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.
- El Tímpano
- $115,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
El Tímpano, a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, works in collaboration with residents and community partners to create empowering, two-way channels of information that inform and engage the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.
Project:
El TímpanoFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- URL Media Holdings Inc
- $215,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
URL Media, a fiscally sponsored project of the Journalism Funding Partners, builds and supports 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:
Aug 2022 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Scalawag
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
Through journalism and storytelling, Scalawag works in solidarity with oppressed communities in the South to disrupt and shift the narratives that keep power and wealth in the hands of the few.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Pivot Fund
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The Pivot Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of Online News Association, invests in the skills, capacity, and development of BIPOC-led and serving community media and lends their expertise to the broader work of building an equitable and robust Georgia local news ecosystem.
Project:
The Pivot FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
General- Business Forward Foundation
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Business Forward Foundation is a research and educational organization that takes a business-minded look at policy issues affecting America’s economic competitiveness. Through white papers, issue briefs, conference calls, and other events, they educate policy makers and the public about climate change, immigration reform, infrastructure investment, and other critical issues.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2024Strategy:
General- TechCongress Foundation
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
TechCongress places computer scientists, engineers, and other technologists to serve as technology policy advisors to Members of Congress through their Fellowship programs. They bridge the divide of knowledge and experience between DC and Silicon Valley for better outcomes for both.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- 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- The Aspen Institute Inc
- $225,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Religion and Society Program at the Aspen Institute works to promote religious pluralism, inclusion, and to dismantle hate and extremism.
Project:
Support for the Religion and Society ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Other, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Nov 2024Strategy:
General- Student Press Law Center
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
Founded in 1974, the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) promotes, supports and defends the First Amendment and free press rights of student journalists and their advisers.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and Policy, MediaGrant Length:
Jul 2022 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Press Freedom- Hearken
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
Hearken’s Election SOS project, a fiscally sponsored project of the American Press Institute, provides training, coaching, and capacity support to journalists for more engaged, trusted, and responsive elections coverage in 2022.
Project:
Election SOSFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
May 2022 to Nov 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- International Women's Media Foundation
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The 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:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jul 2022 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- City Bureau NFP
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
City Bureau works to address inequality in Chicago media. Their innovative programs engage Chicagoans directly in the process of producing civic media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Election Center
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
In late 2022, electionline.org became a project of The Election Center, and this grant provides support for the transition of the website. The Election Center’s purpose is to promote, preserve, and improve democracy. The Center is also known as the National Association of Election Officials.
Project:
ElectionlineFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Dec 2024Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Georgetown University
- $110,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
The Georgetown Democracy, Education + Service (GeoDES) project at the McCourt School of Public Policy works on congressional modernization efforts. Their goal is a Congress that can effectively legislate on behalf of a diverse and multi-racial America and fulfill its First Branch constitutional duty to check and balance the Executive Branch.
Project:
GeoDES ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- National Association of Black Journalists
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
The National Association of Black Journalists supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities. They also hold the media accountable for recruitment and retention of black journalists as well as their portrayals of the black community through media narratives.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jun 2022 to May 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Asian Americans Journalists Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
To build organizational capacity to continue Asian Americans Journalists Association’s support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while partnering with media to ensure responsible and diverse coverage of AAPI communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jul 2022 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- NAHJ Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
Through professional development services and scholarships, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) works to diversify mainstream newsrooms, so they better represent the communities they serve. NAHJ also advocates for the accurate representation of Latinos/Hispanic in news.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- New America Foundation
- $120,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The New Models of Policy Change project, housed in the Political Reform Program at New America Foundation, works on resilience against right wing extremism and growing political violence.
Project:
New Models of Policy ChangeFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Other, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
General- Church World Service, Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Church World Service’s Refugee Organizing project includes grassroots organizing, power-building, and leadership development in refugee communities.
Project:
Refugee OrganizingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Emergent Fund
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Emergent Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, funds rapid response and emergent organizing led by frontline Black, Indigenous, and organizers of color with trust-based, no-string-attached grants. This grant is made by Democracy Fund in collaboration with the Rights and Dignity Working Group, a cross-Omidyar Group initiative.