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.
- Millennial Action Project
- $425,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2020
General operating support for the Millennial Action Project.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Mar 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Good Jobs First
- $375,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2020
Good Jobs First’s COVID Stimulus Watch database will aid government watchdogs, the media, and the general public in their understanding of where taxpayer’s dollars are flowing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how those funds are being used.
Project:
Covid Stimulus WatchFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Internews Network
- $260,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Listening Post Collective, a project of Internews, uses strategy and capacity building for local and community news primarily led by and serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, to build engaged and trusted journalism. Their programs focus on news deserts and place-based community media systems.
Project:
Listening Post CollectiveFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
The NAACP-Legal Defense Fund’s (“LDF”) Police Reform Campaign employs litigation, research, technology, and data strategies to advance police reforms at the local, state, and national levels.
Project:
Policing Reform CampaignFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Jun 2020 to May 2022Strategy:
General- Center for American Progress
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
The Center for American Progress’s Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative’s project, “Exploring the Wisdom Traditions Behind Progressive Faith Movements” will include a convening of faith leaders and movement builders (to be conducted virtually, if needed) in 2020 to develop shared language and a common vision on progressive faith leadership, as well as publication of their findings.
Project:
Support for an Exploration on the Wisdom Traditions Behind Progressive Faith MovementsFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Mar 2022Strategy:
General- Emergent Fund
- $210,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
Emergent Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, is supporting grassroots organizing and power building in communities of color who are facing injustice.
Project:
Emergent FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2020 to Dec 2021Strategy:
General- National Conference of State Legislatures
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
The National Conference of State Legislatures’ Elections and Redistricting Program is promoting effective policymaking around elections and redistricting by providing accurate and bipartisan information and research on elections administration to state legislators, legislative staff, and election officials.
Project:
Elections & Redistricting Program SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Oct 2020 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
This grant supports research development through the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Senior Fellow and expert in the program will produce a research paper on transitional justice lessons from abroad for advancing racial reconciliation in the United States.
Project:
Support for Transitional Justice ResearchFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Media, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Oct 2021Strategy:
General- The Horizon Forum
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
The Horizon Forum, a fiscally sponsored project of Proteus Fund, will identify best practices, explore case studies, and develop solutions to address the problem of racist, dangerous, and xenophobic activity funded through the philanthropic sector.
Project:
The Horizon ForumFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Nov 2022Strategy:
General- The Aspen Institute Inc
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
To support the Inclusive America Project at The Aspen Institute.
Project:
Support for the Inclusive America ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Apr 2020 to Mar 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- University of Oregon Foundation
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
Gather is a project that supports community-minded journalists and other engagement professionals through an online platform that’s a hub for critical tools, resources, and conversations for journalists.
Project:
GatherFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Mar 2025Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- $465,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
America needs modern technical talent, at all levels of state and federal government, working in coordinated fashion to advance the Nation’s most pressing technical challenges. The United States of Technologists (“10K Techies”) project is a collective effort to activate 10,000 diverse technologists across state and federal government by the end of 2021.
Project:
10K Techies ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Nov 2020 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Movement Law Lab
- $650,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
To support Movement Law Lab (MLL), a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, in their innovation hub that brings lawyers together with other change-makers to implement novel and bold solutions for some of America’s toughest justice related problems.
Project:
Movement Law Lab Immigrant Rights WorkFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Media, OtherGrant Length:
Mar 2020 to May 2023Strategy:
General- Gumshoe Group
- $233,500.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Gumshoe Group, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, Inc, builds structural, financial, and legal support for diverse freelance investigative journalists to pursue open records requests that hold institutions, power, and public officials accountable.
Project:
Gumshoe GroupFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Mar 2023Strategy:
Investigative Journalism- More in Common Inc.
- $400,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2020
To support More in Common’s November 4th Project to help decrease polarization and to advance the norms of belonging in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election.
Project:
Support for the November 4th ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Jun 2020 to Mar 2021Strategy:
General- Democracy Docket Legal Fund
- $1,500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
Democracy Docket Legal Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, works to detect and combat suppressive voting laws and practices through litigation.
Project:
Democracy Docket Legal FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Jun 2021Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Safe Voting Fund
- $1,000,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
The Safe Voting Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, centralizes and shares resources on issues such as educational efforts for policymakers on the importance of updates to voting systems in a COVID-environment and funding state-specific implementation programs.
Project:
Safe Voting FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Dec 2020Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- NALEO Educational Fund
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
NALEO Educational Fund’s non-partisan voter education aims to ensure Latino voters are equipped with the information and tools necessary to engage in the 2020 election.
Project:
NALEO Education Fund 2020 Voter ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Sep 2020 to Jan 2021Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Congressional Management Foundation
- $25,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
This grant supports the Congressional Management Foundation’s ongoing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts as an organization in 2020.
Project:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Nov 2020 to Dec 2020Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Louisiana State University and A&M College
- $16,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
To support research on radical polarization and the behaviors to lead to increased political violence in the United States and dissemination of the research through white papers and a book.