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Democracy Fund @DemocracyFund

We invest in organizations working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.

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Democracy Fund@DemocracyFund
30 Jul 2024
X is no longer a primary channel for our content. Follow us on LinkedIn or visit our website for updates on our work and partnerships. linkedin.com/company/democra…
A collage of six black-and-white images promoting Democracy Fund's LinkedIn page. Top left: Close-up of a protest sign saying "We the People means everyone." Top center: A woman of color at a recording station. Top right: poll workers assisting a voter. Middle: Promotional text stating, "We share updates, news, job postings, and more on LinkedIn.com/company/democracy-fund." Bottom left: A person holding a sign that says "Save the Net." Bottom center: A person holding a "Refugees Welcome" sign. Bottom right: a panel of diverse speakers. All images are framed with a cohesive visual style emphasizing advocacy and engagement.

ALT A collage of six black-and-white images promoting Democracy Fund's LinkedIn page. Top left: Close-up of a protest sign saying "We the People means everyone." Top center: A woman of color at a recording station. Top right: poll workers assisting a voter. Middle: Promotional text stating, "We share updates, news, job postings, and more on LinkedIn.com/company/democracy-fund." Bottom left: A person holding a sign that says "Save the Net." Bottom center: A person holding a "Refugees Welcome" sign. Bottom right: a panel of diverse speakers. All images are framed with a cohesive visual style emphasizing advocacy and engagement.

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Starting Monday, July 29th we will no longer prioritize X as a platform for our communications. Please follow us on LinkedIn for updates on our work. linkedin.com/company/democra…

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Ready to be part of the solution? Democracy needs you. Check out 56 jobs from our partners across the U.S.: network-jobs.democracyfund.o…

Democracy Fund Job Board

Search job openings across the Democracy Fund network.

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ICYMI: Planning for resilience requires funders to listen to the people and communities who understand the early signs of potentially disruptive events. democracyfund.org/idea/a-cal…

A Call for the Pro-Democracy Field to Prepare for Gray Rhinos

How to plan for “Gray Rhinos” — the foreseeable dangers that we fail to prepare for (even though they are charging straight at us).

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Starting Monday, July 29th we will no longer prioritize X as a platform for our communications. Please follow us on LinkedIn for updates on our work. linkedin.com/company/democra…
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19 Jul 2024
Opinion: Political violence, threats to civic society, and a gameplan for philanthropy. Increasing attacks on pro-democracy advocates show why politicians like former President Trump aren’t the only ones at risk. @joegoldman @DemocracyFund bit.ly/3SdJ5er
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With the help of @CEPData, we asked our grantees to share feedback on what we are doing right, and what we can do better in the future. Take a look at our latest blog post to learn more about the results, and how we plan to use them going forward. democracyfund.org/idea/liste…

Listening to Our Grantees: Lessons from Our Third Grantee Perception Survey

Last year, Democracy Fund partnered with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to conduct our third Grantee Perception Report. This work builds on previous surveys from 2014 and 2017. We felt...

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ICYMI: It’s impossible to predict everything that this election year will bring, but there are strategic ways to plan for the unexpected: democracyfund.org/idea/on-bl…

On Black Swans, Gray Rhinos, and the 2024 Election

A framework to evaluate expected and unexpected events during an election year, and how to think about preparing for uncertainty.

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📊Our latest research study reveals how views on immigration and racial equity are shifting across the country. Learn more in this @politico deep dive: politico.com/newsletters/the…

How immigration is heating up the 2024 race

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Join us next Wednesday, 7/17 for a conversation with @RxFoundation on the connections between 🏥 healthcare and 🗳️democracy, and how funders donors can support these seemingly unrelated — but in reality, highly interconnected — fields: linkedin.com/events/fundingm…
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DF's Josh Stearns discusses how we are working to ensure that our communities are ready for the disinformation campaigns in elections alongside Jacquelyn Mason from DF grantee Media Democracy Fund. latimes.com/politics/story/2…

Many California voters get their info from social media, even if they don't trust it, poll shows

A new poll shows that California voters are increasingly moving to social media, such as TikTok, for election information.

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Attitudes about race and immigration have been shifting and settling since 2020. Our latest report takes a deep dive to understand what that looks like across political parties, where there is consensus, and how national events affect our perspectives: democracyfund.org/idea/pushe…

Pushed and Pulled: How Attitudes About Race and Immigration are Settling and Shifting After Trump

In this report, we investigate how Americans’ attitudes about race and immigration evolved over Trump’s presidency and in the first three years of Biden’s term.

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We’re proud to support @TransJA in partnering with @IRE_NICAR for the Trans Coverage Track at IRE 2024! Together, we can uplift trans voices to create "complete, accurate, nuanced, and sensitive information about the issues or the stakes." #TJAIRE2024 transjournalists.org/tja-ire…

TJA @ IRE2024: Trans Coverage Track

TJA is partnering with Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) to build a trans coverage and networking track at IRE’s annual conference on June 20-23, 2024 in Anaheim, California. The panels in...

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The field of pro-democracy philanthropy is in a moment of deep transformation. Learn the details about what that looks like for funders in the 2024 update of our "Field in Focus" report: democracyfund.org/idea/field…

Field in Focus: The State of Pro-Democracy Institutional Philanthropy

Executive Summary Philanthropic support for promoting a healthy democracy has grown in recent years, marking a period of transformation for the field. Since 2016, an influx of funding, actors, and...

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Happening this week: Check out the Frontiers of Democracy conference at @TuftsUniversity 6/12-6/13. Hear from two DF grantees, Heather Cronk of @FaithPublicLife & @MariaJStephan of @HorizonsPRJT , who will be speaking on"Violence, Nonviolence, and Robust Democracy."
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How does local news impact your community? Don't miss the "Local News, Local Impact" webinar from @SoAZCommunityFd on June 17 with our own @gteresa. Register now and be part of the conversation! cfsaz.org/event/local-news-l…

Local News, Local Impact: Introducing Press Forward Southern Arizona - Community Foundation for...

Join the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona for an informative webinar about the importance and impact of supporting local news and information. It will feature insights and perspectives from...

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🦏🗳Political violence could be the next “Gray Rhino” — a foreseeable danger we don't prep for, even when it's charging straight at us. Learn how the pro-democracy field can plan through listening, readiness, and resilience: democracyfund.org/idea/a-cal…

A Call for the Pro-Democracy Field to Prepare for Gray Rhinos

How to plan for “Gray Rhinos” — the foreseeable dangers that we fail to prepare for (even though they are charging straight at us).

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As we welcome #PrideMonth, we recommend this comprehensive stylebook from DF grantee @nlgja for “guidance on language around gender, sex, and sexual orientation:” lnkd.in/gdznX_Gf
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💬 "We need to rethink how philanthropy supports journalism." Dive into this insightful Q&A with #PressForward's director @daleranglin and @s_peppered on the challenges and opportunities ahead: niemanlab.org/2024/05/journa…

“Journalism moves fast…philanthropy moves slow.” Press Forward’s director wants to bring them...

"I see, every week, some example of where the two don't understand each other. Each of them needs to shift a little bit."

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"Racial justice can’t be achieved without eradicating discriminatory barriers to voting and guaranteeing every person has a say in our democracy." Learn more about the work @aaaj_alc does for and by the #AAHNPI community: advancingjustice-alc.org/iss… #AAPI

Voting Rights

We fight for the rights of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, immigrants, and people with limited English proficiency to fully and actively participate in U.S. democracy.

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