Ideas
Grants Database
Democracy Fund champions the leaders and organizations who defend democracy and challenge it to be more open and just. We are proud to have supported more than 200 organizations doing this work.
- League of Women Voters Education Fund
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2022
The League of Women Voters Education Fund addresses mis- and dis-information and builds states’ capacity for voter protection.
Project:
State Capacity BuildingFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
June 2022 to May 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- League of Women Voters Education Fund
- $885,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to help the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) implement the Transformation Roadmap, with a focus on increasing LWVEF capacity at the state and national levels to help build a more engaged, diverse, and sophisticated network of 501(c)(3) members, volunteers, and activists. A portion of this grant will also support LWVEF’s consultations […]
Project:
Increasing State CapacityFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
November 2018 to April 2022Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- League of Women Voters Education Fund
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2016
To support the League of Women Voters Education Fund with funding to conduct a one-year assessment of the organization’s structure, processes, people and engagement, and alignment and culture. This would be the first of at least a three-year organizational change process, focused on assessing the LWVEF’s strengths and assets as well as our weaknesses and liabilities in advancing […]
Project:
Organizational AssessmentFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
December 2016 to November 2017Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Library of Congress
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2015
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is an agency within the Library of Congress that works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and members of both the House and Senate.
Project:
115th Congress Freshmen Member Seminars & BriefingsFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2015 to October 2017Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Library of Congress
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
This grant will renew support for training programs developed by the Library of Congress. Specifically, this grant will extend Democracy Fund support for the Congressional Research Service – a division of the Library of Congress – to conduct orientation seminars for newly-elected members of the 116th Congress and for the John W. Kluge Center at the […]
Project:
Support for New Member Seminars and Public-Facing ProgrammingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2017 to March 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Library of Congress
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
The Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, will conduct their signature New Member Seminar (NMS) in January 2021 for newly elected members of the 117th Congress.
Project:
Support for Congressional ProgrammingFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
November 2019 to March 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Lincoln Network Inc.
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
This grant will support the development of an App Market that reviews tech products for use by congressional staff, focusing on key features like whether those tools can handle the required volume and whether they meet security requirements.
Project:
Congressional Tips and App MarketFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2017 to November 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Lincoln Network Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
Reboot Congress brings together leaders from the technology industry and political institutions in Washington, D.C. to bridge the gap between tech and our government in Washington.
Project:
Support the Reboot Congress ConferenceFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
April 2017 to March 2018Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to support the sustainability of news publishers with training and education from the Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION). For this project, LION will create a pilot program to help educate independent publishers on sustainability to support a healthy local news ecosystem.
Project:
LION Sustainability Pilot ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
November 2017 to April 2019Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
- $25,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to provide capacity building support to LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers), a fiscally sponsored project of Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc., for strategic planning and board training.
Project:
Capacity Building GrantFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
October 2018 to April 2019Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
- $500,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2019
General operating support
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
November 2019 to October 2022Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Local Media Foundation
- $25,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Oklahoma Media Center (OMC) project, led by the Local Media Foundation, will strengthen Oklahoma’s local news ecosystem. This grant will support the early activities of the OMC as it builds out local staff and partnerships and sets itself up to serve the informational needs of Oklahomans.
Project:
Oklahoma Media CenterFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
October 2020 to August 2022Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Louisiana State University and A&M College
- $74,966.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To conduct an academic study that advances knowledge on gender equity in journalistic practice. This research will target both the mechanisms of gender bias in use of expert sources in reporting and potential interventions, and report on the outcomes.
Project:
Increasing Women Sources in NewsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
January 2020 to October 2021Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Louisiana State University and A&M College
- $16,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
To support research on radical polarization and the behaviors to lead to increased political violence in the United States and dissemination of the research through white papers and a book.
Project:
Radical American Partisanship research projectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
January 2020 to June 2021Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2016
The Election Law Program (ELP), a joint project of William & Mary (W&M) Law School and the National Center on State Courts, supports judges with information as they navigate election law questions and decisions.
Project:
Election Law State Courts ResearchFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Government/Judicial Selection and PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2016 to November 2018Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2014
The Election Law Program (ELP), a joint project of William & Mary (W&M) Law School and the National Center on State Courts, provides reliable, updatable State Election Law Wikis for state and federal court judges to help them make election law decisions promptly and fairly.
Project:
Election Law State Courts ResearchFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Government/Judicial Selection and PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2014 to December 2016Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2018
To support the Election Law Program (ELP), a joint project of William & Mary Law School and the National Center on State Courts, which exists to support judges as they and their staff navigate election law questions and decisions.
Project:
Election Law State Courts ResearchFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Government/Judicial Selection and PerformanceGrant Length:
December 2018 to July 2022Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2014
The Polling Place of the Future Project at MIT brings election officials, political scientists and tech experts together to refine and build free-access tech tools to allow election officials to run elections better.
Project:
Polling Place of the FutureFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
July 2014 to September 2017Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- $122,650.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2013
Researchers from MIT and other peer academic institutions will conduct research on best practices in the administration of election in order to inform the deliberations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
Project:
Support Presidential Commission on Election AdminFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
July 2013 to July 2015Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- $400,000.00
- Project
- Elections
- 2020
The MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) facilitates election data collection and sharing through web-based tools and datasets. Their system to share data with the public and the academic field supports the development of a network of scholars and members of the Election Science field.