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.

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Organization Name (A-Z) Grant Amount Type Program Area Year
  • 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 Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Dec 2015 to Nov 2017

Strategy:

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 Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Dec 2017 to Nov 2019

Strategy:

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 Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Dec 2019 to Jun 2023

Strategy:

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 Lab

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government

Grant Length:

Dec 2023 to Nov 2024

Strategy:

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 Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Apr 2018 to May 2019

Strategy:

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 Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Nov 2019 to Jun 2023

Strategy:

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 Clinic

Foundation Center Topic:

Other, Media/Media Access and Policy

Grant Length:

Oct 2018 to Jan 2024

Strategy:

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 Watch

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

Mar 2017 to Feb 2018

Strategy:

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 Democracy

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Media Access and Policy

Grant Length:

Nov 2018 to Oct 2019

Strategy:

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.

Project:

YEF Project Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation

Grant Length:

Nov 2023 to Oct 2025

Strategy:

Voting Power
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