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.
- The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To provide support for the Deliberative Media Lab’s research on the intersection of people of color and social media platforms, situated within the new Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia.
Project:
Platforms & Civil RightsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Dec 2021Strategy:
Digital Democracy- National Conference on Citizenship
- $102,630.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
Project Redesign at the National Conference on Citizenship supports EL-ISAC’s work to increase information security capabilities among local election officials through recommendations, tools, and metrics that can be used to evaluate their messaging’s success.
Project:
EI-ISAC Election Security Messaging ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2020 to May 2021Strategy:
Trust in Elections- Federation of American Scientists
- $103,500.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
The Federation of American Scientists’ Congressional Science Policy Initiative strengthens connections between the scientific community and congressional policymakers. They will develop an open source, web-based application that allows scientists, engineers, and technologists to engage with congressional committees.
Project:
Congressional Science Policy InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2020Strategy:
Empowering Congress- 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.
Project:
Engaged ElectionsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Oct 2019 to Sep 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative
- $105,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC) focused on building capacity within Muslim and allied communities for racial justice. MuslimARC creates anti-racism curriculum and education resources, connects multi-racial and multi-faith networks via storytelling and media, and cultivates racial justice through leadership and community development programs.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- University of Maryland
- $105,600.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
This grant supports a collaborative research initiative led by the University of Maryland (UMD) in partnership with the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress (FMC) and the Millennial Action Project (MAP). This research explores the behavioral and psychological aspects of political cooperation to counteract polarization in American government.
Project:
Interdisciplinary Study to Counteract Polarization in CongressFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Oct 2017 to Dec 2021Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Faith Matters Network Collaborative
- $110,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Faith Matters Network catalyzes personal and social change by equipping community organizers, faith leaders, and activists with resources for connection, spiritual sustainability, and accompaniment.
Project:
General SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2024Strategy:
General- The Horizons Project
- $110,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Horizons Project, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, will bring together anti-authoritarian organizers and allies to develop processes and structures for enhanced collaboration.
Project:
Anti-Authoritarian Strategery ConveningFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
General- Trinity Forum, Inc
- $110,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2018
To conduct research on the role of Christian leaders within the United States in our political system, how their followers engage in politics, and how leaders can be a source of increasing pluralism and decreasing polarization. As part of this work, Trinity Forum will interview key Christian leaders, and publish and disseminate findings in a report.
Project:
Support for Research Project on Christian EngagementFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Georgetown University
- $110,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
The Georgetown Democracy, Education + Service (GeoDES) project at the McCourt School of Public Policy works on congressional modernization efforts. Their goal is a Congress that can effectively legislate on behalf of a diverse and multi-racial America and fulfill its First Branch constitutional duty to check and balance the Executive Branch.
Project:
GeoDES ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Nonzero Foundation Inc
- $110,400.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2012
The Non-Zero Foundation’s Bloggingheads.tv will launch its “The Good Fight” project, which will feature video-based dialogues on hot political topics between important voices from the Left and the Right.
Project:
The Good FightFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Apr 2012 to Apr 2013Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation, Inc.
- $111,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The Center for Community and Ethnic Media (CCEM) will undergo a strategic planning process and support new leadership as it develops into a national hub for ethnic media. CCEM will add depth and national scope to its efforts with news and information outlets serving ethnic, minority and immigrant communities.
Project:
Center for Community and Ethnic MediaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- California State University Northridge Foundation
- $114,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to create capacity at CSUN for them to begin exploring partnership with other centers across the country focused on supporting ethnic media throughout the country.
Project:
Center for Community and Ethnic MediaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Sep 2018 to Aug 2020Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Asian Americans Journalists Association
- $114,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2021
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 Training, MediaGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Nonzero Foundation Inc
- $114,600.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2012
The Non-Zero Foundation’s Bloggingheads.tv will launch its “The Good Fight” project, which will feature video-based dialogues on hot political topics between important voices from the Left and the Right.
Project:
The Good FightFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jul 2013 to Nov 2014Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Women's Democracy Lab
- $115,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
Women’s Democracy Lab, a fiscally sponsored project of Panorama Global, radically reimagines what democracy looks like when Indigenous women and women of color are supported and can thrive in elected office. Their work illuminates challenges and experiments with solutions, aiming to rebuild political institutions in an inclusive and equitable model, and ensuring that they protect, support, and nurture Indigenous women and women of color in elected office.
Project:
Women's Democracy LabFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, GovernmentGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Representative Leadership- Islamic Society of North America
- $115,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
To support the work of the Islamic Society of North America’s Shoulder to Shoulder initiative in interfaith, islamophobia trainings – entitled Faith Over Fear trainings – in up to ten geographic regions of the United States. This Grant will also support Shoulder to Shoulder’s Ramadan Road Trip 2019 network-building scoping work for the trainings, as well as a monitoring and evaluation consultant.
Project:
Shoulder to Shoulder Islamophobia TrainingsFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2018 to Jan 2020Strategy:
General- Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project Inc.
- $115,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project’s is creating a workshop series: Building a Community of Practice: Reporting on Extremism for Small Newsrooms and Independent Journalists, and working on post-production for a feature length documentary on the radicalization of youth online.
Project:
Reporting on ExtremismFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- El Tímpano
- $115,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
El Tímpano, a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, works in collaboration with residents and community partners to create empowering, two-way channels of information that inform and engage the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.
Project:
El TímpanoFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Georgetown University
- $120,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life supports the efforts of U.S. Catholic leadership to advance the common good in our multiracial, pluralist democracy. The Initiative also strengthens the U.S. Catholic community’s resistance to the misuse and distortion of Catholic principles for anti-democratic ideological ideas and goals.