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
  • CivicTN
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2022

CIVIC TN is a coalition that strengthens the collective impact of, and collaboration between, nonprofit 501(c)(3) community and advocacy organizations that empower Black, Latinx, New Americans, low-income families, single women and young voters.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access

Grant Length:

Jun 2022 to Mar 2024

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • ThinkTennessee
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2022

ThinkTennessee is a nonpartisan, results-oriented think tank that uses research and advocacy to build a state where all Tennesseans are civically engaged and economically secure.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access

Grant Length:

Jun 2022 to Dec 2024

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • Political Research Associates
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2024

Political Research Associates (PRA) is a social justice research and strategy center devoted to supporting organizations, civic leaders, journalists, and social sectors that are building a more just and inclusive democratic society.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Other

Grant Length:

Aug 2024 to Aug 2026

Strategy:

General
  • Defending Democracy Together Institute
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2023

The Pillars of the Community Project, which is part of the Defending Democracy Together Institute (DDTI), bolsters local and state election officials in key counties and states in their defense of the electoral process and the election administrators who make it work.

Project:

Pillars of the Community Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Oct 2023 to Feb 2025

Strategy:

Resilient Elections
  • Faith in Action Network
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2023

Faith in Action Network uses organizing to address economic oppression, racism and discrimination. They work to build a society in which everyone lives in a safe and healthy environment, is respected and included, and has agency over the decisions that shape their lives.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Dec 2023 to Oct 2024

Strategy:

General
  • Informing Democracy Education Fund
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2023

Informing Democracy brings together election professionals, researchers, and lawyers who are providing research and information about what happens in election administration after votes are cast. They are building a central repository of research and information about how votes are counted and elections are certified in order to protect the integrity of our elections.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Nov 2023 to Apr 2025

Strategy:

Resilient Elections
  • LawWorks
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2022

The 65 Project, an initiative within LawWorks, a fiscally sponsored project of the Franklin Education Forum, works to increase the adoption of ethics best practices by lawyers and state bar associations.

Project:

Lawyer Ethics Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Other, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law

Grant Length:

May 2022 to Apr 2023

Strategy:

Oversight and Accountability
  • E Pluribus Unum Foundation, Inc.
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2019

To provide general operating support for the E Pluribus Unum Foundation Inc.  

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public Participation

Grant Length:

Nov 2019 to Oct 2021

Strategy:

General
  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2022

Southern Coalition for Social Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by a multidisciplinary group, predominantly people of color, who believed that communities engaged in social justice struggles need a team of lawyers, social scientists, community organizers, and media specialists to support them in their efforts to dismantle structural racism and oppression.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting

Grant Length:

May 2022 to Dec 2023

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • American Oversight, Inc.
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Governance
  • 2022

American Oversight is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that uses public records requests backed by litigation to fight corruption, drive accountability, and defend democracy. They believe transparency is a critical tool to promote integrity in government and to protect justice, truth, and the rule of law.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Open Government and Transparency

Grant Length:

Sep 2022 to Aug 2023

Strategy:

Oversight and Accountability
  • Foundation for Minority Interests In Media Inc.
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2023

The Emma Bowen Foundation helps place students of color in a variety of media outlets across the U.S. to increase the diversity of newsrooms. They provide early career support for journalists of color, and track the retention of their fellows in the industry over time.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

May 2023 to Apr 2024

Strategy:

Journalism & Power Building
  • New York University
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2018

The Membership Puzzle Project is a research and field lab designed to help journalism in America rebuild its social contract with communities through membership and reader revenue strategies.

Project:

Membership Puzzle Project Year Two

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

May 2018 to Oct 2019

Strategy:

Investigative Journalism
  • Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2017

The purpose of this grant is to support the sustainability of news publishers with training and education from the Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION). For this project, LION will create a pilot program to help educate independent publishers on sustainability to support a healthy local news ecosystem.

Project:

LION Sustainability Pilot Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

Nov 2017 to Apr 2019

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • 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 Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access

Grant Length:

Sep 2020 to Jan 2021

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • League of Women Voters Education Fund
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2016

To support the League of Women Voters Education Fund with funding to conduct a one-year assessment of the organization’s structure, processes, people and engagement, and alignment and culture. This would be the first of at least a three-year organizational change process, focused on assessing the LWVEF’s strengths and assets as well as our weaknesses and liabilities in advancing our goal of becoming an even more relevant and high-impact organization.

Project:

Organizational Assessment

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration

Grant Length:

Dec 2016 to Nov 2017

Strategy:

Voter-Centric Election Administration
  • FairVote
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Governance
  • 2015

This grant will be to help support the general operations of FairVote – an organization working to generate greater civility in government through voting reforms.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting

Grant Length:

Nov 2015 to Oct 2017

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Chalkbeat Inc.
  • $250,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2020

This general operating grant will support Chalkbeat’s efforts to create a scalable and sustainable model for local journalism that serves communities while sharing costs across geographic bureaus in order to make the work maximally sustainable.

Project:

Chalkbeat

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

Jul 2020 to Jun 2021

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • 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 Campaign

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership

Grant Length:

Jun 2018 to May 2019

Strategy:

General
  • University of Arizona Foundation
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2019

To support the National Institute for Civil Discourse at The University of Arizona Foundation. 

Project:

Support for NICD, a project of the University of Arizona Foundation

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

May 2019 to Apr 2020

Strategy:

Constructive Politics
  • Community Foundation of New Jersey
  • $250,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2019

To support the NJ Local News Lab Fund, which is investing in people and organizations working to make New Jersey’s news ecosystem more connected, collaborative, and sustainable. 

Project:

Local News Lab Fund Renewal

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

Nov 2019 to Oct 2020

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
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