About Focus for Democracy Fund
Dedicated to strengthening democracy through evidence-based donor advising, evaluating and supporting cost-effective election programs, and regranting funds to high-impact, evidence-based organizations.
Focus Areas
democracy strengtheningvoter turnoutelection program evaluationdonor advisingregranting to nonprofit and (where lawful) partisan programs
Funding Style
general/unrestricted operating supportcore operating supportflexible fundingorganizational sustainability
About Focus for Democracy Fund
Focus for Democracy Fund centers its giving on evidence-based election programs that it identifies, vets, and regrants to high-priority recipients. The largest recent award was $1,000,000 to Tides Foundation for general support, showing how much of its grantmaking flows through intermediaries rather than direct program-specific awards. That approach fits a funder organized around donor advising, cost-effective program evaluation, and regranting to nonprofit and, where lawful, partisan work. The foundation’s recent grants also include general support for Accelerate Change Inc., Notley Impact, Hopewell Fund, and Working America Education Fund, suggesting an emphasis on flexible funding for organizations working in democracy-related fields. Its stated focus areas include democracy strengthening, voter turnout, election program evaluation, and scaling evidence-based election programs in competitive races. The combination of regranting and strategic funding points to a funder that prioritizes selecting and channeling resources to programs it views as high-impact within elections and voter participation. As a public charity, it operates with a grantmaking model built around evaluation criteria rather than open solicitation. Its philosophy tags point to general operating support, core operating support, and organizational sustainability, which aligns with the general-support pattern visible in the recent grants list.
What Focus for Democracy Fund Funds
In election work, Focus for Democracy Fund supports evidence-based programs aimed at voter participation, turnout, and election protection. Its strategic funding program is built around competitive states and districts, including presidential, Senate, House, gubernatorial, state legislative, and statewide races such as Secretary of State. That narrow political geography shows a preference for campaigns and races where turnout and persuasion tactics can be measured. The foundation also funds organizations that help move resources into the field. It gave $25,213 to Hopewell Fund for general support and $22,151 to Working America Education Fund for general support, both of which sit within a broader regranting ecosystem. A further part of its work is donor advising and evaluation. The funder identifies cost-effective election programs, then recommends support for nonprofit 501(c)(3) and, where appropriate, 501(c)(4) or PAC programs. That structure ties its cause areas to a screening process based on evidence and program priorities rather than a broad open-grant model.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.7M
Total Assets
$12.4M
Total Revenue
$7.3M
Total Expenses
$6.7M
Geographic Reach
National8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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