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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

Democracy Forward Foundation

To protect the rights and institutions that make our nation's democracy strong by working through the legal system and administrative processes to preserve the rule of law and hold government accountable, and to educate the public about those efforts.

$50k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$61M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Human Services$50kHealth$30kCrime & Legal$25kCivil Rights$15k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Edward Charles Foundation$50,00010%
National Health Law Program Inc$30,00010%
National Women's Law Center$25,00010%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$15,00010%

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About Democracy Forward Foundation

How much does Democracy Forward Foundation give?
Democracy Forward Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Democracy Forward Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Health (25%), Crime & Legal (21%).
Who are Democracy Forward Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Edward Charles Foundation ($50k), National Health Law Program Inc ($30k), National Women's Law Center ($25k).
Where is Democracy Forward Foundation based?
Democracy Forward Foundation is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 4 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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