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Democracy Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$49M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
237
Grants FY2024
167
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$165,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
97 to 179
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
32
Total assets, FY2024
$16M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Democracy Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationCivil RightsArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving175$40M19%
FY2023167$39M35%
FY2022170$34M28%
FY2021164$34M16%
FY2020179$39M23%
FY2019155$31M39%
FY2018123$29M55%
FY201797$24Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$101MPhilanthropy$67MArts & Culture$46MCivil Rights$36MEducation$35MInternational$9.1MSocial Science$8.7MCrime & Legal$6.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
NEO Philanthropy Inc$8,015,30771%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$6,800,000818%
Borealis Philanthropy$4,820,00063%
American Journalism Project Inc$4,500,00059%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$4,375,00065%
Protect Democracy Project$4,150,00089%
The Center for Public Integrity$4,140,000435%
Free Press$3,900,000818%
Partnership for Public Service Inc$3,825,00084%
Pro Publica Inc$3,700,00036%
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All grantees of Democracy Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
NEO Philanthropy Inc$8,015,30771%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$6,800,000818%
Borealis Philanthropy$4,820,00063%
American Journalism Project Inc$4,500,00059%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$4,375,00065%
Protect Democracy Project$4,150,00089%
The Center for Public Integrity$4,140,000435%
Free Press$3,900,000818%
Partnership for Public Service Inc$3,825,00084%
Pro Publica Inc$3,700,00036%
Georgetown University$3,550,00080%
Democracy Works Inc$3,375,000516%
Institute for Nonprofit News$3,245,733813%
Common Cause Education Fund$3,220,00087%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$3,190,00065%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$3,000,000317%
New York University$2,746,24070%
Issue One$2,580,000712%
The Brookings Institution$2,435,00081%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$2,425,00053%
The Aspen Institute Inc$2,375,00080%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$2,320,00067%
R Street Institute$2,305,00066%
New America Foundation$2,245,00071%
American Press Institute Inc$2,175,230510%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$2,090,00073%
National Immigration Law Center$2,000,00063%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,000,00071%
Allied Media Projects Inc$1,915,00063%
Center for Technology and Civic Life$1,910,000724%
Asian Law Caucus$1,853,40076%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$1,850,000710%
The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice$1,835,000612%
Justfundus$1,824,000218%
Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education$1,800,000737%
City Bureau Nfp$1,660,000612%
Online News Association$1,565,000512%
Solutions Project Inc$1,500,000117%
Millions of Conversations Inc$1,500,000680%
Congressional Management Foundation Inc$1,485,000623%
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc$1,485,000717%
Pen American Center Inc$1,480,00073%
Voter Registration Project$1,473,00031%
Government Accountability Project$1,435,00087%
Community Partners$1,400,00070%
Fund for Constitutional Government$1,390,000610%
People's Action Institute$1,385,00035%
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc$1,381,00066%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$1,360,00064%
Business Forward Foundation$1,355,000728%
Pillars Fund$1,350,000611%
Welcoming America Inc$1,350,000613%
The Participatory Budgeting Project Inc$1,285,000631%
Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project$1,285,000473%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$1,285,00058%
News Revenue Hub Inc$1,280,000619%
Bold Impact$1,275,000499%
American Oversight Inc$1,242,00055%
Democracy Forward Foundation$1,225,00034%
Center for Civic Design Inc$1,224,000824%
Check My Ads Institute$1,215,000330%
Faith in Public Life Inc$1,208,000855%
Naleo Educational Fund$1,175,00074%
Take Back Our Republic Inc$1,135,000436%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$1,120,000530%
State Voices$1,075,00043%
Constitutional Accountability Center$1,050,00068%
Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc$1,050,000622%
Public Knowledge$1,045,000510%
Opensecrets$1,035,00089%
University of Chicago$1,010,00070%
Sojourners Inc$1,000,00073%
ReThink Media$1,000,000312%
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$998,05641%
Progeorgia State Table Inc$987,50054%
International Women's Media Foundation$965,00057%
Kairos Fellowship Inc$950,000218%
State Leadership Project$950,00025%
ReflectUS$910,000384%
Center for Democracy and Technology$900,00063%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$900,00031%
Values United$900,000516%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$900,00043%
Human Rights First$900,00062%
Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute$900,00037%
Internews Network$885,00040%
William & Mary Law School Foundation$875,00063%
Accountableus$865,00046%
The George Washington University$864,83660%
University of Arizona Foundation$860,00040%
El-Hibri Foundation$860,000512%
Upturn Inc$860,000536%
Center for Internet Security Inc$858,00051%
Field Foundation of Illinois$825,19047%
Women's Congressional Policy Institute$760,000634%
Civic News Company$750,00034%
Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association$747,500384%
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$735,00044%
Think Tennessee$700,739729%
More in Common Inc$700,000314%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$700,00061%
National Security Archive Fund Inc$700,00086%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$700,00063%
The Obsidian Collection Archives$695,000599%
The Equity Alliance$682,500636%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$680,00034%
Faith and Politics Institute$665,000520%
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$660,000620%
Data For Black Lives Inc$650,000215%
The Center for Election Innovation & Research$635,000328%
The Morgan State University Foundation Inc$630,00061%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$625,00041%
Former Members of Congress$625,000310%
Millennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus$610,000413%
Student Press Law Center$610,000435%
National Association of Black Journalists$600,00045%
Fairvote$600,00043%
National Partnership for New Americans$600,00035%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$600,00012%
The Niskanen Center Inc$600,00053%
Democracy North Carolina$587,50065%
Western States Center$575,00036%
Center for American Progress$575,00051%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$575,00025%
Native American Journalists Association$572,500617%
Ayni Institute Inc$550,000218%
The Foundation for City College$550,00031%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$550,00031%
The New School$550,00030%
Outlier Media$530,00039%
The Moaa Foundation$530,000429%
Women's Public Leadership Network$505,000446%
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association$500,000514%
Faith in Action Network$500,00024%
VotingWorks$500,00024%
Social Science Research Council$500,00041%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$500,00041%
American University$500,00020%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$500,00027%
Hope Community Center Inc$500,00029%
Way to Rise$500,00014%
Chinese Progressive Association$485,10031%
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$475,000410%
College to Congress$475,000522%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$470,00024%
Anita Borg Institute for Technology$465,00031%
Contina Impact$465,00022%
National Center for Civic Innovation In$460,00022%
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center$460,00039%
New Georgia Project Inc$455,00046%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$450,1494n/a
Mozilla Foundation$425,00021%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$422,9244n/a
Journalism Funding Partners$420,00026%
Scalawag$415,000316%
Independent Arts & Media$415,00033%
Duke University$414,13740%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$411,75037%
Center for Economic and Policy Research$410,00023%
Nonprofit VOTE Inc$410,00057%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture$410,00038%
New Jersey Civic Information Consortium a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$400,00033%
People's Parity Project Inc$400,000324%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$400,00021%
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional$400,00046%
Movement Alliance Project$400,00023%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$400,00031%
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$400,00023%
Taproot Earth$400,00022%
Charlottesville Tomorrow$400,000220%
Democratizing Philanthropy Project$400,000233%
State Power Fund$400,00017%
National Disability Rights Network Inc$398,61333%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$390,00020%
Journalism and Women Symposium$380,000561%
Good Jobs First$375,000313%
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc$375,00033%
Trinity Forum Inc$370,00048%
Civic Nation$350,00014%
Undivided Inc$350,000310%
Democracy 21 Education Fund$350,000128%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$350,00030%
Public Rights Project$350,00024%
Sightline Institute$350,00027%
Friends of the Library of Congress$350,0003n/a
Planetwork$337,500386%
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System$330,0002n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$325,00040%
Mississippi Votes$322,500317%
Center for New Democratic Processes$320,000419%
Arab American Institute Foundation$320,000312%
Resolve Philadelphia Inc$315,000210%
Prism Reports Inc$315,000210%
E Pluribus Foundation Inc$310,0003100%
Baltimore Beat Inc$300,000222%
Progressnow New Mexico Education Fund$300,000227%
American Impact Capital Foundation Inc$300,0002n/a
Fight for the Future Education Fund$300,000212%
Church World Service Inc$300,00020%
Civic Tn$300,00039%
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$300,00013%
Translash Media Inc$300,00026%
Vanderbilt University$300,00020%
Foundation for American Innovation$300,000312%
Mi Familia En Accion$300,00022%
Documented LTD$300,00026%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$300,00031%
Solidaire Network Inc$300,00023%
Keep Our Republic Charitable Fund$300,000218%
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation$300,00025%
University of Oregon Foundation$300,00040%
Council of State Governments$300,00021%
The Election Center$300,00028%
Refugees International Inc$300,00023%
News Leaders Association$300,0001n/a
Popvox Foundation$295,000222%
Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc$277,50036%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$275,00021%
We the Veterans Foundation$275,00029%
Race Forward$275,00031%
Asian American Journalists Association$274,00036%
The National Black Tech Ecosystem Builder Associat$260,000230%
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding$255,00029%
Mississippi Center for Justice$250,00016%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$250,00030%
Children's Defense Fund$250,00011%
Accelerate Change Inc$250,00012%
States United Democracy Center Inc$250,00011%
Democracy Matters Foundation$250,00014%
Grassroots Power Project$250,00018%
Fair Elections Center$250,00043%
Icivics Inc$250,00018%
Informing Democracy Education Fund$250,0001n/a
Foundation for Minority Interests in Media Inc$250,000112%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$250,00011%
The Lugar Center$250,000223%
Press on South Inc$250,000211%
Defending Democracy Together Institute$250,00012%
Take the Lead Inc$235,000414%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$225,00030%
Representwomen Inc$225,00026%
Islamic Society of North America Inc$225,0003n/a
Center for Christianity and Public Life$220,000320%
The Faith Matters Network Collaborative$210,00037%
South Asian Americans Leading Together$210,000215%
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice$200,00019%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$200,00031%
Center for a New American Security Inc$200,00021%
Documentary Educational Resources Inc$200,00039%
Project South Inc$200,00011%
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$200,00010%
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development$200,00012%
Law Forward Inc$200,00019%
Campaign for Accountability Inc$200,00024%
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans$200,00016%
New American Leaders Inc$200,00028%
Right to the City Alliance$200,00011%
Instituto Lab$200,00028%
United Nations Foundation Inc$200,00010%
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc$200,00013%
Neighborly Faith Inc$200,000225%
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$200,00024%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$200,00010%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$200,00021%
Petty Propolis Inc$200,0002n/a
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$200,00010%
State Innovation Exchange$195,00031%
Latino Community Fund Inc$195,00024%
Center for Community Change$180,00011%
The City University of New York School of Law Foundation Inc$180,00024%
Fractured Atlas Inc$175,00020%
Portland State University Foundation$175,00010%
Morehouse College$166,21110%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$155,00031%
Blueprint North Carolina$150,00012%
The Congressional Institute Inc$150,00015%
Pew Research Center$150,00010%
Cornell University$150,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$150,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$150,00012%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$150,00010%
Pepperdine University$150,00010%
Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security Wcaps$150,000117%
Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc$147,00017%
Cato Institute$145,00020%
American Political Science Association$145,00031%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$142,60610%
Northeastern University$140,00020%
Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda$135,00046%
Public Narrative$130,000222%
The Opengov Foundation$125,000137%
Canopy Atlanta$125,000198%
Foreign Policy Research Institute$125,00024%
National Trust for Local News$125,00013%
Washington Center For Technology Policy Inclusion$125,000172%
Vet Voice Foundation Inc$125,00012%
Do Something Inc$125,00011%
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc$125,00017%
Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative$115,000119%
Panorama Global$115,00010%
California State University Northridge Foundation$114,00020%
Federation of American Scientists$113,50025%
Interfaith America$110,00021%
National Conference on Citizenship$102,63012%
The Campaign Finance Institute$100,0001n/a
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$100,00010%
Demand Progress Education Fund$100,00013%
First Look Institute Inc$100,00011%
Code for Science & Society Inc$100,00010%
National Affairs Inc$100,000111%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$100,00015%
National Academy of Sciences$100,00010%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$100,00010%
Center for Constitutional Rights$100,00011%
Cultivate the Karass$100,000128%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$100,00010%
Ruralorganizing-Dot-Org Education Fund$100,00018%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$100,00011%
University of Denver$100,00010%
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism Inc$100,000111%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$100,00010%
Voice of San Diego$100,00015%
Granite State News Collaborative$100,0001n/a
Techcongress Foundation$100,00013%
One Voice$100,00014%
Oklahoma Media Center Inc$100,000218%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$100,00015%
Political Research Associates Inc$100,00012%
Kanu Hawaii$95,000242%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$94,6001n/a
The One America Movement$85,00012%
Menlo College$80,00020%
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc$77,49721%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$77,15120%
American Immigration Council$75,00010%
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting$75,000115%
Aubin Pictures Inc$75,00013%
Wesleyan University$75,00030%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$75,00011%
Lsu Foundation$74,82620%
Union Theological Seminary$65,00010%
Congressional Sports for Charity$52,50026%
Commonwealth Foundation Inc$50,00015%
The Roosevelt Institute$50,00010%
The Experimental Station$50,0001n/a
The Eyebeam Atelier Inc$50,00015%
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators$50,00012%
Democracy a Journal of Ideas Inc$50,00016%
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget$50,00019%
African American Federal Executive Association$50,00019%
Massachusetts Media Fund Inc$50,000117%
Public Media Company$50,00011%
American Library Association$50,00010%
Boston Critic Inc Dba Boston Review$50,00017%
Everyday Democracy Inc$50,00012%
Indiana University School of Medicine$50,0001n/a
Donors of Color Network Inc$50,00014%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$45,00010%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$30,00010%
Freedom Network USA Inc$30,00023%
National Network for Youth Inc$30,00022%
Boricuactivated$25,000150%
Make the Road New York$25,00010%
Lawfare Institute$25,00014%
Win Win Network$25,00014%
Military Veterans in Journalism Inc$25,00014%
Local Media Foundation$25,00010%
United We Dream Network Inc$20,00010%
Kartemquin Educational Films$20,00010%
Association of Centers for Thestudy of Congress$20,0001n/a
National Issues Forums Institute$19,32525%
131 & Counting$15,0001n/a
National Press Photographers Foundation Inc$10,00015%
Center for Public Justice$10,00010%
Congressional Womens Softball Game Inc$2,50014%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Democracy Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 36 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $8,015,307 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetProject on Government Oversight Inc: $6,800,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetBorealis Philanthropy: $4,820,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Journalism Project Inc: $4,500,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetBipartisan Policy Center Inc: $4,375,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $4,150,000 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetThe Center for Public Integrity: $4,140,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetFree Press: $3,900,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetPartnership for Public Service Inc: $3,825,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $3,700,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetGeorgetown University: $3,550,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Works Inc: $3,375,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetInstitute for Nonprofit News: $3,245,733 over 8y, 13% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $3,220,000 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $3,190,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $3,000,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetNew York University: $2,746,240 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIssue One: $2,580,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $2,435,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetThe German Marshall Fund of the United States: $2,425,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $2,375,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Campaign Legal Center Inc: $2,320,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetR Street Institute: $2,305,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetNew America Foundation: $2,245,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Press Institute Inc: $2,175,230 over 5y, 10% of budgetMontclair State University Foundation Inc: $2,090,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $2,000,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $2,000,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetAllied Media Projects Inc: $1,915,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCenter for Technology and Civic Life: $1,910,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $1,853,400 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetThe Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: $1,850,000 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetThe Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice: $1,835,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetJustfundus: $1,824,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetRobert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $1,800,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetCity Bureau Nfp: $1,660,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetOnline News Association: $1,565,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetSolutions Project Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMillions of Conversations Inc: $1,500,000 over 6y, 80% of budgetCongressional Management Foundation Inc: $1,485,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetJoint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc: $1,485,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $1,480,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetVoter Registration Project: $1,473,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGovernment Accountability Project: $1,435,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetCommunity Partners: $1,400,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFund for Constitutional Government: $1,390,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetPeople's Action Institute: $1,385,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCraig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc: $1,381,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNY114.5× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Ford Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · New Venture Fund · John S and James L Knight Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Proteus Fund Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Democracy Fund Inc

How much does Democracy Fund Inc give?
Democracy Fund Inc reported 237 grants totaling $49,167,017 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 97 and 179 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Democracy Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (30%), Philanthropy (20%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Democracy Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: NEO Philanthropy Inc ($8.0M), Project on Government Oversight Inc ($6.8M), Borealis Philanthropy ($4.8M).
Does Democracy Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Democracy Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Democracy Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation to Promote Open Society, The Ford Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Where is Democracy Fund Inc based?
Democracy Fund Inc 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 463 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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