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.
- Foundation for City College
- $350,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2021
The Leadership Center for Democracy and Social Justice, a leadership development initiative housed within the City University of New York, provides training and resources to leaders of color working in the democracy reform and social justice sectors.
Project:
Leadership Center for Democracy and Social Justice Seed GrantFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Nov 2023Strategy:
General- Center for Technology and Civic Life
- $550,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) focuses on three areas: training local governments on technology to enhance engagement with their communities, developing low-to-no-cost tools for governmental use, and helping develop infrastructure to evaluate interactions between citizens and government.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Sep 2021 to Aug 2023Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- URL Media Holdings Inc
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
URL Media, a project of the International Women’s Media Foundation, is building and supporting a network of Black- and Brown-led newsrooms to harness their collective power and content for distribution, sustainability, and audience growth.
Project:
URL MediaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Solutions Journalism Network
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
The Democracy SOS Fellowship will provide training and resources to journalists in order to build a practice of more engagement, trust, and equity in civics, elections, and political reporting.
Project:
Democracy SOSFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Apr 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Our Body Politic
- $75,000.00
- Project
- General and Field Building
- 2021
Our Body Politic, a fiscally sponsored project of Aubin Pictures, Inc., is a podcast centered on how Black women, and all women of color, experience the major political events of today, as well as how they are leading and innovating on these issues.
Project:
Our Body PoliticFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Apr 2022Strategy:
General- Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc
- $50,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
The Chicago Independent Media Alliance project at the Reader Institute for Community Journalism works to create a self-sustaining media ecosystem in Chicago. The Chicago Independent Media Alliance project is a partnership of independent and local media entities collaborating on editorial and revenue-generating models.
Project:
Chicago Independent Media AllianceFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jun 2021 to May 2022Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Press On South Inc
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2021
Press On is a Southern media collective that catalyzes change and advances justice through the practice of movement journalism.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Dec 2022Strategy:
Ecosystem News- 22nd Century Initiative
- $250,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
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 Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Black Women Leading
- $55,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
Black Women Leading, a fiscally sponsored project of the POPVOX Foundation, funds and supports the Black Women’s Congressional Alliance (BWCA). BWCA works to promote, recruit and retain Black women on Capitol Hill. Their network consists of well over 300 active and engaged members.
Project:
Support for Black Women LeadingFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- 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 ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The National Center on Race and Digital Justice works on informing legislation, building strong networks of coordinated work, collaborating with grassroots organizers, conducting academic and legal research, curating public lectures, and supporting new thinkers and leaders.
Project:
The National Center on Race and Digital JusticeFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Mar 2024Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Trustees of Tufts College
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
The MGGG Redistricting Lab, a project of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, conducts cutting-edge research modeling alternative election systems with modern mathematical and statistical tools, with a focus on STV (single transferable vote) elections within the family of ranked choice systems.
Project:
MGGG Redistricting LabFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/RedistrictingGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Way to Rise
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
The Valiente Fund is a project of Way to Rise, a fiscally sponsored project of Amalgamated Charitable Foundation. The Valiente Fund will reimagine and scale resources to meet the needs of a growing Latino majority.
Project:
Valiente Fund SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Feb 2024Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc
- $125,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) believes that asylum seekers can make great change by standing together. They provide their membership of asylum seekers with legal and community support.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- More in Common Inc.
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
More in Common’s (MiC) is conducting a three-part research strategy to better understand and diagnose the challenges around American identity, civic and cultural norms, race, polarization and violence mitigation. They will test and refine messaging to identify approaches that can reach and resonate with a majority of Americans.
Project:
American Identity Research & Messaging ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Grassroots Asians Rising
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Grassroots Asians Rising, a fiscally sponsored project of Chinese Progressive Association, is a national network of grassroots organizations rooted in working-class Asian communities. Their members support communities that live in the most precarious margins of power: refugees, low-wage workers, youth, undocumented immigrants, queer and trans people, and low-income tenants.
Project:
Grassroots Asians RisingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
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:
Shoulder to ShoulderFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Academy of Sciences
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The Assessment of the Impact of Social Media on the Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents and Children project will examine the current research and make conclusions about the impact of social media on the health and wellbeing of adolescents and children.
Project:
Social Media Impact AssessmentFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2024Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Inner-City Muslim Action Network
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) was established with the goal of addressing structural and systemic injustices in inner-city communities by employing integrative holistic interventions. These include support services in: healthcare, ReEntry, arts access, community engagement and safety as well as inter-generational organizing and advocacy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Trustees of Princeton University
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States. BDI supports efforts to grow and build local community resilience through elections and other periods of heightened risk, laying a foundation for longer-term work to bridge the divides we face as a nation.