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.
- National Immigration Law Center
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2017
To support litigation and legal services around the Muslim Ban and other immigration policies that impact MASA communities as well as Latino and other immigrant communities
Project:
Support Immigration Litigation and Legal ServicesFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Media/Media Access and Policy, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Oct 2017 to Sep 2018Strategy:
General- National Immigration Law Center
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to support litigation and legal services around issues pertaining to vulnerable communities – specifically MASA and immigrant communities.
Project:
Support Immigration Litigation and Legal ServicesFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Media/Media Access and Policy, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
General- National Immigration Law Center
- $400,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants with low income.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2024 to Oct 2027Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Immigration Law Center
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants with low income.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Issues Forum Institute
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
This grant will support National Issues Forum Institute (NIFI) and its partner –the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) at The Ohio State University — in developing and promoting a new, deliberative town hall meeting module for use by congressional offices online. NIFI will develop materials for the modules and coordinate with IDEA and other partners to produce and distribute modules and monitor project progress.
Project:
Connecting to CongressFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- National League of Cities Institute, Inc.
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support the Center for City Solutions at the National League of Cities to develop and socialize a suite of tools and best practices for mayors of U.S. cities to develop nonpartisan programs within their own cities to improve citizen engagement in civic life. They will look to enlist 100 cities to participate in a way that works well for the city’s own culture.
Project:
Educating Cities for Greater EngagementFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Oct 2019 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- National Network for Youth
- $20,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
The purpose of this grant is to support wellness and healing for frontline staff at National Network for Youth, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field.
Project:
RAD Healing and Wellness for National Network for YouthFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020Strategy:
General- National Partnership for New Americans
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
We Are All America (WAAA), a project of National Partnership for New Americans, works to uphold and strengthen our nation’s commitment to welcome and protect those seeking freedom, safety and refuge in the United States. WAAA organizes people across religious and cultural differences to build inclusive communities where we all belong.
Project:
We Are All AmericaFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Partnership for New Americans
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Climate Justice Collaborative at the National Partnership for New Americans builds the capacity of affiliated immigrant grassroots organizations to engage in climate justice work in their communities, and impact national narratives around climate migration.
Project:
Climate Justice CollaborativeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Partnership for New Americans
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
We Are All America (WAAA), a project of National Partnership for New Americans, works to uphold and strengthen our nation’s commitment to welcome and protect those seeking freedom, safety and refuge in the United States. WAAA organizes people across religious and cultural differences to build inclusive communities where we all belong.
Project:
We Are All AmericaFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Partnership for New Americans
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Climate Justice Collaborative at the National Partnership for New Americans builds the capacity of affiliated immigrant grassroots organizations to engage in climate justice work in their communities, and impact national narratives around climate migration.
Project:
Climate Justice CollaborativeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Press Photographers Foundation Inc
- $10,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2018
The National Press Photographers Foundation work as educators and advocates for the rights of visual journalists and freedom of the press. The grant is to support NPPF’s legal advocacy on behalf of journalists and their work to educate journalists about their rights and their safety.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and Policy, MediaGrant Length:
May 2018 to Apr 2019Strategy:
Press Freedom- National Security Archive Fund Inc
- $75,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
Founded in 1985 by journalists and historians, and based at the George Washington University, the National Security Archive provides highly credible, evidence-based, award-winning investigative journalism, scholarship, and openness advocacy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- National Security Archive Fund Inc
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2017
This grant will provide general operating support for the National Security Archive Fund that will allow them to increase their over-all capacity as an organization. The Archive has launched ten new openness and accountability initiatives to challenge the new administration. To accommodate this increased scale of work, the Archive must hire a full-time in-house litigator.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Apr 2017 to Apr 2019Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- National Security Archive Fund Inc
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
Founded in 1985 by journalists and historians, and based at the George Washington University, the National Security Archive provides highly credible, evidence-based, award-winning investigative journalism, scholarship, and openness advocacy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Aug 2023 to Jul 2025Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- National Security Archive Fund Inc
- $225,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General operating support to the National Security Archive Fund.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
May 2019 to Apr 2022Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Native American Journalists Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2019
This is a general operating grant to the Native American Journalists Association that will increase their support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while holding the media accountable in their portrayals of Native American communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Feb 2021Strategy:
Press Freedom- Native American Journalists Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
The Native American Journalists Association supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while holding the media accountable in their portrayals of Native American and Indigenous communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jun 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Native American Journalists Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
The Native American Journalists Association supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while holding the media accountable in their portrayals of Native American and Indigenous communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Native American Journalists Association
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Native American Journalists Association facilitates collaboration, professional development and joint training for current and future leaders of journalism affinity groups serving underrepresented communities.