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.
- OpenSecrets
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Their mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2025Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Instituto Lab LLC
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- President's Office
- 2023
Instituto’s mission is to build sustained political power with low-income and communities of color in Arizona. They believe that every community has the inherent leadership, capacity, and resources to create their own solutions, and that all it takes to build power is to facilitate connections and training.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
General- ProGeorgia State Table Inc
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
ProGeorgia is a bold, trusted, and diverse collaborative that champions an equitable and inclusive democracy, for and with traditionally underrepresented communities. They support and coordinate the civic engagement programs of their diverse partner organizations.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Voting Power- Center for Technology and Civic Life
- $400,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
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.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- Asian Law Caucus
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2023
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus was founded in 1972 as the nation’s first legal and civil rights organization serving low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. They provide legal services, community empowerment, and policy advocacy to fight for immigrant justice, economic security, and a stronger democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Dec 2023 to Nov 2024Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- People's Parity Project
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
The People’s Parity Project is a nationwide network of law students and new attorneys organizing to unrig the legal system and build a justice system that values people over profits.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Judicial Selection and PerformanceGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2024Strategy:
State and Local Accountability- Baltimore Beat Inc.
- $450,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Baltimore Beat’s mission is to pursue journalism that serves the Baltimore local news ecosystem in the tradition of the Black press, focusing on community, questioning power structures, and prioritizing thoughtful engagement with the community.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Petty Propolis Inc.
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Petty Propolis brings humanity and community to the forefront through literacy efforts, social justice initiatives, data justice organizing and water rights advocacy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2023 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Inc.
- $400,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2023
Using bold legal actions and in-depth investigations, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) targets government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests and personal gain.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Jul 2023 to Dec 2024Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- Fight for the Future Education Fund
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2023
Fight for the Future Education Fund is a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists harnessing the power of the Internet to channel outrage into action, defending people’s most basic rights in the digital age. They work to ensure that technology is a force for empowerment, free expression, and liberation rather than tyranny, corruption, and structural inequality.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2023 to Sep 2025Strategy:
Civil & Human Rights Online- Youth Engagement Fund
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2023
The Youth Engagement Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, brings together philanthropic and organizational decision-makers across the country to invest in youth of color organizations and leaders in the aforementioned priority states as catalysts in creating an inclusive multiracial democracy that is reflective of all people.
Project:
YEF Project SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2023 to Oct 2025Strategy:
Voting Power- Charlottesville Tomorrow
- $200,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2024
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 2024 to Sep 2026Strategy:
News & Information Ecosystems- Trustees of Princeton University
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
The Bridging Divides Initiative’s (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative at Princeton University that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States.
Project:
Tracking and Mitigating Political Violence in the USFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of LawGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2026Strategy:
General- Children's Defense Fund
- $450,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2024
Children’s Defense Fund works at the intersection of well-being and racial justice for children and youth. They work alongside and amplify the power of youth and families through advocacy, community organizing, direct service, and public policy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Sep 2027Strategy:
Equitable Civic Infrastructure- The Horizons Project
- $450,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
The Horizons Project, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, advances research on weakening and dismantling authoritarianism in the United States.
Project:
The Horizons ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2024 to Aug 2027Strategy:
General- Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Inc.
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Launched in 2020, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) was founded by Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via to address the gap in efforts to stop transnational hate and far-right extremism movements, particularly U.S.-based activity that is exported to other countries and across borders.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Aug 2024 to Jul 2027Strategy:
General- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2024
The ABA Task Force for American Democracy works to safeguard the integrity and non-partisan administration of elections, provide support for election workers and officials, educate Americans on democracy and the rule of law — and their importance to our everyday lives — and suggest ideas to the American people for improving and strengthening our democracy and our elections.
Project:
ABA Task Force on American DemocracyFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Jul 2024 to Jun 2025Strategy:
Resilient Elections- Partnership for Public Service Inc.
- $450,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2024
The Partnership for Public Service serves as a bridge across the political aisle to build a government that meets its fundamental responsibilities to the public, no matter the political makeup of any presidential administration or Congress. They offer key solutions and performance measures that transform the way government works.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch Performance, GovernmentGrant Length:
Nov 2024 to Oct 2025Strategy:
Preventing Authoritarian Abuse of Power- We the Veterans Foundation
- $350,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
We the Veterans Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created by veterans and military family members. They empower the veteran and military family community to strengthen American democracy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and LeadershipGrant Length:
Oct 2024 to Sep 2026Strategy:
General- Over Zero
- $300,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2024
Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of Hopewell Fund, partners with community leaders, civil society, and researchers to harness the power of communication to prevent, resist and rise above identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm.