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.
- 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- Movement Law Lab
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Movement Law Lab, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, helps develop a legal arm for social movements through deep consultation with organizers and grassroots groups to understand legal vulnerabilities and needs. They recruit and vet lawyers to provide advice and strategy, and conduct outreach, training, and planning sessions for large groups of lawyers.
Project:
Movement Law LabFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Welcoming America Inc.
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Welcoming America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that leads a movement of inclusive communities becoming more prosperous by ensuring everyone belongs. Through the Welcoming Network, they help communities develop the roadmap they need to create welcoming policies and share new approaches to creating an environment where everyone can truly thrive.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- New York University
- $500,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies (CR+DS) is a network of prominent, public scholars of color who produce research, distribute knowledge, and convene stakeholders at the intersections of race and technology.
Project:
NYU Center for Critical Race and Digital StudiesFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Foundation for Minority Interests In Media Inc.
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
The Emma Bowen Foundation helps place students of color in a variety of media outlets across the U.S. to increase the diversity of newsrooms. They provide early career support for journalists of color, and track the retention of their fellows in the industry over time.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
May 2023 to Apr 2024Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- $2,000,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law activates the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy, advocacy and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Colorado Media Project
- $800,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Colorado Media Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the Rose Community Foundation, supports people and organizations working to build a more connected, collaborative and sustainable local news and information ecosystem in Colorado.
Project:
Colorado Media ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- 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- Santa Fe Community Foundation
- $975,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The New Mexico Local News Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation is working to create a healthy news and information ecosystem that serves the news and information needs of all New Mexicans.
Project:
New Mexico Local News FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Charlottesville Tomorrow
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Charlottesville Tomorrow is a community-driven, socially conscious news organization. They serve their neighbors by connecting them to each other and to the issues that affect them most.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2024Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- 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- Morgan State University Foundation Incorporated
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University trains new cadres of black journalists through fellowships, runs Social Justice Reporting Collaboratives between students at Morgan State and other journalism institutions, and produces research on the needs of black communities residing in news deserts or facing otherwise biased or insufficient news.
Project:
Center for Urban JournalismFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Inland Empire Community Foundation
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Inland Empire Journalism Hub at the Inland Empire Community Foundation is a platform for cooperative journalism, fostering collaboration, community engagement, and a vibrant exchange of ideas.
Project:
Inland Empire Journalism HubFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Free Press
- $1,000,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Free Press’ Media 2070 project calls for the policies needed to make media reparations a reality, falling within the historical lineage of calls for repair of anti-Black harm. Media 2070’s vision is to achieve a future where Black people have the capital and power necessary to own and control their own stories, from ideation to production, through to distribution.
Project:
Media 2070Foundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, MediaGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Dec 2026Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- ProgressNow New Mexico Education Fund
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
ProgressNow NM Education Fund works with coalitions to promote progressive ideas and causes with creative, earned media strategies, digital organizing, and cutting-edge new media.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Generation Justice
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Generation Justice, a fiscally sponsored project of New Mexico Community Foundation, is a multiracial, multicultural project that trains youth to harness the power of community and raise critical consciousness through leadership development, civic engagement, media production and narrative shift.
Project:
Generation JusticeFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
- $166,211.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a fiscally sponsored project of Morehouse College, is a news trade organization dedicated to increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting.
Project:
Ida B. Wells SocietyFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- Conecta Arizona
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2023
Conecta Arizona (CA) started as an experiment to respond to misinformation about Covid with accurate and timely information in Spanish. Using the community-based approach they developed over the past three years, they are expanding their focus to include more deeply reported stories.
Project:
Conecta ArizonaFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Leadership Conference Education Fund, Inc.
- $75,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
The Leadership Conference Education Fund builds public will for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of every person in the United States. They work on issues including voting rights, educational equity, and justice reform.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- 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.