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.
- The University of Texas at Austin
- $400,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Center for Media Engagement will produce peer-reviewed research and practical recommendations that inform journalists and newsrooms on engagement practices, building and restoring trust, and serving diverse audiences.
Project:
Center for Media EngagementFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jan 2021 to Aug 2023Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- International Women's Media Foundation
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
International Women’s Media Foundation’s Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund offers stipends to women-identifying Black journalists facing financial hardship to access critical mental health services.
Project:
Black Journalists Therapy Relief FundFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
Oct 2020 to Jan 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- ProGeorgia State Table Inc
- $675,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
The Childcare Fund at ProGeorgia State Table Inc. will support access to affordable childcare for women of color among their 38 table partners. With safe and reliable childcare during the pandemic, these individuals will be able to continue the urgent work of voter engagement and delivery of direct services in vulnerable communities.
Project:
ProGeorgia Childcare FundFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2020 to Aug 2023Strategy:
General- Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion
- $125,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2021
The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion (WashingTECH) convenes diverse technology public policy professionals to defend America’s rich diversity with programs that promote an inclusive narrative about technology’s impact on society.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Mar 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- City Bureau NFP
- $60,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
City Bureau is hiring a part-time coordinator to support an informal collective of community news partners to develop a theory of change, definitions, public communication, future convenings and other structures to realize their shared vision for the future of local media.
Project:
Capacity Building CoordinationFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Nov 2022Strategy:
General- Representative Democracy
- $1,200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
Representative Democracy, a fiscally sponsored project of the Miami Foundation, supports leadership development programs and innovative diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) solutions for governing institutions focused on building inclusive workplaces in the United States Congress.
Project:
Representative DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2021 to Feb 2025Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Nonprofit Vote
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
This grant supports Nonprofit VOTE’s coordination of their National Voter Registration Day (NVRD). Nonprofit VOTE works to recruit, educate, and empower local partners to participate in NVRD and register voters, while simultaneous launching a national media campaign to amplify those efforts.
Project:
National Voter Registration Day IIIFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Feb 2021 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- First Look Institute
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
Lawyers for Reporters, a joint project of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice and First Look Institute’s Press Freedom Defense Fund, provides pro bono legal assistance to local journalists and media organizations in the United States.
Project:
Lawyers for ReportersFoundation Center Topic:
Media, Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
Press Freedom- ISRC Education Fund
- $700,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Independent Strategic Research Collaborative Education Fund (ISRC), a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, messaging development, and research and communications alignment to the pro-democracy movement. Their work includes facilitating convening spaces for leaders to share intel, strategy, messaging guidance, and calls to action.
Project:
ISRC Education Fund ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Nov 2021 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Trust in Elections- BoricuActivatEd
- $25,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2021
Created by a group of former congressional staffers, BoricuActivatEd empowers individuals of all ages and teaches them to become active in the public space. They hold free workshops in locations across the country, carried out by former public servants and former congressional staff members.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Fair Elections Center
- $50,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
Fair Elections Center delivers nonpartisan, creative solutions to make the processes of voter registration, voting, and election administration as accessible as possible for every American, with a special focus on student and underrepresented voters.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Red Canary Song
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Red Canary Song, a fiscally sponsored project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc., convenes migrant workers and provides mutual aid, including reproductive health and ob-gyn services for a growing population of migrant women. Their work includes outreach to those communities to make it feel safe for them to access these services in the first place.
Project:
RAD Support of Red Canary SongFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to May 2023Strategy:
General- The University of Texas at Austin
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
The Solidarity Journalism project, housed at the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin, conducts research and provides trainings to reporters on Solidarity Journalism, which centers communities that have been historically excluded or harmed by journalism’s portrayal of them.
Project:
RAD Support of Solidarity JournalismFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Jan 2024Strategy:
General- New America Foundation
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
The New Models of Policy Change project, in the Political Reform Program, at New America Foundation supports work on community resilience against right wing extremism and growing political violence.
Project:
Political Reform Program on Resilience and Political ViolenceFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Jun 2021 to May 2022Strategy:
General- Millions of Conversations, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Millions of Conversations is a movement to transcend divides and bring Americans together through common values to create a shared future. Using Truth & Reconciliation work, they challenge narratives that stigmatize our fellow Americans, disrupt intolerance before it takes root, and help heal communities so all Americans may experience a sense of belonging.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Media, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Rural Digital Youth Resiliency conducts data collection and analysis to document and analyze the networks and strategies used to expose, recruit, and radicalize white youth in the Appalachian region in order to determine opportunities for intervention.
Project:
Researching Radicalization of White Youth in AppalachiaFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2021 to Oct 2022Strategy:
General- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.
Project:
Support for Shoulder to ShoulderFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2022Strategy:
General- More in Common Inc.
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
More in Common’s three-part research strategy seeks to understand the challenges around American identity, civic and cultural norms, race, polarization, and violence mitigation. They will identify messaging and approaches that resonate with a majority of Americans.
Project:
American Identity Research & Messaging ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- BRIDGE Infrastructure Fund
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
A fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, Inc., BRIDGE Infrastructure Fund’s Spark Accelerator program provides funding, training, and other resources to organizers, founders, startup nonprofit organizations, and existing grassroots organizing and social justice advocacy groups working in under-resourced communities.
Project:
BRIDGE Infrastructure FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2021 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Trinity Forum, Inc
- $50,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
This grant provides general operating support for Trinity Forum.