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.
- Pillars Fund
- $800,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support Pillars Fund’s Culture Change Project, in partnership with Pop Culture Collaborative. They have developed the American Muslim Pop Culture Cohort and curriculum and will now advance their work even further.
Project:
Pillars Fund and Pop Culture Collaborative - countering Islamophobia through narrative changeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2023Strategy:
General- Pillars Fund
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Pillars Fund supports Muslim organizations and leaders who advance social good. They invest in community-focused initiatives, push back against harmful narratives, uplift Muslim stories, and give collectively to generate resources within Muslim communities for Muslim communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Political Research Associates
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Political Research Associates (PRA) is a social justice research and strategy center devoted to supporting organizations, civic leaders, journalists, and social sectors that are building a more just and inclusive democratic society.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Aug 2024 to Aug 2026Strategy:
General- POLITICO, LLC
- $100,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2016
Politico is co-sponsoring an event on the future of American democracy and the political parties. While examining these structures through the context of the 2016 election, two panels will focus on the forces and factors that created our current election and how they will influence the future.
Project:
Public education event on future of democracyFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2016 to Feb 2017Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Pop Culture Collaborative
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Becoming America Fund at Pop Culture Collaborative, a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a donor collaborative working to unleash the power and scale of pop culture to transform the narrative landscape surrounding people of color, immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and Indigenous peoples—especially those who are women, queer, transgender, and/or disabled—in America.
Project:
Becoming America Fund at Pop Culture CollaborativeFoundation Center Topic:
Other, MediaGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Mar 2024Strategy:
General- POPVOX Foundation
- $90,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone. They reimagine the concept of civic infrastructure and provide new ways for government to share information and engage the public. They are building internal capacity to increase long-term sustainability and improve the impact of their work.
Project:
Capacity BuildingFoundation Center Topic:
Grant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
General- POPVOX Foundation
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone. This includes reimagining the concept of “civic infrastructure,” and providing new ways for government to share information and engage the public, with an emphasis on diverse participation and rebuilding public trust.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- POPVOX Foundation
- $50,000.00
- General Operating Support
- President's Office
- 2023
POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone. This includes reimagining the concept of “civic infrastructure,” and providing new ways for government to share information and engage the public, with an emphasis on diverse participation and rebuilding public trust.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Executive Branch Performance, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
General- POPVOX LegiDash Fund
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
The POPVOX LegiDash Fund, a project of the Tides Foundation, will develop a communications and legislative resources dashboard for use by congressional staff. The free product, called LegiDash, will provide staff with an improved constituent communications portal they can use to view and respond to messages delivered to Congress by POPVOX, increasing the efficiency of that process.
Project:
POPVOX LegiDash FundFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- POPVOX LegiDash Fund
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
The POPVOX LegiDash Fund, a project of the Tides Foundation, will develop a communications and legislative resources dashboard for use by congressional staff. The free product, called LegiDash, will provide staff with an improved constituent communications portal they can use to view and respond to messages delivered to Congress by POPVOX, increasing the efficiency of that process.
Project:
POPVOX LegiDash FundFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
May 2019 to Apr 2020Strategy:
Empowering Congress- POPVOX LegiDash Fund
- $735,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
POPVOX LegiDash Fund will develop a communications and legislative resources dashboard for congressional staff. The free product provides an improved constituent communications portal to view, batch, and respond to messages delivered to Congress by POPVOX.
Project:
POPVOX LegiDash FundFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
May 2020 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Portland State University Foundation
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2024
The Local Election Officials (LEO Survey) is a project created in partnership between the Elections and Voting Information Center (EVIC) at Reed College and team and Portland State University’s Center for Public Service. This grant supports the design, administration, analysis, and dissemination of findings from the sixth survey.
Project:
LEO SurveyFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Apr 2024 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc.
- $130,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to fund the construction of an e-learning course focused on educating journalists on the legal issues related to libel and defamation, in an effort to mitigate risk and help reduce the likelihood of legal incidents. The training will cover multiple parts of the newsgathering and dissemination process, as well as what to do should one encounter an incident or claim.
Project:
Libel and Defamation Risk Mitigation TrainingFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Mar 2021Strategy:
Press Freedom- Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc.
- $325,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2013
A grant to the Poynter Institute will foster a public conversation within media about the role of pundits in our democracy, reduce the level of deception from pundits through highly visible fact checking of pundits, and demonstrate the value of using non-partisan fact checking of media pundits to reduce deception and misinformation.
Project:
PundiFact & Civility ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Sep 2013 to Aug 2015Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc.
- $525,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of the Grant is to provide support for the fight against mis/disinformation through fact-checking innovation, research, collaboration, and training. For this project, Grantee will work to support fact-checking through the PolitiFact and PunditFact platforms. Grantee will also support research, training, and opportunities for collaboration for the broader fact-checking and journalism networks.
Project:
Strengthening Accountability ReportingFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and Training, MediaGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Jun 2020Strategy:
Digital Democracy- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2017
This grant would contribute initial funding towards the creation of the position of Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Project:
Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Crossroads 21 ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Mar 2017 to Feb 2018Strategy:
General- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2018
This grant will support the Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Project:
Senior Practice Fellowship in American DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
Other, GovernmentGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Oct 2019Strategy:
General- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support the Defending Digital Democracy Project (D3P) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs to help election administrators and other government officials better protect election systems through a variety of trainings and tools.
Project:
Defending Digital Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Feb 2021Strategy:
Trust in Elections- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2017
This grant will support the Defending Digital Democracy Project at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Project:
Defending Digital Democracy (D3P) projectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Nov 2017 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Trust in Elections- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Tthe Practicing Democracy Project at Harvard Kennedy School of Government believes that equipping people with the collective capacity to contest political, economic, and cultural power — that is, by enabling organization — people can realize the promises of democracy. The project will establish an endowed program in democratic organizing at Harvard University.