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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.
- Government Accountability Project
- $350,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
Government Accountability Project’s mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists.
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General Operating SupportStrategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Government Accountability Project
- $575,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General operating support to the Government Accountability Project.
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General Operating SupportStrategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Government Accountability Project
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
The National Whistleblower Initiatives for Truth campaign will expand their work protecting federal whistleblowers and promoting Congressional oversight of the Executive Branch.
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National Whistleblower Initiatives for Truth CampaignStrategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Government Accountability Project
- $10,000
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
Government Accountability Project’s mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists.
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Investing in Staff WellbeingStrategy:
General- Granite State News Collaborative
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Granite State News Collaborative was established to enable local news, community and educational partners to work together to ensure that all communities have access to trusted and ethically reported information on the issues and solutions that impact them most; newsrooms and content reflect our communities; and, they all continue serving the public well into […]
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News & Information Ecosystems- Grassroots Asians Rising
- $535,100.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Grassroots Asians Rising, a fiscally sponsored project of Chinese Progressive Association, is a national network of grassroots organizations rooted in working-class Asian communities. Their members support communities that live in the most precarious margins of power: refugees, low-wage workers, youth, undocumented immigrants, queer and trans people, and low-income tenants.
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Grassroots Asians RisingStrategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Grassroots Asians Rising
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Grassroots Asians Rising, a fiscally sponsored project of Chinese Progressive Association, is a national network of grassroots organizations rooted in working-class Asian communities. Their members support communities that live in the most precarious margins of power: refugees, low-wage workers, youth, undocumented immigrants, queer and trans people, and low-income tenants.
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Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
The Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, a fiscally sponsored project of Project South, advances structural shifts toward Climate Justice + Ecological Equity in Gulf South Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities on the frontlines of climate change.
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General- Gumshoe Group
- $233,500.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Gumshoe Group, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, Inc, builds structural, financial, and legal support for diverse freelance investigative journalists to pursue open records requests that hold institutions, power, and public officials accountable.
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Investigative Journalism- Healthy Democracy Fund
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2014
To continue support for Healthy Democracy as they further institutionalize the Oregon process and extend the CIR practice to other states.
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General Operating SupportStrategy:
Engaged Journalism- Healthy Democracy Fund
- $420,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2011
The Healthy Democracy Fund will organize a Citizen initiative Review in Oregon and work with leaders from other states to encourage the replication of the Citizen initiative Review outside of Oregon.
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General Operating SupportStrategy:
Engaged Journalism- Healthy Democracy Fund
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2013
Encourage the replication of the CIR in states outside of Oregon
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CIR Replication GrantsStrategy:
Engaged Journalism- Healthy Democracy Fund
- $50,000.00
- Network Grant
- Public Square
- 2013
Healthy Democracy Fund and the Participatory Budget Project will work with Personal Democracy Media to explore how technology may be used to improve their models of public engagement.
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Mini-GrantStrategy:
Engaged Journalism- Healthy Democracy Fund
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2016
The purpose of this grant is to continue our support of Healthy Democracy Fund as they enter a new phase, and seek to build out an online infrastructure for the replication and adoption of CIR in new areas with more ease.
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Engaged Journalism- Hearken
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
Hearken’s Election SOS project, a fiscally sponsored project of the American Press Institute, provides training, coaching, and capacity support to journalists for more engaged, trusted, and responsive elections coverage in 2022.
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Election SOSStrategy:
Engaged Journalism- Hearken
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The Election SOS project at Hearken, a fiscally sponsored project of Policy Impact, provides training, coaching, and capacity support to journalists for more engaged, trusted, and responsive elections coverage.
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Election SOSStrategy:
General- Hearken
- $771,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To support Hearken and their “Responsive Election Coverage for Better Democracy” work, fiscally sponsored by the American Press Institute, to provide training, coaching, resources and emergency support to 500+ journalists throughout the country, for more engaged, trusted, and informed elections coverage in 2020.
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Election SOSStrategy:
Engaged Journalism- Hearken
- $104,230.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
To support the Hearken Engaged Elections project, a fiscally sponsored project of the American Press Institute, in promoting and spreading audience-centered innovation in elections coverage by newsrooms.
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Engaged Journalism- Hope CommUnity Center, Inc.
- $500,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka, Florida fosters diverse, empowered, learning communities engaged in personal and societal transformation. Through service and advocacy, they stand with immigrants and others who are tenacious and courageous in the face of all systems of oppression.
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General- Human Rights First
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI), a project of Human Rights First, is a coalition of veterans and allies who continue their service to America by upholding, defending, and advocating for human rights at home and abroad.