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.
- Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Launched in 2020, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) was founded by Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via to address the gap in efforts to stop transnational hate and far-right extremism movements, particularly U.S.-based activity that is exported to other countries and across borders.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Aug 2024 to Jul 2027Strategy:
General- Good Jobs First
- $375,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2020
Good Jobs First’s COVID Stimulus Watch database will aid government watchdogs, the media, and the general public in their understanding of where taxpayer’s dollars are flowing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how those funds are being used.
Project:
Covid Stimulus WatchFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- GovAct
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2024
GovAct, a fiscally sponsored project of Global Impact, serves governors and their senior staff who are committed to protecting fundamental freedoms. GovAct engages in this work by coordinating and strengthening the work of governors to address specific threats to American democracy.
Project:
GovActFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2025Strategy:
State and Local Accountability- Government Accountability Project Inc
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2024
Government Accountability Project’s mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Jun 2024 to May 2025Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Government Accountability Project Inc
- $575,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General operating support to the Government Accountability Project.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
May 2019 to Apr 2022Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Government Accountability Project Inc
- $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.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Jun 2022 to May 2024Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Government Accountability Project Inc
- $10,000.00
- 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.
Project:
Investing in Staff WellbeingFoundation Center Topic:
Grant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
General- Government Accountability Project Inc
- $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.
Project:
National Whistleblower Initiatives for Truth CampaignFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and Transparency, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Jun 2017 to May 2019Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- 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 the future.
Project:
Granite State News CollaborativeFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- 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.
Project:
Grassroots Asians RisingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- 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.
Project:
Grassroots Asians RisingFoundation 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- 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.
Project:
Gulf Coast Center for Law and PolicyFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to May 2023Strategy:
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.
Project:
Gumshoe GroupFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Mar 2023Strategy:
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.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Dec 2014 to Dec 2016Strategy:
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.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Dec 2011 to Dec 2014Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Healthy Democracy Fund
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2013
Encourage the replication of the CIR in states outside of Oregon
Project:
CIR Replication GrantsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jul 2013 to Jul 2015Strategy:
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.
Project:
Mini-GrantFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jan 2014 to Jan 2015Strategy:
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.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2016 to Nov 2018Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- 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.
Project:
Election SOSFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021Strategy:
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.