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.

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Organization Name (A-Z) Grant Amount Type Program Area Year
  • National Affairs, Inc.
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2018

This project grant to the online and quarterly publication National Affairs will support its work to develop voices who can stand up for democratic norms and the rule of law. The grant will allow National Affairs to host a series of public and private events that highlight the work of journalists, academics and writers and connect them with like-minded thinkers and the conservative public. 

Project:

Conservative Voices for the Rule of Law

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law

Grant Length:

Sep 2018 to Dec 2019

Strategy:

Oversight and Accountability
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • President's Office
  • 2018

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:

Senior Practice Fellowship in American Democracy

Foundation Center Topic:

Other, Government

Grant Length:

Nov 2018 to Oct 2019

Strategy:

General
  • Islamic Society of North America
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2020

To support the Shoulder to Shoulder campaign, inside of Islamic Society of North America, in their initiative on interfaith and islamophobia trainings and workshops.  These training are called Faith over Fear, and this grant will support Shoulder to Shoulder’s Ramadan work, as well.  

Project:

Shoulder to Shoulder Islamophobia trainings

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

May 2020 to Apr 2021

Strategy:

General
  • Wayne State University
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2017

The purpose of this grant is to explore how WDET, and in turn other local non-profit media organizations, can integrate revenue driving activities into engaged journalism projects. Our intention is to identify and realize the sustainability of “engagement” as a practice, and share our learnings for the wider industry to review.

Project:

WDET Engagement & Contribution Pipeline

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

Dec 2017 to May 2019

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Library of Congress
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2015

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is an agency within the Library of Congress that works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and members of both the House and Senate.

Project:

115th Congress Freshmen Member Seminars & Briefings

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government

Grant Length:

Dec 2015 to Oct 2017

Strategy:

Empowering Congress
  • The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2016

This is a renewal grant to CJR’s United States Project to support experimentation in building local journalism capacity in the areas of collaboration, innovation, impact, and funding in target states.

Project:

CJR's United States Project - Renewal

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

Feb 2016 to Aug 2016

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2018

This Grant will provide support for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission’s MLK 50 Conference and the production of materials for continued engagement to attendees and the membership of the ERLC. 

Project:

Support for the MLK50 Conference and Follow-up with Membership

Foundation Center Topic:

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

Grant Length:

Apr 2018 to Oct 2020

Strategy:

Constructive Politics
  • Civic Hall Labs, Inc.
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2015

The purpose of this grant is to help fund a Civic Hall Imagination Fellow at Civic Hall Labs.

Project:

Civic Hall Imagination Fellow

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Public Participation

Grant Length:

Dec 2015 to Dec 2016

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • The Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2014

To provide the Campaign Legal Center with a restricted grant for the purpose of organizational and programmatic strategic planning.For more on CLC’s history and current program areas, please refer to R-201407-01230.

Project:

Strategic Planning Grant

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance

Grant Length:

Nov 2014 to Oct 2015

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2014

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is using this planning grant for a new initiative: “Fix the System.” CRFB is a trusted convener in the area of budget reform–they bring together important political forces to build coalitions and support for reasonable ways to encourage a functioning government system.

Project:

Fix the System

Foundation Center Topic:

Government

Grant Length:

Dec 2014 to Dec 2015

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • FairVote
  • $100,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Governance
  • 2017

This grant will support the general operations of FairVote – an organization working to generate more effective governance through voting reforms.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting

Grant Length:

Dec 2017 to Nov 2018

Strategy:

Constructive Politics
  • Curators of the University of Missouri
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2017

The purpose of this grant is to support training and research on how newsrooms can build trust with their communities through social media, in person engagement and via their web sites and news products. 

Project:

Trusting News Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

Nov 2017 to Sep 2019

Strategy:

Engaged Journalism
  • CoastAlaska, Inc.
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2017

To support collaboration and fundraising services at Coast Alaska which helps build the Alaska media ecosystem. The shared services support will include a matching campaign for noncommercial public broadcasting stations inspired by NewsMatch, and the expansion of technological services to support small noncommercial stations in Alaska.

Project:

Coast Alaska Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training, Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

Dec 2017 to Oct 2019

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2022

Dignity.US seeks to address the crisis of hate-fueled violence in America. Dignity.US is a citizens’ initiative to address the crisis of hate-fueled violence in America, led by a bipartisan collaborative of former Domestic Policy Council chairs from the Obama, Bush, and Trump Administrations.

Project:

Dignity.US

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Nov 2022 to Oct 2023

Strategy:

General
  • Media Democracy Fund
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

The Unicorn Fund at Media Democracy Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is an award program that supports under-resourced grassroots leaders, including independent journalists, who face attacks for expressing their ideas, telling the truth, and taking a stand on the front lines of narrative change.

Project:

Unicorn Fund

Foundation Center Topic:

Media

Grant Length:

Dec 2020 to May 2022

Strategy:

Engaged Journalism
  • American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2020

Scholars from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and American Enterprise Institute (AEI) are conducting a joint project to find solutions to the many continuity of government challenges that our institutions face, some emerging from our current pandemic and others more universal.

Project:

Continuity of Government Commission

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Executive Branch Performance, Government, Government/Judicial Selection and Performance, Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Nov 2020 to Oct 2022

Strategy:

Empowering Congress
  • Center for Constitutional Rights Inc
  • $100,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2022

Center for Constitutional Rights stands with social justice movements and communities under threat—fusing litigation, advocacy, and narrative shifting to dismantle systems of oppression regardless of the risk. They use creative and aggressive legal strategies against the most virulent forms of oppression to push the law to meet the demands of justice.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law

Grant Length:

Oct 2022 to Sep 2023

Strategy:

Power Building in Marginalized Communities
  • Demand Progress Education Fund
  • $100,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Governance
  • 2022

Demand Progress Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. They work to protect an internet that affords the public the ability to communicate freely online, without unjust interference from corporations or governments.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Government, Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Dec 2022 to May 2024

Strategy:

Empowering Congress
  • POPVOX Foundation
  • $100,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Governance
  • 2022

POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone. This includes reimagining the concept of “civic infrastructure,” and providing new ways for government to share information and engage the public, with an emphasis on diverse participation and rebuilding public trust.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Public Participation, Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

May 2022 to Apr 2023

Strategy:

Empowering Congress
  • 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 Collaborative

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Nov 2022 to Dec 2023

Strategy:

Power Building in Marginalized Communities
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