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Democracy Fund

$142.1M
in grants paid: 706
grants: 318
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.5M
Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program support to advance climate and migrant justice
$1.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Trusted Elections Fund
$1.0M
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support for the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund
$934,000
Justfundus · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program support for Building Power Fund
$750,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program Support for Free Election Fund
$750,000
The Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$720,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Future Currents
$700,000
Free Press · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$700,000
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$600,000
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$560,000
People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$550,000
Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024
Program support for Rise Together Fund
$525,000
Partnership for Public Service · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$500,000
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Legal Accountability Center
$500,000
State Leadership Project · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Program support to bring new funding to nonpartisan civic engagement
$500,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$500,000
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Valiente Fund
$500,000
Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for GovAct
$500,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Program Support for Press Forward
$473,000
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$450,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support for Detroit Community Tech Project
$415,000
Accountableus · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$411,800
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
Program support for the Election Talent Study Group
$400,000
Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project · Morgantown, WV · 2024
General support
$375,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for North Carolina Local News Lab Fund
$360,000
Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$350,000
Kairos Fellowship · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$350,000
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support for 22nd Century Initiative
$350,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support for New Mexico Local News Fund
$350,000
Free Press · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Media 2070
$340,000
Policy Impact · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Program support for Hearken's Election SOS project
$300,000
Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2024
Program support for Center for Cooperative Media
$300,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Program support for NewsMatch
$300,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$300,000
Action Center On Race and the Economy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$300,000
Aspiration · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support for The Revival Lab
$300,000
Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Keseb
$275,000
American Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$250,000
Children'S Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$250,000
City Bureau Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support for News Futures
$250,000
Rose Community Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support for Colorado Media Project
$250,000
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for Center for Community Media
$250,000
Hope Community Center · Apopka, FL · 2024
General support
$250,000
Faith in Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$250,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for State Infrastructure Fund
$250,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$250,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Program Support for the Legal Clinic Fund
$250,000
Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Ayni Institute · East Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2024
General support
$250,000
Check My Ads Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$250,000
Public Rights Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program support to provide legal support to local elections officals
$250,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for the Multiracial Democracy Project
$250,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for the Democracy and Elections Program
$225,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$225,000
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for The 65 Project
$220,000
Journalism Funding Partners · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Program support for URL Media
$220,000
Online News Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$220,000
Online News Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for The Pivot Fund
$220,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support for Open News
$200,000
Fairvote · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General support
$200,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
$200,000
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for World Benchmarking Alliance's Digital Transformation program
$200,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support for People's Tech Project
$200,000
Democratizing Philanthropy Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program support to help underfunded nonprofits build small dollar revenue streams
$200,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support for the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Fellows
$200,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Independent Strategic Research Collaborative Education Fund
$200,000
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Local Solutions Support Center
$200,000
Charlottesville Tomorrow · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General support
$200,000
El-Hibri Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for field leadership training and capacity building
$200,000
Law Forward · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$200,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Center for Technology and Civic Life · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$200,000
Upturn · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Internews Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for the Civic Information Opportunities mapping project
$200,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$200,000
International Women'S Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Bold Impact · Woodbridge, VA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024
Program support for Piper Fund's Right to Protest project
$200,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program support for the Guinier Project
$200,000
Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$200,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Program support to strengthen newsrooms serving marginalized communities
$200,000
Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for Funders' Collaborative for Youth Organizing
$200,000
Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Taproot Earth · Slidell, LA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Values United · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Internews Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Listening Post Collective
$200,000
Local Independent Online News Publishers · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General support
$200,000
Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for the Digital Safety and Online Abuse Defense Program
$200,000
Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Pillars Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$200,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection
$200,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Organizing Resilience
$200,000
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Program support for the Democracy and Power Innovation Fund
$200,000
Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$200,000
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support for Lawfare
$200,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program support for Center for Science and Democracy

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.