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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.

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  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $156,230.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2019

The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) will create and revise resources on libel and defamation insurance for nonprofit news organizations. INN will expand their insurance program and partner with nonprofit organizations to develop short- and long-term solutions to lowering the cost of insurance for nonprofit journalists so that they are protected against lawsuits related to […]

Project:

Nonprofit News Insurance Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Media, Media/Media Access and Policy

Grant Length:

November 2019 to January 2023

Strategy:

Press Freedom
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $48,956.00
  • Network Grant
  • Public Square
  • 2013

For a project to organize a two day in-depth training session for reporters on the latest tools and techniques for following the money in the 2014 elections.

Project:

Mini-Grant

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance, Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

January 2014 to January 2015

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $900,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2019

This renewal grant will provide general operating support for the Institute for Nonprofit News. The Institute for Nonprofit News is a critical anchor organization, providing support, training and networking for America’s almost 250 nonprofit journalism organizations.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

December 2019 to November 2022

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $300,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2018

This renewal grant will provide general operating support for the Institute for Nonprofit News. The Institute for Nonprofit News is a critical anchor organization, providing support, training and networking for America’s 200+ nonprofit journalism organizations.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

December 2018 to November 2019

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $530,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2013

INN’s mission is to help nonprofit news organizations produce and distribute stories with impact; to achieve cost efficiencies by pooling resources and services; and to develop new revenue streams that will help member organizations become sustainable, mission-driven, nonprofit businesses.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

December 2013 to December 2015

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $600,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2016

INN’s mission is to help nonprofit news organizations produce and distribute stories with impact; to achieve cost efficiencies by pooling resources and services; and to develop new revenue streams that will help member organizations become sustainable, mission-driven, nonprofit businesses.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media

Grant Length:

August 2016 to July 2018

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • $200,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2015

The purpose of this grant is to provide funds to the INNovation Fund which supports projects proposed by nonprofit news organizations to advance the economic sustainability of their newsroom.

Project:

INNovation Fund Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

December 2015 to November 2016

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
  • $500,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2019

The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) as it conducts research, raises awareness, and works with partners to enable more understanding of the American Muslim community.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

September 2019 to August 2023

Strategy:

General
  • Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
  • $75,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2017

To provide general operating support for the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding as they seek to continue to conduct research around the American Muslim community, the challenges the communities face, and to produce a series of online training for media professionals that are covering issues effecting the community.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Media Access and Policy, Other

Grant Length:

June 2017 to May 2018

Strategy:

General
  • Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
  • $100,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2018

The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) as it conducts research, raises awareness, and works with partners to better understand the American Muslim community.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

September 2018 to August 2019

Strategy:

General
  • Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
  • $50,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2020

To support the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s (ISPU) collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on covering the American Muslims confidently, creatively, and fairly.

Project:

Covering American Muslims Confidently, Creatively and Fairly - a Collaboration between ISPU and the Pulitzer Center

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training, Other

Grant Length:

March 2020 to June 2021

Strategy:

General
  • Interfaith Youth Core
  • $50,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2019

To support Interfaith Youth Core’s Alumni Fellowship Program. The organization will provide fellowships to at least five individuals from their alumni network to create innovative new interfaith civic engagement projects focused on promoting pluralism in their communities.

Project:

Interfaith Innovation Fellowship Program

Foundation Center Topic:

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

Grant Length:

November 2019 to October 2020

Strategy:

Constructive Politics
  • Interfaith Youth Core
  • $60,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2021

The Interfaith Innovation Fellows program provides training and funding for Interfaith Youth Core Alumni who are leading projects at the intersection of racial equity and interfaith cooperation.

Project:

Support for Interfaith Fellowship Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation

Grant Length:

April 2021 to March 2022

Strategy:

General
  • International Refugee Assistance Project
  • $500,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2019

To provide project support to the International Refugee Assistance Project’s (IRAP) family reunification, community lawyering, and impact litigation work.

Project:

Project Support for IRAP

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Other

Grant Length:

November 2019 to October 2023

Strategy:

General
  • International Women’s Media Foundation
  • $150,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

International Women’s Media Foundation’s Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund offers stipends to women-identifying Black journalists facing financial hardship to access critical mental health services.

Project:

Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund

Foundation Center Topic:

Media

Grant Length:

October 2020 to January 2022

Strategy:

Engaged Journalism
  • Internet Archive
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2016

The Political TV Ad Archive provides a searchable, viewable, and shareable online archive of 2016 political TV ads, with fact-checking and reporting citizens can trust. The project is open source and available on Github.

Project:

Political TV Ad Archive 2016 II

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance

Grant Length:

September 2016 to August 2017

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Internet Archive
  • $125,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2014

The Sunlight Foundation, Philadelphia’s Committee of Seventy, and the Internet Archive will be matching up the political ads with FCC-mandated public inspection file data from each station to uncover which groups paid how much for each political ad.

Project:

Philadelphia Media Ecosystem Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance, Government/Open Government and Transparency

Grant Length:

October 2014 to September 2015

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Internet Archive
  • $49,634.00
  • Network Grant
  • General and Field Building
  • 2015

The purpose of this grant is to train journalists on using the Internet Archive’s new digital library resources of political ads and television news.

Project:

Political TV Ad Archive 2016

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

December 2015 to December 2016

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Internews Network
  • $260,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

The Listening Post Collective, a project of Internews, uses strategy and capacity building for local and community news primarily led by and serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, to build engaged and trusted journalism. Their programs focus on news deserts and place-based community media systems.

Project:

Listening Post Collective

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

December 2020 to June 2022

Strategy:

Engaged Journalism
  • Internews Network
  • $225,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2018

Internews is an organization working to ensure access to trusted, quality information that empowers people to have a voice in their future and to live healthy, secure, and rewarding lives. The purpose of this grant is to support the Listening Post Collective, a multi-city project that seeks to offer resources, tools, peer-to-peer support and a […]

Project:

Listening Post Collective

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism, Media/Media Access and Policy

Grant Length:

November 2018 to November 2020

Strategy:

Engaged Journalism