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
  • Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
  • $300,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2020

To support the Faith In/And Democracy Pooled Fund on faith-based civic engagement. 

Project:

Support for Faith In/And Democracy Pooled Fund

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation

Grant Length:

May 2020 to Apr 2022

Strategy:

Constructive Politics
  • Take Back Our Republic Inc
  • $425,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

Take Back Our Republic (TBOR) is a non-partisan organization that advocates for conservative solutions to campaign finance and related issues through research, education, and grassroots advocacy efforts.

Project:

Take Back Our Republic

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance

Grant Length:

Dec 2020 to Oct 2022

Strategy:

General
  • CivicTN
  • $50,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

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:

Dec 2020 to May 2022

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • Arab American Institute Foundation
  • $300,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2020

The Arab American Institute Foundation was created to encourage Arab American participation in civic life, by ensuring that Arab Americans have the tools and data necessary to empower their communities through organization.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

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

Grant Length:

Sep 2020 to Aug 2023

Strategy:

General
  • South Asian Americans Leading Together
  • $375,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2020

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a nation­al move­ment strat­e­gy and advo­ca­cy orga­ni­za­tion working to promote racial jus­tice through fed­er­al pol­i­cy and advo­ca­cy, local and nation­al part­ner­ships, coali­tion build­ing, and strate­gic com­mu­ni­ca­tions.

Project:

South Asian Americans Leading Together

Foundation Center Topic:

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

Grant Length:

Sep 2020 to Aug 2023

Strategy:

General
  • Press On South Inc
  • $180,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

PressOn, a fiscally sponsored project of Allied Media Projects, is building a diverse set of resources, including trainings, fellowships and opportunities for network-building, to help journalists and storytellers produce reporting that’s driven by communities in the South.

Project:

PressOn / Center for Movement Journalism

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

Dec 2020 to Nov 2021

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • The League
  • $225,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2020

Women, especially women of color, are severely underrepresented in the U.S. government. The League, a project of the New Venture Fund, will convene a cohort of organizations building a pipeline of Black, Indigenous, and non-Black women of color (BIWOC) to run for elected office.

Project:

The League

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public Participation

Grant Length:

Dec 2020 to Nov 2023

Strategy:

Constructive Politics
  • The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
  • $470,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2020

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) strengthens the federal government by identifying and training diverse, qualified lawyers for executive branch appointments, and increasing collaboration between ACS’s members, policymakers, academics, and advocates on good governance issues.

Project:

Rebuilding the Federal Legal Workforce

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Executive Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Nov 2020 to Oct 2023

Strategy:

Oversight and Accountability
  • Dēmos: A Network for Ideas and Action LTD
  • $125,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

Through cutting-edge policy research, inspiring litigation and deep relationships with grassroots organizations, Demos champions solutions that will create a democracy and economy rooted in racial equity

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

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

Grant Length:

Dec 2020 to Nov 2021

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • Mississippi Votes
  • $200,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

Mississippi Votes works to increase voter registration and turnout (specifically within 18-35 voting bloc) through innovative and high-tech engagement programming and outreach strategies. They also engage traditional organizing techniques to cater to the needs of today’s voters.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access

Grant Length:

Nov 2020 to Oct 2022

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • Ci-X News
  • $60,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

Ci-X News, a fiscally sponsored project of MuckRock Foundation Inc, is creating a set of services to help support newsroom sustainability through operational capacity building.

Project:

Newsroom Operations Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

Nov 2020 to Oct 2021

Strategy:

Press Freedom
  • Local Media Foundation
  • $25,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

The Oklahoma Media Center (OMC) project, led by the Local Media Foundation, will strengthen Oklahoma’s local news ecosystem. This grant will support the early activities of the OMC as it builds out local staff and partnerships and sets itself up to serve the informational needs of Oklahomans.

Project:

Oklahoma Media Center

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

Oct 2020 to Aug 2022

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • Arch + Bow Productions LLC
  • $125,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

Arch + Bow Productions LLC, a fiscally sponsored project of Documentary Educational Resources, Inc., created a documentary that elevates awareness of the role of local elections officials in hosting safe, secure, and voter centric elections in the U.S.

Project:

RI LEO Film

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting

Grant Length:

Oct 2020 to Apr 2023

Strategy:

Voter-Centric Election Administration
  • The Miami Foundation Inc.
  • $1,200,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2020

The Legal Clinic Fund, a joint fund housed at The Miami Foundation, makes grants to university legal clinics to expand their capacity as critical First Amendment advocates and resources for legal support for local newsrooms around the country. 

Project:

The Legal Clinic Fund

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Media Access and Policy

Grant Length:

Dec 2020 to Dec 2023

Strategy:

Press Freedom
  • Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
  • $435,000.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2020

The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center’s Legislative Reform Program conducts research on major democracy reform issues, and educates advocates, policymakers, and the public about opportunities to increase congressional capacity.

Project:

Legislative Reform Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

Oct 2020 to Sep 2023

Strategy:

Empowering Congress
  • City Bureau NFP
  • $500,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Public Square
  • 2020

City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and Training

Grant Length:

Oct 2020 to Sep 2022

Strategy:

Ecosystem News
  • The Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
  • $1,275,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

The Campaign Legal Center helps reformers and stakeholders shape and improve Money in Politics ideas and approaches. Their work includes issues of redistricting, voting rights, voter registration, and restoration of voting rights to formerly incarcerated persons.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

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

Grant Length:

Jul 2020 to Jun 2024

Strategy:

Previous Strategy
  • Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative
  • $100,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2020

MuslimARC, a fiscally sponsored project of Allied Media Projects, builds capacity for racial justice in Muslim and allied communities through anti-racism workshops, presentations, panels, and keynotes to organizations and learning institutions across the country.

Project:

MuslimARC

Foundation Center Topic:

Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Other

Grant Length:

Nov 2020 to Oct 2022

Strategy:

General
  • Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.
  • $400,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2020

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Elections Project promotes recommendations that improve the quality of U.S. elections. Building on the work in 2019 of the Task Force on Elections, BPC will advance state and federal election reform with recommendations about new challenges in election administration.

Project:

Democracy Project Elections Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting

Grant Length:

Jul 2020 to Jun 2022

Strategy:

Pro-Voter Reform
  • Regents of the University of California at Riverside
  • $94,600.00
  • Project
  • Governance
  • 2020

To support the Laboratory for Technology, Communication and Democracy (TeCD-Lab) at the University of California, Riverside in their efforts to further development and deployment of an online communications platform that congressional offices can use to have constructive dialogue with constituents. This platform will provide an alternative to those currently available to offices on the commercial market. 

Project:

Laboratory for Technology, Communication and Democracy Online Town Hall Platform

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Government/Legislative Branch Performance

Grant Length:

May 2020 to Oct 2021

Strategy:

Empowering Congress
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