| 2005 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $300,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | Tufts University | $1,000,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | University of California, Berkeley | $50,000 | Democracy |
| 2008 | Government Accountability Project Inc. | $200,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | Communications Consortium Media Center | $50,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | Common Cause Education Fund | $400,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | NSA Anthology Charitable Trust | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Center for Political Accountability | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2007 | Center for Public Interest Research, Inc. | $300,000 | Democracy |
| 2008 | Center for Governmental Studies, Inc. | $500,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Inc. | $100,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Grassroots Policy Project | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Institute for Local Self Government | $20,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Strategic Concepts In Organizing And Policy Education | $200,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. | $100,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | The Epidavros Project, Inc. | $50,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Voter Participation Center | $50,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2004 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Coalition for DC Representation Education Fund | $25,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | President and Fellows of Harvard College | $150,000 | Democracy |
| 2004 | Migration Policy Institute | $350,000 | Democracy |
| 2006 | Brigham Young University | $50,000 | Democracy |
| 2005 | University of Wisconsin, Madison | $38,000 | Democracy |
| 2008 | Education Writers Association | $166,900 | Democracy |
