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.
- The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
- $10,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a project of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, trains journalists from historically marginalized backgrounds in the critical field of data and investigative journalism.
Project:
Investing in Staff WellbeingFoundation Center Topic:
Grant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
General- The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
- $412,924.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
To provide general support to the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a project of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, so that it may continue training journalists from historically marginalized backgrounds in the critical field of data and investigative journalism.
Project:
Race, Media and Public Policy: The Ida B Wells Society for Investigative ReportingFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- The Independence Public Media Foundation
- $247,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Independence Public Media Foundation’s Internet for All program makes grants to organizations working to expand community internet that is collectively owned and managed by local communities and strengthening community organizing for digital equity.
Project:
Independence Public Media FoundationFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Dec 2025Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- The Institute for Cultural Evolution
- $96,500.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2015
The purpose of the grant is to support the ongoing convening of conservatives seeking to work toward identifying policy solutions to the challenges facing our country initiated and successfully conducted at several locations around the country.
Project:
Conclave on the Future of the RightFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Nov 2016Strategy:
Previous Strategy- The League
- $225,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
Women, especially women of color, are severely underrepresented in the U.S. government. The League, a project of the New Venture Fund, will convene a cohort of organizations building a pipeline of Black, Indigenous, and non-Black women of color (BIWOC) to run for elected office.
Project:
The LeagueFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- The Lugar Center
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2018
General Operating Support
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- The Lugar Center
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2017
This grant will support the work of The Lugar Center, including their work to study the function of Congressional committees, creating bipartisan delegation meetings at state universities, increase congressional capacity for oversight, and other work to improve the bipartisan function of Congress.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Jul 2017 to Jun 2018Strategy:
Empowering Congress- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $950,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, fiscally sponsored by The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch 2018. The Fund supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
Project:
News Match 2018: The Fund for Nonprofit NewsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $800,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to create a joint Legal Clinic Fund administered by the Miami Foundation to support and expand legal clinics that are housed at law schools and focus on the first amendment, media access, and transparency. This grant will help strengthen legal clinics as a backbone of legal support for local newsrooms.
Project:
Press Freedom Clinic FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2020Strategy:
Press Freedom- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,000,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, hosted at The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch, a fundraising campaign for nonprofit news.
Project:
Fund for Nonprofit News - NewsMatchFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Nov 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,020,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to establish The News Match Fund for Nonprofit News at Miami Foundation. The Fund is a collaboration between Knight Foundation and Democracy Fund that supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
Project:
News Match: Fund for Nonprofit NewsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Sep 2017 to Aug 2018Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, fiscally sponsored by The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch 2019 and 2020. The Fund supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
Project:
Fund for Nonprofit News - NewsMatch 2019 and 2020Foundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jun 2019 to May 2021Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, hosted at The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch, a fundraising campaign for nonprofit news.
Project:
Fund for Nonprofit News - NewsMatchFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Legal Clinic Fund, a joint fund housed at The Miami Foundation, makes grants to university legal clinics to expand their capacity as critical First Amendment advocates and resources for legal support for local newsrooms around the country.
Project:
The Legal Clinic FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Press Freedom- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $400,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Legal Clinic Fund, a joint fund housed at The Miami Foundation, makes grants to university legal clinics to expand their capacity as critical First Amendment advocates and resources for legal support for local newsrooms around the country.
Project:
The Legal Clinic FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Jan 2025Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Press Forward pooled fund, a collaborative vehicle housed at The Miami Foundation, will support local news around the country. Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions.
Project:
Press Forward Pooled FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2020
General operating support for The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media, Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Mar 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
The National Association of LGBTQ Journalists is a journalist-led association working within the news media to advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities and issues. They promote diverse and inclusive workplaces by holding the industry accountable and providing education, professional development and mentoring.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
The National Association of LGBTQ Journalists is a journalist-led association working within the news media to advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities and issues. They promote diverse and inclusive workplaces by holding the industry accountable and providing education, professional development and mentoring.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jul 2023 to May 2025Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- The National Trust for Local News
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The National Trust for Local News will create a network of sustainable, independent community news outlets in Georgia by purchasing at-risk community newspapers and developing a shared ownership and governance structure–the Georgia News Conservancy–that are sustainable and ensure quality and editorial independence.