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.
- Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc
- $125,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) believes that asylum seekers can make great change by standing together. They provide their membership of asylum seekers with legal and community support.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- More in Common Inc.
- $150,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
More in Common’s (MiC) is conducting a three-part research strategy to better understand and diagnose the challenges around American identity, civic and cultural norms, race, polarization and violence mitigation. They will test and refine messaging to identify approaches that can reach and resonate with a majority of Americans.
Project:
American Identity Research & Messaging ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Grassroots Asians Rising
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Grassroots Asians Rising, a fiscally sponsored project of Chinese Progressive Association, is a national network of grassroots organizations rooted in working-class Asian communities. Their members support communities that live in the most precarious margins of power: refugees, low-wage workers, youth, undocumented immigrants, queer and trans people, and low-income tenants.
Project:
Grassroots Asians RisingFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Naturalization and Immigrant Civic IntegrationGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Shoulder to Shoulder
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Shoulder to Shoulder, a fiscally sponsored project of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, trains faith and community leaders to address Islamophobia in their communities.
Project:
Shoulder to ShoulderFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Issue-based Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- National Academy of Sciences
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The Assessment of the Impact of Social Media on the Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents and Children project will examine the current research and make conclusions about the impact of social media on the health and wellbeing of adolescents and children.
Project:
Social Media Impact AssessmentFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Media Access and PolicyGrant Length:
May 2022 to Apr 2024Strategy:
Digital Democracy- Inner-City Muslim Action Network
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) was established with the goal of addressing structural and systemic injustices in inner-city communities by employing integrative holistic interventions. These include support services in: healthcare, ReEntry, arts access, community engagement and safety as well as inter-generational organizing and advocacy.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Trustees of Princeton University
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States. BDI supports efforts to grow and build local community resilience through elections and other periods of heightened risk, laying a foundation for longer-term work to bridge the divides we face as a nation.
Project:
Bridging Divides InitiativeFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
Power Building in Marginalized Communities- Pop Culture Collaborative
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Becoming America Fund at Pop Culture Collaborative, a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a donor collaborative working to unleash the power and scale of pop culture to transform the narrative landscape surrounding people of color, immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and Indigenous peoples—especially those who are women, queer, transgender, and/or disabled—in America.
Project:
Becoming America Fund at Pop Culture CollaborativeFoundation Center Topic:
Other, MediaGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Mar 2024Strategy:
General- Undivided, Inc
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
UNDIVIDED Inc. provides six-week LivingUNDIVIDED cohort experiences, where they invite participants to reckon with history, build solidarity across race and ethnicity, and commit to action to advance racial healing and justice in their communities.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Dec 2023Strategy:
General- Center for Christianity and Public Life
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
The Center for Christianity and Public Life (CCPL) is a nonpartisan institution in the nation’s capital that contends for the credibility of Christian resources in public life, for the public good. They believe Christians have much to contribute to the effort to build a healthy, inclusive civic pluralism in 21st century America.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation/Public Participation, OtherGrant Length:
Dec 2022 to Nov 2023Strategy:
General- The Brookings Institution
- $175,000.00
- Project
- Governance
- 2022
Brookings Senior Fellows will conduct a series of researcher and former practitioner convenings to consider new and innovative ideas for changing the Senate including, but not limited to, its composition and its rules and practices.
Project:
Future of the Senate ProjectFoundation Center Topic:
Government/Legislative Branch PerformanceGrant Length:
Sep 2022 to Aug 2025Strategy:
General- New America Foundation
- $375,000.00
- Project
- President's Office
- 2022
Launched in 2014, New America’s Political Reform program seeks to develop new strategies and innovations to repair the dysfunction of government, restore civic trust, and realize the potential of American democracy.
Project:
Political Reform Project Renewal 2022Foundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation/Civic Education and Leadership, Civic Participation, Government/Executive Branch Performance, Civic Participation/Public Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Jul 2025Strategy:
General- State Voices
- $550,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
The State Voices network of nonpartisan state coalitions, called “tables,” works with hundreds of grassroots organizations to break down barriers to civic participation and to bring underrepresented and marginalized populations ― and their issues ― to the center of public discourse.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Jul 2024Strategy:
General- CivicTN
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
CIVIC TN is a coalition that strengthens the collective impact of, and collaboration between, nonprofit 501(c)(3) community and advocacy organizations that empower Black, Latinx, New Americans, low-income families, single women and young voters.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Jun 2022 to Mar 2024Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- ThinkTennessee
- $250,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Elections and Voting
- 2022
ThinkTennessee is a nonpartisan, results-oriented think tank that uses research and advocacy to build a state where all Tennesseans are civically engaged and economically secure.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Election Administration, Campaigns, Elections, and Voting/Voting AccessGrant Length:
Jun 2022 to Dec 2024Strategy:
Pro-Voter Reform- Chalkbeat Inc.
- $100,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
This project grant supports the Sunnylands Local News Initiative as run by Chalkbeat, will work to reimagine, revitalize, and resource local news in service of our democracy through a series of research, gatherings, and coordinated convenings.
Project:
Sunnylands Local News RoadmapFoundation Center Topic:
Media/JournalismGrant Length:
Aug 2022 to Aug 2023Strategy:
General- Internews Network
- $200,000.00
- Project
- Public Square
- 2022
The Listening Post Collective, a project of Internews, uses strategy and capacity building for local and community news primarily led by and serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, to build engaged and trusted journalism. Their programs focus on news deserts and place-based community media systems.
Project:
Listening Post CollectiveFoundation Center Topic:
Media/Journalism, Media/Journalism Education and TrainingGrant Length:
Oct 2022 to Sep 2024Strategy:
Journalism & Power Building- State Innovation Exchange
- $195,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Governance
- 2022
State Innovation Exchange (SiX) is a national resource and strategy center that collaborates with state legislators to improve people’s lives through transformative public policy. SiX works in close coordination with legislators, advocacy groups, think tanks, and activists to provide the tools and information legislators need to be successful.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
Civic Participation, Government, Civic Participation/Public ParticipationGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2024Strategy:
Representative Leadership- Faith Matters Network Collaborative
- $100,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
Faith Matters Network catalyzes personal and social change by equipping community organizers, faith leaders, and activists with resources for connection, spiritual sustainability, and accompaniment.
Project:
General Operating SupportFoundation Center Topic:
OtherGrant Length:
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023Strategy:
General- Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project Inc.
- $150,000.00
- General Operating Support
- Just and Inclusive Society
- 2022
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.