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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.
- Common Cause Education Fund
- $1,375,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
Common Cause Education Fund (CCEF) is a national organization supporting civic reform in the U.S., working for improvements in both election administration and campaign finance. They are a key player in shaping conversations around voting. Leveraging their state offices and national membership, they continue to build local coalitions around many reforms to strengthen our democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
December 2019 to July 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona connects donors to the causes they care about, serving as a vital link between philanthropy and the community’s needs. They are working to provide ongoing community leadership and recurring philanthropic support to the organizations helping to rebuild trusted, local news and information in their community.
Project:
Local Journalism Initiative of Southern ArizonaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
November 2023 to December 2024Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Community Foundation of New Jersey
- $1,300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to support New Jersey’s local news information ecosystem. The grant will create a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey to support organizations that are working to build a networked, state-wide, place-based, news ecosystem that is audience-centered, trusted, collaborative and resilient.
Project:
New Jersey News EcosystemFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and Training, Media/JournalismGrant Length:
November 2017 to October 2019Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Community Foundation of New Jersey
- $215,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The New Jersey Local News Lab Fund is a collaborative fund that supports people and organizations building a more connected, collaborative, and sustainable local news and information ecosystem in New Jersey.
Project:
New Jersey Local News Lab FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
November 2020 to March 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Community Foundation of New Jersey
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
To support the NJ Local News Lab Fund, which is investing in people and organizations working to make New Jersey’s news ecosystem more connected, collaborative, and sustainable.
Project:
Local News Lab Fund RenewalFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
November 2019 to October 2020Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Conecta Arizona
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Conecta Arizona (CA) started as an experiment to respond to misinformation about Covid with accurate and timely information in Spanish. Using the community-based approach they developed over the past three years, they are expanding their focus to include more deeply reported stories.
Project:
Conecta ArizonaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
November 2023 to October 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Congressional Management Foundation
- $25,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
This grant supports the Congressional Management Foundation’s ongoing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts as an organization in 2020.
Project:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
November 2020 to December 2020Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Congressional Management Foundation
- $400,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2015
This general operating grant is aimed at helping boost the efforts of the Congressional Management Foundation’s efforts to help Congressional offices manage resources as effectively as possible. More specifically, this grant aims to boost several key functions within CMF including a program that would look at developing guiding principles that would establish best practices for use […]
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
July 2015 to June 2017Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Congressional Management Foundation
- $49,900.00
- Network Grant
- Governance
- 2015
The purpose of this grant is to create a coalition of experts from inside and outside of Congress to creative a constructive, cohesive vision for a Resilient Democracy.
Project:
Resilient Democracy Coalition-BuildingFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2015 to December 2016Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Congressional Management Foundation
- $500,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2017
General Operating Support
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
November 2017 to October 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Congressional Management Foundation
- $950,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General Operating Support
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2019 to January 2024Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
- $435,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center’s Legislative Reform Program conducts research on major democracy reform issues, and educates advocates, policymakers, and the public about opportunities to increase congressional capacity.
Project:
Legislative Reform ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
October 2020 to September 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Congressional Sports for Charity
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
This grant will support Congressional Sports for Charity, organizer of the annual Congressional Baseball Game. The Congressional Baseball Game, first held in 1909, is an annual bipartisan event in which Members of the United States Congress face off in a friendly baseball game. Congressional Sports for Charity uses proceeds from the game to support charities across the Washington, DC area.
Project:
Congressional Baseball Game SponsorshipFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
June 2018 to November 2018Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Constitutional Accountability Center
- $400,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of the Constitution’s text and history. They work in the courts, government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights of all in America and to protect the judiciary from politics.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
November 2023 to October 2025Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Constitutional Accountability Center
- $175,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of the Constitution’s text and history. They work in the courts, through government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all in America and to protect the judiciary from politics and special […]
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
November 2022 to October 2023Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Constitutional Accountability Center
- $475,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
To support the Constitutional Accountability Center’s work to research the tools Congress can use to enforce its oversight requests, enhance capacity to provide legal analysis at the request of Hill offices, support litigation, and shape a media narrative on the importance of Congress serving as a coequal branch.
Project:
Congressional OversightFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
July 2019 to June 2022Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
- $100,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2018
To support Convergence’s work to help Congress function more effectively through its work with the House Bipartisan Working Group (BPWG), which seeks to encourage members to engage in meaningful and consensus-driven dialogue on complex policy challenges with colleagues.
Project:
Convergence Planning GrantFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
November 2018 to November 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution will create and convene a Roundtable on transforming the civil service to meet the needs of the 21st century. The Roundtable will be an incubator for different groups and stakeholders to share ideas about how to transform the system and attract, retain, and develop talented and diverse career public servants.
Project:
Roundtable on Modernizing the Civil ServiceFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
June 2022 to May 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation, Inc.
- $111,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The Center for Community and Ethnic Media (CCEM) will undergo a strategic planning process and support new leadership as it develops into a national hub for ethnic media. CCEM will add depth and national scope to its efforts with news and information outlets serving ethnic, minority and immigrant communities.
Project:
Center for Community and Ethnic MediaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
June 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The Center for Community Media (CCM) at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York will continue expanding its role as a national hub for outlets serving minority and immigrant communities and advocating for greater investment in community media overall.