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.
- 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- Faith in Public Life, Inc.
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
This is a project grant to support Faith in Public Life (FPL), as they build on their previous interfaith clergy trainings in FL, OH, and GA, and add NC, to focus on developing curricula for trained clergy to share with congregants, and strengthen the networks of protection for MASA communities.
Project:
Building interfaith protection networkFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Media, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Sep 2018 to Aug 2019Strategy:
General- Congressional Sports for Charity
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
This grant will support Congressional Sports for Charity, organizer of the annual Congressional Baseball Game. The Congressional Baseball Game, first held in 1909, is an annual bipartisan event in which Members of the United States Congress face off in a friendly baseball game. Congressional Sports for Charity uses proceeds from the game to support charities across the Washington, DC area.
Project:
Congressional Baseball Game SponsorshipFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to Nov 2018Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Sojourners
- $75,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To support Sojourners’ Matthew 25 initiative to shift the political and public narrative towards more inclusive and constructive conversations. To do this, Sojourners will use values-based messaging and convene diverse partners to address issues such as racism and xenophobia through videos, audio pieces, and other resources.
Project:
Support for Matthew 25 InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Jul 2018 to Jun 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Millions of Conversations, Inc.
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
To provide general operating support for American Muslims for Prosperity (AMFP).
Project:
American Muslim Bipartisan Advocacy CampaignFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
General- Center for Internet Security Inc.
- $213,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
The purpose of the grant is to provide support for a companion guide to A Handbook for Elections Infrastructure Security that state and local elections officials can utilize to ensure cyber security is adequately addressed during IT procurement activities. Additionally, a training program will be developed to help election officials with conducting security self assessments and develop risk mitigation plans.
Project:
IT Procurement Guide and Training for Elections InfrastructureFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to Jul 2019Strategy:
Trust in Elections- 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- 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- Mozilla Foundation
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
To support the Coral Project in the development and implementation of tools and platforms that encourage a culture of audience-driven storytelling in newsrooms. The grant will largely focus on expanding adoption of Coral Project’s tools in newsrooms, which will consist of training, outreach, and work around shifting culture inside newsrooms to be more transparent.
Project:
Coral ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Aug 2018 to Jul 2019Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Women's Public Leadership Network
- $90,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To provide support for Women Influencers Network (WIN), a project of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF). This support will help WIN retain legal counsel and build out essential staff in order to provide education and training to women who are considering running for public office.
Project:
General Support for Women Influencers Network ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Apr 2018 to May 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
The purpose of the grant is to conduct pre- and post-election survey research about the public’s attitudes toward the American electoral process. The Grantee will do this using the American Trends Panel at the Pew Research Center and will publish a report about the survey results.
Project:
Trust in Elections Research GrantFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Aug 2018 to Jul 2019Strategy:
Trust in Elections- ThinkTennessee
- $90,739.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
This grant will provide support to ThinkTennessee’s efforts to build awareness around registration modernization in Tennessee.
Project:
Registration Modernization in TennesseeFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
May 2018 to Apr 2019Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- 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- Over Zero
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, works to reduce and prevent violence, and to build societal resilience on issues of violence prevention, polarization, and more. Over Zero will initiate and complete research on societal resilience factors within the U.S.
Project:
Support for Over ZeroFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
General- 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.
Project:
TechCongressFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
May 2018 to Apr 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- E Pluribus Unum Foundation, Inc.
- $50,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support for the E Pluribus Unum Foundation Inc.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Nov 2018 to Oct 2019Strategy:
General- Kartemquin Educational Films
- $20,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To support production and outreach for the documentary Represent, which followed a bipartisan group of female candidates during their 2018 election bids to different positions across the country.
Project:
Support for Represent DocumentaryFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- American Journalism Project
- $200,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2018
To support the American Journalism Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the Institute for Nonprofit News, in their efforts to develop a $50 million fund to accelerate the growth of the nonprofit journalism sector.
Project:
AJP Operating FundsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Investigative Journalism- The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to support the Digital Democracy Project in developing institutional capacity for policy development that addresses the role of platforms in our democracy.