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.

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Organization Name (A-Z) Grant Amount Type Program Area Year
  • Law Forward Inc.
  • $200,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2024

Law Forward is a legal nonprofit working to defend ballot access, led the fight for fair districts, protected separation of powers, advocated for the judiciary’s constitutional role, and convened broad coalitions—including key Wisconsin nonprofits, government officials, and national allies to resist election subversion and ensure fair, free elections.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

Jun 2024 to May 2025

Strategy:

Resilient Elections
  • Military Veterans in Journalism Inc
  • $25,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2024

Military Veterans in Journalism’s Information Integrity Project is a nonpartisan initiative combating the spread of deceptive narratives and violent extremism in veteran and military communities. A team of journalists, including several military veterans, report on violent extremist groups and narratives and engage with the community online to counter recruitment efforts.

Project:

Information Integrity Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism

Grant Length:

Jul 2024 to Jun 2025

Strategy:

General
  • PEN American Center, Inc.
  • $400,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2024

PEN American’s Online Abuse Defense Program trains journalists and newsrooms to prepare for, and react to, online attacks via trainings, tools, and resources. They also partner with a broad variety of field actors to build better, safer online spaces.

Project:

Online Abuse Defense Program

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and Training, Media

Grant Length:

Mar 2024 to Feb 2026

Strategy:

Journalism & Power Building
  • Portland State University Foundation
  • $175,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2024

The Local Election Officials (LEO Survey) is a project created in partnership between the Elections and Voting Information Center (EVIC) at Reed College and team and Portland State University’s Center for Public Service. This grant supports the design, administration, analysis, and dissemination of findings from the sixth survey.

Project:

LEO Survey

Foundation Center Topic:

Other, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration

Grant Length:

Apr 2024 to Sep 2025

Strategy:

Resilient Elections
  • States at the Core
  • $125,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2024

States at the Center, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, Inc., helps local organizations by providing adaptable, implementable resources and expertise to the states and communities working to increase Americans’ faith in democracy and strengthen democratic institutions.

Project:

States at the Core

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public Participation

Grant Length:

Jun 2024 to May 2025

Strategy:

General
  • The Revival Lab Project
  • $300,000.00
  • Project
  • Public Square
  • 2024

The Revival Lab Project, a fiscally sponsored project of Aspiration, is documenting how the loss of BIPOC local media and community infrastructure, paired with increasingly inextricable relationship between tech companies, governments, and third-party entities, is fueling a social, economic and public health crisis

Project:

The Revival Lab

Foundation Center Topic:

Media/Media Access and Policy

Grant Length:

Oct 2024 to Sep 2026

Strategy:

Civil & Human Rights Online
  • University of Florida Board of Trustees
  • $225,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2024

The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida is coordinating a project to identify potential solutions for local government agencies, particularly elections offices, to mitigate the impact of unduly burdensome public records requests, often called “vexatious requests,” while protecting the flow of civic information to the public.

Project:

Vexatious FOI Project

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

Apr 2024 to Jun 2025

Strategy:

Resilient Elections
  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  • $400,000.00
  • General Operating Support
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2024

Southern Coalition for Social Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by a multidisciplinary group, predominantly people of color, who believed that communities engaged in social justice struggles need a team of lawyers, social scientists, community organizers, and media specialists to support them in their efforts to dismantle structural racism and oppression.

Project:

General Operating Support

Foundation Center Topic:

Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation

Grant Length:

Jan 2024 to Dec 2025

Strategy:

Voting Power
  • Way to Rise
  • $500,000.00
  • Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • 2024

The Valiente Fund, a project of Way to Rise, is dedicated to unleashing a new generation of change agents forging Latine unity and power within a multi-racial democracy.

Project:

Valiente Fund

Foundation Center Topic:

Other

Grant Length:

Apr 2024 to Mar 2026

Strategy:

Voting Power
  • El-Hibri Foundation
  • $200,000.00
  • Project
  • Just and Inclusive Society
  • 2024

The El-Hibri Foundation (EHF) is a philanthropic organization that empowers and equips Muslim leaders and their allies to build thriving, inclusive communities. EHF has provided capacity building trainings and programs through their Collective Action Leadership Incubator (CALI) for over six years to leaders from American Muslim and ally communities.

Project:

EHF Capacity Building Efforts

Foundation Center Topic:

Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public Participation

Grant Length:

Jan 2024 to Dec 2024

Strategy:

Power Building in Marginalized Communities
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