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.
- Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) , a fiscally sponsored project of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, is a dynamic collective of social justice funders and youth organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organizing as a strategy for youth development and social change.
Project:
Funders' Collaborative on Youth OrganizingFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
General- Faith in Action Network
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Faith in Action Network uses organizing to address economic oppression, racism and discrimination. They work to build a society in which everyone lives in a safe and healthy environment, is respected and included, and has agency over the decisions that shape their lives.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
General- JustFund.Us
- $1,824,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
JustFund is a revolutionary nonprofit grantmaking solution that provides philanthropy with a new way to give through a B2B SaaS (business-to-business software-as-a-service) platform with growing B2C (business-to-consumer) offerings. JustFund eliminates bottlenecks and barriers to giving and centers equity in a traditionally inequitable process.
Project:
Building Power CohortFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025Strategy:
Voting Power- Solutions Project Inc
- $2,250,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Solutions Project (TSP) funds and amplifies climate justice solutions created by grassroots organizations that are tackling the root causes of the climate crisis. TSP is an important force for building a more connected, visible, and solutions-oriented climate and migrant justice movement.
Project:
Climate and Migrant Justice ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Stop Online Violence Against Women
- $425,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Stop Online Violence Against Women Project (SOVAW), a fiscally sponsored project of Planetwork NGO, raises awareness and funding to stop online harassment. SOVAW addresses inadequate laws and policies that lack protections for women in particular women of color.
Project:
Stop Online Violence Against WomenFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- 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- City Bureau NFP
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
City Bureau NFP works with a part-time coordinator to support an informal collective of community news partners to develop a theory of change, definitions, public communication, future convenings and other structures to realize their shared vision for the future of local media.
Project:
Future of Local News GroupFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Church World Service, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
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 Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- ACCESS
- $350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), an institution of ACCESS, builds the capacity of Arab American community organizations. NNAAC’s capacity building program will help its member organizations though trainings, technical assistance, workshops, convenings, and peer-to-peer learnings.
Project:
National Network for Arab American CommunitiesFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Media, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Other, Government/Budgeting, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- George Washington University
- $800,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The Multiracial Democracy Project, an initiative of The GWU Institute for Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity, supports a racially diverse community of researchers in law, policy, and social science in developing their research, and connects them to civil rights organizations, democracy reform organizations, and policymakers to better inform policy debates.
Project:
The Multiracial Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Media/Journalism, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Media/Media Access and Policy, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Media, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2026Strategy:
General- The Brookings Institution
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Brookings Institution is researching the impact of climate change and climate migration on American systems of democracy and governance.
Project:
Brookings Research: Climate Impact on DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Jan 2025Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Revolving Door Project
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
The Revolving Door Project, a fiscally sponsored project of The Good Nation Foundation Inc., scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.
Project:
Revolving Door Project (RDP)Foundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch Performance, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Trustees of Boston University
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2023
Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences’ Data & Democracy partnership with the MGGG Redistricting Lab conducts cutting-edge research modeling alternative election systems with modern mathematical and statistical tools, with a focus on single transferable vote elections, to help build a powerful resource hub for election reform.
Project:
Data & Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Representative Institutions- Institute for Nonprofit News
- $700,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
The Institute for Nonprofit News strengthens and supports more than 425 independent news organizations that are nonprofit, nonpartisan and dedicated to public service. From local news to reporting on global issues, members of the INN Network tell stories that otherwise would go untold – connecting communities, holding the powerful accountable and strengthening democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Dec 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Native American Journalists Association
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Native American Journalists Association facilitates collaboration, professional development and joint training for current and future leaders of journalism affinity groups serving underrepresented communities.
Project:
Affinity Groups ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
May 2023 to Apr 2024Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The eBenchbook and Alliance of Students at the Polls (ASAP) projects of the Election Law Program, a joint project of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law and and the National Center on State Courts. eBenchbook builds state-specific resources to assist judges in resolving election disputes. ASAP works to deploy law students to improve public trust in elections.
Project:
Election Law State Courts Research and Law Student PipelineFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Aug 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- International Refugee Assistance Project Inc.
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) works for a more humane, efficient, and welcoming refugee and asylum processes in the United States by empowering displaced persons to use the law as a tool to claim their rights, through an aligned program of legal aid, impact litigation, and advocacy.
Project:
Project support to IRAPFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- El Tímpano
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
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:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Human Rights First
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI), a project of Human Rights First, is a coalition of veterans and allies who continue their service to America by upholding, defending, and advocating for human rights at home and abroad.
Project:
Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI)Foundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Sep 2024Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Democracy North Carolina
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
Democracy North Carolina (DemNC) works to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.