National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development

National CAPACD’s 2021 AAPI Community Resilience Fund supports the racial healing and anti-racism work of recipient organizations, as well as their work to build multi-racial coalitions and strengthen solidarity work locally in neighborhoods. This work includes political education that combats anti-Blackness and advances a deeper understanding of diverse AAPI communities.

Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy

The Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, a fiscally sponsored project of Project South, advances structural shifts toward Climate Justice + Ecological Equity in Gulf South Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities on the frontlines of climate change.

Movement Law Lab

To support Movement Law Lab, an innovation hub bringing lawyers together with other change-makers to implement novel and bold solutions for some of America’s toughest justice related problems. 

Islamic Society of North America

To support the work of the Islamic Society of North America’s Shoulder to Shoulder initiative in interfaith, islamophobia trainings – entitled Faith Over Fear trainings – in up to ten geographic regions of the United States. This Grant will also support Shoulder to Shoulder’s Ramadan Road Trip 2019 network-building scoping work for the trainings, as well as a monitoring and evaluation consultant.

Asian Law Caucus

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.  

New America Foundation

To support the Political Reform Program, through the New Models of Policy Change project, at New America Foundation to strengthen work on resilience to political violence. 

Islamic Society of North America

To support the Shoulder to Shoulder campaign, inside of Islamic Society of North America, in their initiative on interfaith and islamophobia trainings and workshops.  These training are called Faith over Fear, and this grant will support Shoulder to Shoulder’s Ramadan work, as well.  

Business Forward Foundation

The purpose of this grant is to support Business Forward Foundation’s project to 1) organize business leaders and train them speak out on the business benefits of diversity and inclusiveness, 2) to strengthen an ad campaign to support the organizing work, and 3) to develop a storefront sign campaign around diversity, inclusion and empathy. A portion of this grant will also support the costs of Business Forward Foundation conducting an audit of its 2018 financials.

Georgetown University

To support the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection’s (ICAP) litigation, public education, and efforts in support of vulnerable communities. 

Democracy Fund
1200 17th Street NW Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20036