To support local efforts to assist the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.

To support the Asian American Language Access Project in order to ensure implementation of the DC Language Access Act which mandates full and equal access to government programs for limited-English proficient residents.

To support the development of a research agenda related to voting rights for the District of Columbia.

To support the purchase and installation of state-of-the-art cold storage for preservation of the museum's color photography collection.

To support the DC Voting Rights and DC Revenue Reform projects.

Second installment of a two-year, $120,000 general operating grant to secure and enforce the rights of low-income workers.

First installment of a two-year, $90,000 general operating grant to support the analysis and public education of budget and tax issues that affect low and moderate-income residents.

General operating support to secure full voting representation in Congress for the residents of the District of Columbia, and project support for the Online Library Project (formerly known as the briefing book).

To support the Democracy and DC Gun Laws project, a coalition effort to defend the power of the citizens of the District to decide by democratic means how firearms will be regulated in their city.

General support to advocate for a comprehensive and integrated approach to meeting the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable residents of the District, and support for an evaluation consultant.

To support the research project titled "Research and Reforms to Achieve DC Voting Representation: Key Legal Impediments & Major Impacts of Disenfranchisement."

General operating support of DC Hunger Solutions which seeks to reduce hunger and its consequences for low-income children and their families in the District by expanding the reach of federal nutrition programs.

Fifth and final grant to advocate for practice or operational improvements in the child welfare system.

To support general operations and programs.

To support the research project titled "Foreign Capital Cities & Their Relationship to the National Government: What Washington DC Can Learn."

To support the research project titled "What Difference Does Representation Make: Possible Substantive Effects of Representation."

First installment of a two-year, $80,000 grant in support of the Directions exhibition series which features innovative and emerging artists.

To support the research project titled "Identifying the Practical Impacts of DC's Disenfranchisement".

Third and final installment of a $300,000 grant to support the inaugural series of exhibitions in the new photography galleries in the West Building.

To support the DC Working Group on Domestic Violence and Housing, which pursues administrative and policy reforms to address discrimination and meet the needs of domestic violence survivors.

Second installment of a two-year, $90,000 general operating grant to build the strength, influence and visibility of the nonprofit community in Greater Washington.

Project support to analyze and document Washington, DC's long-term infrastructure needs.

To support the DC Clinic Access Project which promotes strengthening the DC Protection Against Clinic Violence Act in order to ensure that patients, doctors and staff have safe, unimpeded access to reproductive health care services.

Fifth and final general operating grant to support advocacy and public policy reform efforts to secure legal and social justice for immigrant women fleeing gender-based violence and other human rights violations, and to support organizational strategic planning.

Second installment of a two-year, $80,000 grant to support the Syringe Access Working Group, a collaborative project of the Partnership, DC Appleseed, Whitman-Walker Clinic and Prevention Works, to plan and advocate for syringe access in the District.

Third installment of a $200,000 grant to support a major acquisition of photographs created by the American photographer Robert Adams.

¹ Denotes 2005 DC Democracy Initiative grant recipient.
² Amount paid in 2005 is $5000 less than approved. The remaining funds will be paid in 2006 upon the project's completion.