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.
- William J. Brennan, Jr. Center for Justice, Inc.
- $700,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
The Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program’s Emergency Powers Project seeks to bolster checks on the use of emergency powers through legal research, developing reforms that limit emergency powers, preparing for potential invocations of emergency powers in the context of the 2020 election, and educating the public about these issues.
Project:
Liberty & National Security Program -Emergency Powers ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Welcoming America Inc.
- $1,000,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
Democracy Fund will provide general operating support to Welcoming America to support their work to promote more welcoming communities in the United States.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to May 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement
- $898,095.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support Phase II of the RI VOTES project, building off Phase I of the project. Phase II will further develop a set of tools to assist elections officials during the three phases of an election cycle: election preparation, Election Day operations, and post-election analysis.
Project:
RI VOTES ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Jun 2019 to Jun 2024Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College
- $90,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, which is developing a research agenda and public facing initiatives to translate their research to advance solidarity journalism.
Project:
RAD Support for Solidarity JournalismFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2021Strategy:
General- The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
- $412,924.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
To provide general support to the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a project of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, so that it may continue training journalists from historically marginalized backgrounds in the critical field of data and investigative journalism.
Project:
Race, Media and Public Policy: The Ida B Wells Society for Investigative ReportingFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Center for Democracy and Technology
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) will identify elections cybersecurity issues through research, convenings, and stakeholder and policymaker engagement. Previous CDT research has generated a set of nonpartisan best practices and strategies improving security within election offices and expanding the use of post-election auditing practices.
Project:
Election Cybersecurity Research and Best PracticesFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Trust in Elections- El-Hibri Foundation
- $460,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To provide support to the El-Hibri Foundation (EHF), a private foundation that empowers and equips Muslim leaders and their allies to build thriving, inclusive communities. This expenditure responsibility grant will support EHF’s capacity building efforts for American Muslim community organizations and aligned partners, including, but not limited to, programs, grants, coaching, webinars, consultations, specialized trainings, and any other capacity building programs and efforts.
Project:
ER support for El-Hibri FoundationFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2019 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- NEO Philanthropy Inc.
- $1,430,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support NEO Philanthropy’s State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) project in its work to protect and advance the voting rights of historically underrepresented communities through a coordinated proactive and responsive approach. SIF’s grantmaking and convening power strengthens coordination within the voting rights movement, in particular between grassroots mobilization and litigation.
Project:
State Infrastructure FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Oct 2019 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Data for Black Lives, Inc
- $650,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2020
General operating support for Data for Black Lives.
Project:
Platforms & Civil RightsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Colorado Media Project
- $950,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Colorado Media Project supports people and organizations working to build a more connected, collaborative and sustainable local news and information ecosystem in Colorado.
Project:
Colorado Media ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
May 2020 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- And She Could Be Next LLC
- $140,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
This grant supports impact campaign activities for And She Could Be Next, a documentary series celebrating women of color in leadership. The campaign aims to inspire and encourage the participation of young, more diverse, and politically skeptical American audiences in civic and democratic life.
Project:
And She Could Be NextFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
Aug 2020 to Jul 2021Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Alternative Newsweekly Foundation
- $35,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2020
The Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, National Association of Hispanic Publishers and others are collaborating on a “Marshall Plan” for community media. Their goal is digital transformation and long term sustainability of critical community publishers, especially those led by people of color and serving diverse communities in the U.S.
Project:
Marshall Plan for Community Media PlanningFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Nov 2020 to Oct 2022Strategy:
General- Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
To support the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s (ISPU) collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on covering the American Muslims confidently, creatively, and fairly.
Project:
Covering American Muslims Confidently, Creatively and Fairly - a Collaboration between ISPU and the Pulitzer CenterFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and Training, OtherGrant Length:
Mar 2020 to Jun 2021Strategy:
General- New America Foundation
- $215,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To support Ranking Digital Rights, a project of New America Foundation, in their effort to categorize, catalog, and assess the human rights impact of the practices of social media giants in the United States through the Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index.
Project:
Ranking Digital Rights: Platforms & Civil RightsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- $93,122.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To support the Media, Inequality and Change Center’s (MIC) Compass Fellowship Program in continuing to strengthen the ties between academia and practice on tech and telecom issues.
Project:
Compass FellowshipFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Trustees of Princeton University
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
To support the Bridging Divides Initiative, at Princeton University, which works to mitigate political violence in the United States by laying the groundwork for a more coordinated response.
Project:
Support for Bridging Divides InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
May 2020 to Apr 2022Strategy:
General- Media Democracy Fund
- $418,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
To provide support to Media Democracy Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, to further the NetGain Partnership which supports philanthropic collaboration and leadership regarding issues of technology and society, and to support engagement of organizations led by and serving communities of color in debates around platforms, power, and the public interest.
Project:
Platforms & Civil RightsFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Santa Fe Community Foundation
- $1,250,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The New Mexico Local News Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation is working to create a healthy news and information ecosystem that serves the news and information needs of all New Mexicans.
Project:
New Mexico Local News FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Free Press
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Free Press News Voices develops and implements community engagement strategies for journalism that build and sustain information equity and local reporting. These strategies help to create news sources that reflect and represent the communities they serve, in particular people of color who have been neglected and harmed by systemic racism.
Project:
News Voices ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Nov 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Center for a New American Security Inc.
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
The Center for New American Security’s project will engage a task force of experts to inform the development of policy recommendations to be published alongside policy explainers that examine the scope of the Dept. of Homeland Security’s mission.