The Equity Alliance is the leading Black-led grassroots organization in Tennessee promoting intentional, unapologetic, innovative, and culturally relevant year-round civic engagement among Black communities, while providing their communities with the tools and knowledge they need to be self-determining and create sustainable change.

The African American Federal Executives Association (AAFEA) is the leading non-profit organization dedicated to preparing and supporting African Americans for advancement into and within the senior ranks of the United States Government.

Dignity.US seeks to address the crisis of hate-fueled violence in America. Dignity.US is a citizens’ initiative to address the crisis of hate-fueled violence in America, led by a bipartisan collaborative of former Domestic Policy Council chairs from the Obama, Bush, and Trump Administrations.

OpenNews, a fiscally sponsored project of Community Partners, helps journalists create authentic, trusting relationships and to build a community of support. This grant supports their ongoing efforts to increase peer support and peer learning among the journalists they serve.

Vote Early Day, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center, is a nonpartisan movement of media companies, businesses, nonprofits, election administrators, and creatives working to ensure all Americans have the tools to vote early.

Democracy Forward Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that uses the law to build collective power and advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people.

FRIDA Young Feminist Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Foundation, works to provide young feminist organizers with the resources they need to amplify their voices and bring attention to the social justice issues they care about. This grant is made by Democracy Fund in collaboration with the Rights and Dignity Working Group, a cross-Omidyar Group initiative.

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.

Whistleblower Aid’s mission is to report and fix government and corporate lawbreaking — without breaking the law. Their lawyers help clients to stay safe while making impactful disclosures that change policies, because should have to risk their career or their freedom to follow their conscience.

Center for Constitutional Rights stands with social justice movements and communities under threat—fusing litigation, advocacy, and narrative shifting to dismantle systems of oppression regardless of the risk. They use creative and aggressive legal strategies against the most virulent forms of oppression to push the law to meet the demands of justice.

Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Their mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy.

Demand Progress Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. They work to protect an internet that affords the public the ability to communicate freely online, without unjust interference from corporations or governments.

POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone. This includes reimagining the concept of “civic infrastructure,” and providing new ways for government to share information and engage the public, with an emphasis on diverse participation and rebuilding public trust.

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.

Voter Registration Project’s (VRP) works to create a more representative democracy by narrowing the registration gap between Black, Indigenous, LatinX, Hispanic, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander voters and white voters. VRP funds and coordinates non-partisan voter registration efforts and works with in-state, community-based organizations and 501(c)(3) civic engagement tables.

Civic Revolution aims to transform democracy to be more responsive and representative of all communities through a coalition of digital media organizations dedicated to catalyzing civic engagement for diverse audiences.

Climate Justice Collaborative at the National Partnership for New Americans builds the capacity of affiliated immigrant grassroots organizations to engage in climate justice work in their communities, and impact national narratives around climate migration.

We Are All America (WAAA), a project of National Partnership for New Americans, works to uphold and strengthen our nation’s commitment to welcome and protect those seeking freedom, safety and refuge in the United States. WAAA organizes people across religious and cultural differences to build inclusive communities where we all belong.

Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of the Constitution’s text and history. They work in the courts, through government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all in America and to protect the judiciary from politics and special interests.

Center for Secure and Modern Elections (CSME), a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, advocates for a more efficient, accurate and secure election process. They support bipartisan proposals such as Automatic Voter Registration that saves valuable time for election officials, saves money for state governments, and ensures voters can participate in our democracy.