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.
- Women's Congressional Policy Institute
- $260,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2015
The purpose of the grant is to support the Womens Policy Inc whose mission is to bring women policymakers together to work across party lines on issues of importance to women and their families.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Nov 2017Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Women's Congressional Policy Institute
- $460,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2017
This grant will provide general support for Women’s Policy, Inc. as they continue convening female leaders of Congress to build bipartisan relationships and increase congressional capacity.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Women's Congressional Policy Institute
- $290,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General support for Women’s Policy, Inc.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Women's Democracy Lab
- $115,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
Women’s Democracy Lab, a fiscally sponsored project of Panorama Global, radically reimagines what democracy looks like when Indigenous women and women of color are supported and can thrive in elected office. Their work illuminates challenges and experiments with solutions, aiming to rebuild political institutions in an inclusive and equitable model, and ensuring that they protect, support, and nurture Indigenous women and women of color in elected office.
Project:
Women's Democracy LabFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, GovernmentGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Representative Leadership- Women's Public Leadership Network
- $90,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To provide support for Women Influencers Network (WIN), a project of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF). This support will help WIN retain legal counsel and build out essential staff in order to provide education and training to women who are considering running for public office.
Project:
General Support for Women Influencers Network ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Apr 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Women's Public Leadership Network
- $495,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support for the Women’s Public Leadership Network (WPLN) to expand their programming to engage with other organizations in the female candidate development space; continue their non-partisan educational workshops, mentorship programs, and post-election educational seminars; and maintain the WPLN website and digital portal. All of these resources will inform and educate women about the process of running for elected office.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Yale University
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
This grant is to provide flexible funding support to the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale University Law School at Yale University, including support for the Media Freedom Information Access Clinic’s annual conference titled Access and Accountability 2018: A Conference for Transparency Advocates.
Project:
Media Freedom and Information Access ClinicFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2018 to Jan 2024Strategy:
Press Freedom- Yale University
- $90,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2017
BrightLinesWatch is a project to track the potential corrosion of democratic norms through the expert opinion of domestic and international political scientists. The grant will also fund an international conference and a series of briefing papers using international experiences to better understand potential threats to American democracy.
Project:
BrightLines WatchFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Mar 2017 to Feb 2018Strategy:
General- Yale University
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
To support research that can contribute to a convincing body of evidence that can inform stakeholders in media, industry, and government on how to most effectively design and regulate online spaces in a way that limits threats to democracy.
Project:
Investigating Digital Outrage as a Root Cause of Threats to DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Youth Engagement Fund
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The Youth Engagement Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, brings together philanthropic and organizational decision-makers across the country to invest in youth of color organizations and leaders in the aforementioned priority states as catalysts in creating an inclusive multiracial democracy that is reflective of all people.