Healthy Democracy Action Fund
Changing the balance of power in U.S. politics.
Tides Advocacy’s Healthy Democracy Action Fund (HDAF) is an initiative committed to fundamentally changing the balance of power in U.S. politics by building the influence of historically marginalized and underrepresented communities, with a focus on mobilizing for elections, shaping the public agenda, and demanding policy change.
HDAF supports multi-year, year-round civic engagement and organizing work in key states and transformative strategies for centering BIPOC-led movements in the broader political process.
Strong BIPOC-led organizations are foundational to securing progressive wins now in a way that catalyzes transformative advocacy victories in the long-term. And, funding these efforts well in advance of elections helps to solidify winning campaign plans, address critical staffing needs, and ensure rigorous political engagement towards electoral justice in 2022 and beyond.
To date, the Healthy Democracy Action Fund (HDAF) has awarded $7 million to more than 50 BIPOC-led organizations that are building multi-cycle, independent political power. Throughout 2020 and 2021, HDAF partners have worked to shift our political system towards equity, from building co-governance models between community members and elected officials, to developing a community pipeline for representative political candidates, to electing progressive, reflective representatives at all levels of government.
Transforming the Political Map
HDAF supports organizations that are running electoral and policy field programs at the local and state level. We are committed to partnerships in states where there are strategic policy and electoral justice opportunities, and where strong BIPOC-led coalitions are transforming the political system for the long-term.
Strengthening Political Movements
HDAF connects organizations with the resources they need to continue testing new strategies and to advance critical, underfunded work for broader movement building, with an eye towards increasing the political influence of under-represented communities in politically challenging contexts.
Together we can build long-term political progressive power to safeguard community wellbeing and advance a social justice agenda.
Our Funding:
Promotes a healthy democracy by making the rules fair.
Focuses on electoral engagement in places where having an impact up and down the ballot will contribute to tangible immediate and long-term progressive policy change.
Strengthens community voice and defends a social justice policy agenda.
Contribute
Healthy Democracy Action Fund is a program of Tides Advocacy, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. To learn more about contributing to the Healthy Democracy Action Fund, please contact us.
Learn More
Read more about the Healthy Democracy Action Fund, our strategy, goals, and funding priorities by exploring the following PDF.