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.
- Center for Public Integrity
- $1,140,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2019
This grant is to support The Center for Public Integrity’s investigative journalism as a critical check and balance on power. The grant will provide the Center for Public Integrity with critical general operating support to help them fulfill their role as a core part of America’s fourth estate.
Project:
Investigative Journalism Special ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Aug 2019 to Jul 2021Strategy:
Investigative Journalism- Partnership for Public Service Inc.
- $1,150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2021
The Partnership for Public Service builds trust and better relationships between the branches of the federal government, enhances accountability for Congressional stewardship for the Executive Branch, and increases general understanding of the challenges facing the government.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch Performance, Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Nov 2021 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project Inc.
- $1,160,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project (RDYR) is an independent nonprofit investigative reporting and research organization that advances public understanding of the unique risks that America’s rural youth face online. They convene stakeholders including researchers, journalists, technologists, parents, educators, religious leaders, and mental health providers.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2026Strategy:
General- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc.
- $1,175,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2019
This grant will provide General Operating Support to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Sep 2024Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Representative Democracy
- $1,200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
Representative Democracy, a fiscally sponsored project of the Miami Foundation, supports leadership development programs and innovative diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) solutions for governing institutions focused on building inclusive workplaces in the United States Congress.
Project:
Representative DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2021 to Feb 2025Strategy:
Constructive Politics- National Immigration Law Center
- $1,200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support litigation and legal services to support targeted communities, particularly immigrant, refugee, and MASA communities.
Project:
NILC immigration/masa supportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Media, Other, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Nov 2022Strategy:
General- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, hosted at The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch, a fundraising campaign for nonprofit news.
Project:
Fund for Nonprofit News - NewsMatchFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The Legal Clinic Fund, a joint fund housed at The Miami Foundation, makes grants to university legal clinics to expand their capacity as critical First Amendment advocates and resources for legal support for local newsrooms around the country.
Project:
The Legal Clinic FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Press Freedom- Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
- $1,200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2018
This grant will provide three years of general operating support for the Maynard Institute as they execute their strategic plan. This funding will support Maynard in their mission to drive diversity, equity and inclusion in news media and academia through training, engagement and convenings with journalists, news leaders, storytellers, and entrepreneurs.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jun 2018 to May 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Asian Law Caucus
- $1,220,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support direct litigation and legal services work, and to strengthen and expand multilingual know your rights materials that can be delivered to MASA and immigrant communities through Asian Law Caucus’s National Security & Civil Rights work.
Project:
Litigation, Legal Services, and Know Your RightsFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Nov 2019 to Oct 2023Strategy:
General- Santa Fe Community Foundation
- $1,250,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
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/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- The Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
- $1,275,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2020
The Campaign Legal Center helps reformers and stakeholders shape and improve Money in Politics ideas and approaches. Their work includes issues of redistricting, voting rights, voter registration, and restoration of voting rights to formerly incarcerated persons.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Jul 2020 to Jun 2024Strategy:
Previous Strategy- The Miami Foundation Inc.
- $1,300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2019
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, fiscally sponsored by The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch 2019 and 2020. The Fund supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
Project:
Fund for Nonprofit News - NewsMatch 2019 and 2020Foundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Jun 2019 to May 2021Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.
- $1,300,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2017
This grant supports the governance-related initiatives of the Bipartisan Policy Center, including: taskforces on Government Oversight, Health of the Political Parties, and Election Demographics; the Healthy Congress Index; congressional reforms recommended by the Commission on Political Reform; and increasing the communications capacity of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Project:
Support for the Democracy ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Other, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Jul 2017 to Jun 2019Strategy:
Empowering Congress- Community Foundation of New Jersey
- $1,300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2017
The purpose of this grant is to support New Jersey’s local news information ecosystem. The grant will create a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey to support organizations that are working to build a networked, state-wide, place-based, news ecosystem that is audience-centered, trusted, collaborative and resilient.
Project:
New Jersey News EcosystemFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and Training, Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Nov 2017 to Oct 2019Strategy:
Ecosystem News- North Carolina Community Foundation, Inc.
- $1,300,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2020
The North Carolina Local News Lab Fund at North Carolina Community Foundation provides support to the local news ecosystem with a focus on underserved communities and the organizations that serve them.
Project:
North Carolina Local News Lab FundFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Dec 2020 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Ecosystem News- Proteus Fund Inc.
- $1,350,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
The Rise Together Fund (RTF), a Proteus Fund initiative, supports a diverse field of organizations working to address anti-Muslim bigotry, xenophobia, and more. They build the capacity of Muslim, Arab and South Asian (MASA) community-based organizations and provide field coordination support to their grantees.
Project:
Rise Together FundFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Media, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and TurnoutGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Common Cause Education Fund
- $1,375,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
Common Cause Education Fund (CCEF) is a national organization supporting civic reform in the U.S., working for improvements in both election administration and campaign finance. They are a key player in shaping conversations around voting. Leveraging their state offices and national membership, they continue to build local coalitions around many reforms to strengthen our democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Redistricting, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Campaign Finance, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Dec 2019 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- NEO Philanthropy Inc.
- $1,430,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2019
To support NEO Philanthropy’s State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) project in its work to protect and advance the voting rights of historically underrepresented communities through a coordinated proactive and responsive approach. SIF’s grantmaking and convening power strengthens coordination within the voting rights movement, in particular between grassroots mobilization and litigation.
Project:
State Infrastructure FundFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Oct 2019 to Sep 2023Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Georgetown University
- $1,435,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2019
To support the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection’s (ICAP) litigation measures in support of targeted communities.