Funding
Funding policy
Any donations made to Democracy Club are for the sole purpose of delivering the vision of the organisation as determined by the executive and board team.
Where a donation is 'restricted' to a particular project, as is common with charitable grants, such projects must align with the vision of the organisation.
Democracy Club is strictly non-partisan; donations will never be used for partisan purposes.
Democracy Club will make all reasonable efforts to perform due diligence on donors who give more than £5,000. For example, although we are not a charity, we will make use of the Know Your Donor guidelines provided by the Charities Commission.
We will publish the name of donors who give over £5,000 within a 12-month period, along with the amount given.
Democracy Club aims to be transparent in our fundraising and spending. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have concerns or questions.
Full record of funders
In the interests of transparency — and of encouraging others to join them! — here are the donors and the customers we’ve had so far.
| Name | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Google.org | General election 2015 support | $30,000 |
| JRSST Charitable Trust | Polling location finder 2016 | £21,250 |
| Unbound Philanthropy | To encourage civic engagement through online tools, 2016-2018 | £100,000 |
| Unbound Philanthropy | For support of research and application of findings to improve participation by low-propensity voters, 2018-2020 | £100,000 |
| Garvin Brown | General support, 2019 | £25,000 |
| Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust | Support for election candidates data, 2019-2020 | £75,000 |
| Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust | Support for election candidates data, 2021 and representatives project research | £50,000 |
| Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust | Representatives project, 2023-24 | £100,000 |
| Luminate Foundation | Core funding | £78,839.70 |
| Nesta | 2020 Democracy Pioneers Award | £10,000 |
| Simon Tuttle | Tooling to improve transparency regarding candidate electoral histories | £5,000 |
| Scurrah Wainwright Charity | Elections, 2022 | £5,000 |
| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust | ElectionLeaflets.org, 2024 | £9,300 |
| Name | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bethnal Green Ventures | Office space, mentoring and introductions, Jan-Apr 2016 | ~£5,000 |
| Name | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| NUS Wales / Welsh Government | Polling location finder 2016 (particularly Welsh-language version of Where Do I Vote? and data for Wales) | £19,200 |
| LGiU / Open Data Institute | Results recorder, local elections 2016 | £6,000 |
| London First | Polling location finder, voter registration data visualisation, EU Referendum 2016 | £36,000 |
| Open Data Institute | Research and report on registers, 2018 | £34,560 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections 2017 | £50,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, General election 2017 | £18,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections 2018 | £47,500 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections 2019 | £60,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, European Parliamentary Elections 2019 | £38,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, General election 2019 | £44,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections 2020 | £37,500 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections 2021 | £68,145 |
| Electoral Commission | API develpoment, hosting and support | £25,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections, 2022 | £79,700 |
| London Elects | API use and support for the 2021 London Mayoral election | £14,000 |
| House of Commons | Aligning data models and training, 2022 | £9,600 |
| Reach PLC | API provision and improvements, 2022 | £7,560 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data, Local elections, 2023 | £111,800 |
| Welsh Government | Welsh translation of WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk, 2022 | £88,860 |
| London Elects | Polling stations API for May 2024 election | £18,000 |
| Welsh Government | Acessability information for polling stations, 2024 pilot | £35,000 |
| Electoral Commission | Candidate and polling location data and additional infrastructure work, 2024 | £149,000 |
| Electoral Commission | General Election, 2024 | £217,000 |