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.
- ReflectUs
- $558,500.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
ReflectUS (formerly known as the Women’s Representation Coalition), a fiscally sponsored project of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, is a project by a bipartisan group of national organizations who support women leaders and a political system in which more women can be represented.
Project:
Support for Women's Representation CoalitionFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2017 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Over Zero
- $575,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To provide support to Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, in its aim to bring about the reduction and prevention of violence and to create societal resilience on issues pertaining to violence prevention, polarization, and more, partner with civil society organizations, and in particular, better implement a newly developed long-term strategic approach in the United States to create societal resilience to violence.
Project:
Support for Over ZeroFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Apr 2024Strategy:
General- Government Accountability Project Inc
- $575,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
General operating support to the Government Accountability Project.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
May 2019 to Apr 2022Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
- $575,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2018
To support the Election Law Program (ELP), a joint project of William & Mary Law School and the National Center on State Courts, which exists to support judges as they and their staff navigate election law questions and decisions.
Project:
Election Law State Courts ResearchFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Government/Judicial Selection and PerformanceGrant Length:
Dec 2018 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
LION Publishers strengthens the local news industry by helping independent news publishers build more sustainable businesses. They provide teaching, resources, and community to independent news entrepreneurs.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Democratizing Philanthropy Project
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The #PowerProgress campaign is a unique collaboration between philanthropy, nonprofits, and the Democratizing Philanthropy Project that is part program, part capacity building, and part public awareness. The campaign supports dozens of historically excluded frontline organizations working in their communities on critical issues.
Project:
#PowerProgressFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
General- Taproot Earth
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Taproot Earth builds power and cultivates solutions among frontline communities advancing climate justice and democracy. They create spaces for frontline communities to gather and advance climate strategies that emerge from the group.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Public Knowledge
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. They work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Bold Impact
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Be Bold Media is a global strategy and innovation agency that works with leaders and organizations on transformation initiatives, inclusive innovation, and movement-building. They believe technology, data, and media can help tackle the biggest social issues of our time.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- People's Tech Project
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
People’s Tech Project, a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Alliance Project, supports community groups fighting for social and tech justice to win a future where technology helps build dignity, justice, and liberation, rather than exacerbating oppression and harm in the hands of big corporations and the state.
Project:
People's Tech ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Upturn, Inc.
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology. They combine research with advocacy, and their approach is informed by a broad range of perspectives and experiences, including computer science, social science, law, and policy. They partner with local and national advocates and others to ensure their work is collaborative and actionable.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Millions of Conversations, Inc.
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support for Millions of Conversations (MoC).
Project:
Support for Millions of ConversationsFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Government, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, MediaGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to Jul 2021Strategy:
General- University of Arizona Foundation
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
For general support to National Institute for Civil Discourse to encourage political and civic leaders to embrace vigorous debate in a way that allows for diverse perspectives to be shared, for complex issues to be discussed thoughtfully, and for challenging topics to be explored without resorting to invective and personal attacks.
Project:
Support for The National Institute for Civil DiscourseFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Public Participation, Media, Government, Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Apr 2017 to Mar 2019Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Center for Public Integrity
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2015
The Center for Public (CPI) Integrity will combine its historic strength in follow-the-money reporting with a rejuvenated approach to data analysis, digital presentation and high-impact distribution to make the influence of special interests on the 2016 presidential election impossible to ignore and relevant to a wider audience.
Project:
Consider the SourceFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign FinanceGrant Length:
Jul 2015 to Jun 2017Strategy:
Investigative Journalism- Institute for Nonprofit News
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2016
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:
MediaGrant Length:
Aug 2016 to Jul 2018Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2018
The purpose of this grant is to support the Digital Democracy Project in developing institutional capacity for policy development that addresses the role of platforms in our democracy.
Project:
Digital Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2018 to Mar 2020Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Participatory Budgeting Project Inc.
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2016
The purpose of this grant is to further build out participatory budgeting as a practice in communities around the United States.
Project:
Expanding Participatory BudgetingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
May 2016 to Apr 2018Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- American Press Institute
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2018
The American Press Institute ias a catalyst for meaningful change in journalism using a research-driven approach to fostering more sustainable, audience-centered journalism.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2021Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
- $600,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Democracy & Power Innovation Fund (DPI Fund), hosted at the Rockefeller Family Fund, is a community of state-based organizing groups, social science researchers, and aligned funders who have come together to support learning and innovative programs that explore the connections between organizing, civic engagement, and building progressive power.
Project:
Democracy & Power Innovation FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
General- Democracy Works Inc.
- $600,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2015
Democracy Works and their subdivision of TurboVote explores low-cost ways to increase civic engagement and voting through new civic technology and improving processes and data. Their aim is to make voting easier through use of technology and support for elections administrators and voters.