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.
- 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- Way to Rise
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2024
The Valiente Fund, a project of Way to Rise, is dedicated to unleashing a new generation of change agents forging Latine unity and power within a multi-racial democracy.
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Valiente FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Apr 2024 to Mar 2026Strategy:
Voting Power- 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.
Project:
RAD Support for Emergent FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Rights and Dignity- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- $505,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2020
The Revolving Door Project’s research and coalition-oriented outreach generates support for executive branch reform and civil service renewal efforts.
Project:
Revolving Door ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch Performance, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Nov 2020 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Center for Civic Design
- $514,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
To provide the Center for Civic Design with General Operating support.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2021Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Check My Ads Institute
- $515,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2022
Check My Ads Institute is an independent watchdog reshaping the digital adtech industry from within its ranks — and building a new sustainable standard in digital advertising.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Mar 2022 to Jun 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- American Oversight, Inc.
- $525,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
American Oversight is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that uses public records requests backed by litigation to fight corruption, drive accountability, and defend democracy. They believe transparency is a critical tool to promote integrity in government and to protect justice, truth, and the rule of law.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Aug 2025Strategy:
State and Local Accountability- Common Cause Education Fund
- $525,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Common Cause Education Fund strives to uphold the core values of American democracy by working to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Mar 2025Strategy:
Voting Power- State Voices
- $525,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
State Voices is national civic engagement organization focused on building capacity at the state and local level. This grant supports their work to make voting more inclusive and accessible.
Project:
Election Protection & Vote By Mail EffortsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Jun 2020 to Feb 2021Strategy:
General- The Aspen Institute Inc
- $525,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2018
To provide continued support for the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Program, which provides a forum for emerging leaders from Capitol Hill and around the country to convene and explore contemporary issues through expert-moderated Socratic dialogue.
Project:
Support for the Aspen Institute Socrates Program and Emerging Governance LeadersFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to May 2023Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc.
- $525,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of the Grant is to provide support for the fight against mis/disinformation through fact-checking innovation, research, collaboration, and training. For this project, Grantee will work to support fact-checking through the PolitiFact and PunditFact platforms. Grantee will also support research, training, and opportunities for collaboration for the broader fact-checking and journalism networks.
Project:
Strengthening Accountability ReportingFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and Training, MediaGrant Length:
Dec 2017 to Jun 2020Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Institute for Nonprofit News
- $530,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2013
INN’s mission is to help nonprofit news organizations produce and distribute stories with impact; to achieve cost efficiencies by pooling resources and services; and to develop new revenue streams that will help member organizations become sustainable, mission-driven, nonprofit businesses.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2013 to Dec 2015Strategy:
Previous Strategy- FRIDA - The Young Feminist Fund
- $530,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
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.
Project:
FRIDA Young Feminist FundFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Rights and Dignity- Grassroots Asians Rising
- $535,100.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
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/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Ethics and Public Policy Center, Inc.
- $544,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2016
Grantee will review existing research on the electorate, will conduct original research and will facilitate follow up discussion and analysis regarding the findings of their research. Research and analysis will be released after the November 2016 elections and in 2017 and 2018.
Project:
Understanding the American ElectorateFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Aug 2016 to Dec 2020Strategy:
General- Thought Partnerships
- $546,807.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support Thought Partnerships, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropies, as it seeks to build effective cross sector communities of practice to advance non-violent and just societies through research, sharing and learning.
Project:
RAD Support for Thought PartnershipsFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to May 2024Strategy:
General- State Voices
- $550,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
The State Voices network of nonpartisan state coalitions, called “tables,” works with hundreds of grassroots organizations to break down barriers to civic participation and to bring underrepresented and marginalized populations — and their issues — to the center of public discourse.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Jul 2024Strategy:
General- Business Forward Foundation
- $550,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support Business Forward Foundation’s (BFF) work in organizing business leaders and train them speak out on the importance and business benefits of diversity and inclusiveness.
Project:
Business Leaders for Vulnerable CommunitiesFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Media/Media Access and Policy, Media, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2022Strategy:
General- Georgetown University
- $550,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2019
The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation will provide Congress with actionable steps to modernize its data collection and evidence-based policy making practices.
Project:
Mapping Civic Voice Pathways in the Modernization of CongressFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Empowering Congress- 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.