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 Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc.
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
This grant will support the ongoing activities of the Andrew Goodman Foundation to promote youth civic engagement and participation through leadership development and opportunities to become active within their communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jan 2019 to Dec 2020Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)’s Defending Democratic Institutions (DDI) project will assess and counter foreign technology-enabled threats to our judicial system by alerting members of the judiciary to threats from foreign adversaries, and train judges and their staff to mitigate the threats.
Project:
Countering Active-Measure Threats to the U.S. JudiciaryFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Judicial Selection and PerformanceGrant Length:
May 2019 to Dec 2020Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- George Washington University
- $300,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2016
Support The Monkey Cage’s efforts to make the political conversation more informed by timely, accessible and sound research from a publicly oriented political science discipline and less dominated by evidence-free arguments. This is achieved by increasing the public engagement of political scientists and other academics and connecting academics with key audiences among journalists, policy analysts, and lay readers.
Project:
Monkey Cage RenewalFoundation Center Topic:
MediaGrant Length:
Dec 2016 to Nov 2018Strategy:
General- American Society of News Editors Foundation, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to provide support for ASNE to work with Google and a university research team to create a more comprehensive and data driven survey that catalogues the diversity numbers for print and online publications in the United States.
Project:
ASNE Diversity SurveyFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Aug 2017 to Dec 2018Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Cato Institute
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2014
Cato’s DeepBills Project will serve as a platform to decode the legal language of bills, allowing journalists and others to identify what parts of government is actually being amended.
Project:
Support the Deep Bills ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Government/Open Government and Transparency, Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign FinanceGrant Length:
Apr 2014 to Jan 2017Strategy:
Previous Strategy- The Council of State Governments
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2017
This grant will provide support to the Council of State Governments (“CSG”) to establish a national working group on elections cybersecurity issues with plans to convene in 2018, as well as partnering on CSG’s upcoming Cybersecurity and Privacy Policy Academy.
Project:
State Elections Cybersecurity Working GroupFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Nov 2017 to Dec 2018Strategy:
Trust in Elections- Institute for Nonprofit News
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2018
This renewal grant will provide general operating support for the Institute for Nonprofit News. The Institute for Nonprofit News is a critical anchor organization, providing support, training and networking for America’s 200+ nonprofit journalism organizations.
Project:
INN: Building the Civil Society News NetworkFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and Training, Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To provide continued support to the Alliance for Securing Democracy at The German Marshall Fund of the United States to identify and support the best methods of pushing back on foreign threats to our U.S. political system, whether they be through elections, misinformation, or attempts to interfere with our democratic institutions.
Project:
Project on Alliance for Securing Democracy (US)Foundation Center Topic:
Media, Government, Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to May 2021Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- MOAA Military Family Initiative
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
This grant will be a continuation of MOAA Military Family Initiative’s (MMFI’s) prior two grants, MVEP I and MVEP II. The grant will allow MMFI to inform and remind members of the military and their families of their federal rights as a UOCAVA (Uniformed Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act) voter during the 2018 and 2019 election cycles.
Project:
Military Voter Education Project (MVEP) IIIFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jul 2018 to Dec 2019Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- George Washington University
- $300,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2014
Transform the Monkey Cage from a stand-alone entity into a key component of a broader infrastructure that supports better communication between political science researchers, elected officials, the media and by virtue of that better informed public discussion on democracy reform. This will require building infrastructure to support that engagement, which in turn will help increase the audience for useful research and incentives for researchers to reach, and listen to, that audience.
Project:
The Monkey CageFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2014 to Dec 2016Strategy:
General- No Labels Foundation
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2014
A general operating grant to the No Labels Foundation will support the innovative work of the organization to reduce Congressional dysfunction and foster bipartisan problem solving.
Project:
No Labels Foundation 2014 RenewalFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2014 to Dec 2015Strategy:
Previous Strategy- The Aspen Institute Inc
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2014
Support the Aspen Congressional Program efforts to improve trust, dialogue, and informed participation among Members of Congress.
Project:
Aspen Congressional ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Jul 2014 to Mar 2016Strategy:
Empowering Congress- The Project on Government Oversight, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
This grant to The Constitution Project (TCP), a program within the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), will support POGO/TCP’s work to protect the courts. Through the “Defending Our Courts” campaign, POGO/TCP will develop messaging and build a coalition to restore and strengthen the public’s faith in the judiciary and build an infrastructure to resist any efforts to delegitimize or ignore a court’s decision.
Project:
The "Defending Our Courts" ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to May 2020Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Rock the Vote
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2014
Organizational grant for Rock the Vote over 2 years.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Oct 2014 to Sep 2016Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- No Labels Foundation
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2013
The No Labels Foundation seeks to convene policymakers, across party lines and at all levels of government, to provide fact based educational programming promoting trust and collaboration.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Apr 2013 to Jul 2014Strategy:
Previous Strategy- Online News Association
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2015
The purpose of this grant is to provide funds to run another two years of the collegiate grants contest around experimentation and expanding journalism practices.
Project:
ONA Year 3Foundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2015 to Nov 2018Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to provide support to the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting.
Project:
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative ReportingFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Nov 2019Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- 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 FundFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
May 2020 to Apr 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Center for Civic Design
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Center for Civid Design applies design thinking to how elections invite participation in the democratic process. They support election officials in making materials and processes clear, easy, and effective by researching the needs of voters for access, information, and opportunity to vote.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- 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.