Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Democracy Matters Foundation
Support of progressive communications and programs.
- $34M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,867,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $31,380,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Democracy Matters Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $535k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $34M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $900k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $4.5M | 73% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.1M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $224k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democracy Matters | $31,380,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ab Foundation | $2,465,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Onyx Impact Inc | $1,867,250 | 1 | 44% |
| American Rescue Project | $1,386,204 | 2 | 67% |
| Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc | $560,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Facts First USA | $535,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Choose Chicago Foundation | $400,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nobis Group Inc | $375,070 | 2 | n/a |
| Inseparable Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 24% |
| National Able Network Inc | $315,173 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democracy Matters | $31,380,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ab Foundation | $2,465,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Onyx Impact Inc | $1,867,250 | 1 | 44% |
| American Rescue Project | $1,386,204 | 2 | 67% |
| Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc | $560,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Facts First USA | $535,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Choose Chicago Foundation | $400,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nobis Group Inc | $375,070 | 2 | n/a |
| Inseparable Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 24% |
| National Able Network Inc | $315,173 | 2 | 1% |
| Saratoga Advisors Group LLC | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Franklin Forum | $238,500 | 2 | 48% |
| Vast Logistics and Consulting | $220,400 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Independent Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bard College | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Drone Nerds Inc | $186,084 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Anim | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Wooden Horse Strategies LLC | $71,928 | 1 | n/a |
| With God All Things Are Possible | $69,595 | 2 | 1% |
| Khazaeli Wyrsch LLC | $56,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Team Themis | $37,552 | 1 | n/a |
| Evac Inc | $20,770 | 1 | 16% |
| Mouflard Family Foundation Limited | $18,405 | 1 | n/a |
| 2728 Pictures | $17,099 | 1 | n/a |
| North American Rescue LLC | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lusidity | $6,030 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Democracy Matters Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Democracy Matters Foundation
- How much does Democracy Matters Foundation give?
- Democracy Matters Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $33,650,828 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Democracy Matters Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (84%), International (5%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are Democracy Matters Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Democracy Matters ($31M), Ab Foundation ($2.5M), Onyx Impact Inc ($1.9M).
- Does Democracy Matters Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Democracy Matters Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Democracy Matters Foundation based?
- Democracy Matters Foundation is based in DC.
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