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.
- Meridian Institute
- $290,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2012
The Meridian Institute will assess the feasibility of finding common ground solutions to address problems related to the regulation of money in our political system.
Project:
Finding Common Ground on Campaign FinanceFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign FinanceGrant Length:
Aug 2012 to Feb 2014Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Faith and Politics Institute
- $290,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General support for Faith and Politics Institute
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting Access, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Oct 2019 to Nov 2021Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Georgetown University
- $290,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
To support the Georgetown University’s Beeck Center in conducting its first field research project of the Resilient Democracy Coalition (RDC), as well as to support RDC’s experimental effort to design an app to connect newly elected Members of Congress to current and former Members.
Project:
Crowdsourcing Expert Capacity in CongressFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Dec 2018Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Online News Association
- $291,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2013
The competitive Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education will support “live news experiments” that further the development of teaching hospital models in journalism education, in which students create innovative projects with professionals, professors and researchers.
Project:
Support Challenge Fund for Innovation in JournalismFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Oct 2013 to Oct 2016Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Trustees of Tufts College
- $295,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2012
Evaluate a series of experimental programs to educate and engage the public during the 2012 election cycle.
Project:
2012 EvaluationsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jul 2012 to Nov 2013Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- 22nd Century Initiative
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
22nd Century Initiative, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center, facilitates widespread opposition to authoritarian movements and ideas, and resources organizations and networks to build an enduring, reparative, people-powered democracy.
Project:
22nd Century InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
General- Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Launched in 2020, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) was founded by Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via to address the gap in efforts to stop transnational hate and far-right extremism movements, particularly U.S.-based activity that is exported to other countries and across borders.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Aug 2024 to Jul 2027Strategy:
General- Over Zero
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of Hopewell Fund, partners with community leaders, civil society, and researchers to harness the power of communication to prevent, resist and rise above identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm.
Project:
Over ZeroFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2027Strategy:
General- NEO Philanthropy Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Black Migrant Power Fund, a community-led fund housed at Neo Philanthropy Inc.’s Four Freedoms Fund, supports Black-led, grassroots organizations addressing the urgent needs of Black migrant communities and building power with and for Black migrants in the US.
Project:
Black Migrant Power FundFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2027Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund (CEPEF) is a movement capacity building organization that trains and develops new leaders of color and people of color led organizations, and grow the movement infrastructure, particularly around racial justice, organizing, and power building strategies.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2026Strategy:
General- Center on Race and Digital Justice
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2024
The Center on Race and Digital Justice, a fiscally sponsored project of Code for Science and Society, works with students, faculty, civil society organizations, technology workers, community organizers, storytellers, and policy makers to develop solutions for the existential threats posed by unregulated technology products and practices.
Project:
Center on Race and Digital JusticeFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Jul 2024 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Solidaire Network Inc
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Janisha R. Gabriel Movement Protection Fund (MPF) moves resources rapidly to protect frontline organizers from state repression, vigilante violence, and digital attacks.
Project:
Movement Protection FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Jul 2025Strategy:
General- Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund’s develops and implements non-partisan field programs and strategies for the diverse Latino population to promote citizenship, increase voter registration, and increase voter participation. Their Election Administration Outreach program increases the communities’ understanding to foster trust in the electoral process among Latino voters.
Project:
Election Administration OutreachFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- 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- Democracy Revival Center
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
The Democracy Revival Center, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center, will bring a generation of social and economic justice leaders, working across issue silos, into the long-term fight to transform political and governing institutions—and lay the groundwork for them to succeed.
Project:
Democracy Revival CenterFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Government/Judicial Selection and Performance, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Representative Institutions- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Tthe Practicing Democracy Project at Harvard Kennedy School of Government believes that equipping people with the collective capacity to contest political, economic, and cultural power — that is, by enabling organization — people can realize the promises of democracy. The project will establish an endowed program in democratic organizing at Harvard University.
Project:
Practicing Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
General- Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) , a fiscally sponsored project of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, is a dynamic collective of social justice funders and youth organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organizing as a strategy for youth development and social change.
Project:
Funders' Collaborative on Youth OrganizingFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
General- GovAct
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2024
GovAct, a fiscally sponsored project of Global Impact, serves governors and their senior staff who are committed to protecting fundamental freedoms. GovAct engages in this work by coordinating and strengthening the work of governors to address specific threats to American democracy.
Project:
GovActFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2025Strategy:
State and Local Accountability- Keseb
- $300,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2023
Keseb, a fiscally sponsored project of the Fund for Constitutional Government, is a nonpartisan, pro-democracy nonprofit organization building transnational alliances between democracy activists and entrepreneurs to fight authoritarian ideology, demagogic political leaders, and xenophobic movements.
Project:
Support for KesebFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2025Strategy:
General- Church World Service, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Church World Service’s Refugee Organizing project includes grassroots organizing, power-building, and leadership development in refugee communities.