
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Lawyer Ethics ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $2,000,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law activates the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy, advocacy and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to provide funding for enhanced staffing dedicated to pro bono and technological enhancement.
Project:
Pro Bono Project SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2017 to Aug 2018Strategy:
General- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to the Lawyers’ Committee’s work to activate the private bar and leverage pro bono support to confront civil rights challenges.
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General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
General- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $140,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law project on COVID-19 accountability uses public education and litigation to address racial disparities in the government’s public health and economic recovery response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project:
COVID-19 AccountabilityFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Oct 2020 to Sep 2021Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $1,450,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2020
General operating support for Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Digital Justice Initiative.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Leadership Conference Education Fund, Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support the Voting Rights Program within the Leadership Conference Education Fund as it expands its communications capacity and works to influence a shift in the national public narrative to center and support the self-empowerment of marginalized communities, re-establish voting as a fundamental right, and minimize the partisan lens on discourse around these issues.