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.
- POPVOX LegiDash Fund
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
The POPVOX LegiDash Fund, a project of the Tides Foundation, will develop a communications and legislative resources dashboard for use by congressional staff. The free product, called LegiDash, will provide staff with an improved constituent communications portal they can use to view and respond to messages delivered to Congress by POPVOX, increasing the efficiency of that process.
Project:
POPVOX LegiDash FundFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- iCivics Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
This grant will support iCivics’ strategic planning efforts to coordinate a network of presidential library foundations and the National Archives Foundation to work collaboratively to establish a common set of measurement tools, support opportunities to develop joint civics programming, and explore a national communications strategy to promote and enhance civic education.
Project:
Planning Grant for Civic Education NetworkFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Center for Media Justice
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
To support the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) in their work to create a new deal for the digital age with a focus on racial and gender equity. This grant will support CMJ’s involvement in the Change the Terms coalition, with a focus on using educational events, corporate accountability actions, and cultural strategies to shift corporate practices and policies to eliminate white supremacist hate speech from platforms and strengthen civil rights protections for people of color.
Project:
Change the Terms: Reducing Hate OnlineFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Jul 2019 to Jun 2020Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Pacific News Service
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2016
General support for organization.
Project:
NAM Strategic SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, MediaGrant Length:
Nov 2016 to Oct 2017Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- ReThink Media, Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
The purpose of this grant to provide project support to Rehink Media Inc.’s Security and Rights team to address anti-Muslim bigotry through strategic communications, rapid response messaging, and spokesperson training.
Project:
Rapid response communications support for MASA communitiesFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2018 to Aug 2019Strategy:
General- Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
To support Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) in their efforts to promote engagement at the intersection of faith and democracy through a pilot pooled funding program — the “Faith In/ And Democracy” fund — to engage faith leaders and communities, bridge across lines of difference, and support faith-based civic engagement efforts to overcome polarization.
Project:
Support for Joint Fund on Faith-Based Civic EngagementFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Jun 2019 to May 2020Strategy:
Constructive Politics- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2017
This grant will support the Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Project:
Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Senior Practice Fellowship in American DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Nov 2018Strategy:
General- Outlier Media
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
To support Outlier Media via its fiscal agent, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc, in its charitable efforts to to identify, report, and deliver high value information that empowers Detroit communities in need to create accountability around the issues that most impact their lives. The purpose of this grant is to support Outlier Media as they work to further develop this charitable practice of service journalism and identify avenues to teach their methods to other news creators.
Project:
Outlier MediaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to May 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Spaceship Media
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
To support the pilot of Spaceship Local in Douglas, Arizona, rebuilding a news and information system through community engagement in a border town where reliable news sources are scarce. In addition to supporting this community, Spaceship Media is collecting valuable lessons on how their dialogue journalism model for engagement can be deployed more widely in geographic areas with similar needs.
Project:
Spaceship LocalFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Asian Americans Journalists Association
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2019
To build organizational capacity to continue Asian Americans Journalists Association’s support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while partnering with media to ensure responsible and diverse coverage of AAPI communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Georgetown University
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2016
This grant will explore innovation in policy making related to the federal government generally, and more specifically related to civic engagement, and participatory budgeting.
Project:
Policy Innovation: A People's Democracy in the Next Administration ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Sep 2016 to Aug 2017Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- 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:
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to the Lawyers’ Committee’s work to activate the private bar and leverage pro bono support to confront civil rights challenges.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
General- Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To provide planning support for Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) to consider and create the infrastructure, capacity, and resources necessary to support the strategic design and implementation of a pooled funding program to engage faith leaders and faith communities, bridge bridges across lines of difference, and support faith-based civic engagement efforts to overcome polarization.
Project:
Faith and Civic Engagement Request for ProposalsFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- TPF Special Assets Fund, DBA The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
The Community Listening and Engagement Fund (CLEF) is a philanthropic collaborative to subsidize the costs of engagement tools like Hearken, Groundsource, Coral Project, and Listening Post in newsrooms across the country to help them better connect with their communities.
Project:
Community Listening and Engagement FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jul 2019 to Jun 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2017
This grant would contribute initial funding towards the creation of the position of Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Project:
Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Crossroads 21 ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Mar 2017 to Feb 2018Strategy:
General- New York University
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
Planning grant for comprehensive bipartisan research on the current state of money in politics.
Project:
Bipartisan Research on Money in PoliticsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign FinanceGrant Length:
Oct 2015 to Sep 2016Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Cultivate the Karass
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2017
Democracy Fund will provide general support for the work that Cultivate the Karass engages in to provide tools for emerging leaders to overcome polarization, seek understanding, and build trust.
Project:
Support for Cultivate the KarassFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Nov 2018Strategy:
Constructive Politics- College to Congress
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2018
Democracy Fund will provide general support for College to Congress.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Mar 2018 to Feb 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- New America Foundation
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
This grant will support a fellowship within the TechCongress program. Fellows are experienced professionals with deep technological knowledge and experience who agree to work for a congressional office (typically a committee) to provide support to congressional staff on complex policy matters. The knowledge they share with lawmakers and staff strengthen the ability of Congress to generate informed public policy on a variety of technology-related issues currently facing the nation.