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.
- Openthegovernment.org
- $80,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
Open The Government, a fiscally sponsored project of the Fund for Constitutional Government, conducts polling focused on racial justice and accountability.
Project:
Racial Justice and Accountability PollingFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Open Government and TransparencyGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Nov 2022Strategy:
Oversight and Accountability- Online News Association
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2021
This grant provides general operating support to the Online News Association.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Feb 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Democracy Works Inc.
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
Founded by the CAA Foundation and Democracy Works, the Civic Alliance is a nonpartisan business coalition that encourages civic participation, supports safe, accessible and trusted elections, and works to inspire every American to participate in shaping our country’s future.
Project:
Civic Alliance Expansion ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Sep 2021 to Aug 2022Strategy:
General- Center for Civic Design
- $300,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Center for Civid Design applies design thinking to how elections invite participation in the democratic process. They support election officials in making materials and processes clear, easy, and effective by researching the needs of voters for access, information, and opportunity to vote.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and VotingGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2023Strategy:
Voter-Centric Election Administration- Civic Engagement Research & Dissemination Hub
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Civic Engagement and Dissemination Hub, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy Inc., is a source of research on best practices for voter contact in the field of nonpartisan civic engagement.
Project:
Civic Engagement Research & Dissemination HubFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Dec 2021Strategy:
General- Future Currents
- $400,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Planning Group, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, scenario-planning methodologies, and strategy-design processes to grassroots organizations and movement leaders to help them achieve their goals for a vibrant, reparative democracy.
Project:
Social and Economic Justice LeadersFoundation Center Topic:
GovernmentGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- Sojourners
- $315,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
Sojourners is an independent, award-winning print and online magazine of faith, culture, and politics.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Government/Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic Integration, Media, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
May 2021 to Apr 2023Strategy:
General- Center for Public Justice
- $10,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
The Center for Public Justice’s provides training for federal employees who are tasked with managing faith-based initiatives, teaching them the fundamentals of the job and how to effectively promote religious freedom and pluralism.
Project:
Support for Religious Pluralism Training for Federal EmployeesFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Executive Branch Performance, GovernmentGrant Length:
May 2021 to Apr 2022Strategy:
General- Justice Work
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
22nd Century Initiative is a project of Justice Work, a fiscally sponsored project of the National Center for Civic Innovation. The Initiative addresses the expansion and mainstreaming of white nationalism and other far right movements in the U.S. by developing strategies, networks, research, and actions that protect the integrity of our democracy.
Project:
22nd Century InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022Strategy:
General- Public Policy and Education Fund of New York, Inc.
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York provides training, coaching, and leadership development to build a more diverse, resilient and effective democracy movement.
Project:
Grassroots Training and CoachingFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2022Strategy:
General- The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc.
- $75,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2021
This grant provides general operating support.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- University of Maryland
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Elections and Voting
- 2021
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland is conducting research comparing traditional social science methods of determining voting accessibility through distance-based calculations. This research seeks to improve the data and methods used to select and evaluate the accessibility of voting sites.
Project:
Research on Transportation Measures of Accessibility of Voting LocationsFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022Strategy:
General- Algorithmic Justice League
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
Algorithmic Justice League, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, conducts and publicizes research investigating algorithmic bias in high visibility commercial and public sector AI systems.
Project:
Algorithmic Justice LeagueFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
Oct 2021 to Mar 2023Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Asian Americans Journalists Association
- $114,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Public Square
- 2021
To build organizational capacity to continue Asian Americans Journalists Association’s support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while partnering with media to ensure responsible and diverse coverage of AAPI communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and Training, MediaGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project Inc.
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2021
The Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project is an independent nonprofit investigative reporting and research organization. They are producing the workshop series Building a Community of Practice: Reporting on Extremism for Small Newsrooms and Independent Journalists.
Project:
Reporting on ExtremismFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2022Strategy:
Engaged Journalism- Faith Matters Network Collaborative
- $25,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
The Faith Matters Network’s Daring Compassion Movement Chaplaincy Project, a fiscally-sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, offers holistic wellness accompaniment to those leading social events, movements, and organizations.
Project:
Support for Faith Matters NetworkFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022Strategy:
General- Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
- $125,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
This grant supports Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.’s development of a training program for diverse professionals in the public service sector.
Project:
Support for Leadership Development TrainingsFoundation Center Topic:
Government, Government/Legislative Branch Performance, OtherGrant Length:
Aug 2021 to Jul 2022Strategy:
Constructive Politics- Trusted Elections Fund
- $900,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2021
To support the Trusted Elections Fund (formerly known as the Joint Fund for a Healthy Democracy), a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund. By strengthening civic infrastructure and election administration resiliency, the Trusted Elections Fund works to ensure free and fair elections.
Project:
Trusted Elections Fund 2021-2 RenewalFoundation Center Topic:
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting, Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election AdministrationGrant Length:
Dec 2021 to Dec 2022Strategy:
General- Interfaith Youth Core
- $60,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2021
The Interfaith Innovation Fellows program provides training and funding for Interfaith Youth Core Alumni who are leading projects at the intersection of racial equity and interfaith cooperation.
Project:
Support for Interfaith Fellowship ProgramFoundation Center Topic:
Civic ParticipationGrant Length:
Apr 2021 to Mar 2022Strategy:
General- Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc.
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2021
The Defending Democratic Institutions (DDI) project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) assesses and counters technology-enabled threats to our judicial system. The project sends alerts about threats from malign interference, trains judiciary workers on how to respond to threats, and conducts research into this interference.