Washington · Private foundation
Democracy Works
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $535
- Granted FY2022
- 5
- Grants FY2022
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $200
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 40% of the organizations Democracy Works funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 5 | $535 | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $5k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
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, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juustice Washington | $1,525 | 3 | n/a |
| Sightline Institute | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Low Income Housing Institute | $354 | 1 | 0% |
| South Seattle Emerald | $322 | 2 | 0% |
| Abe Keller Peace Education Fund | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Action Network | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Backbone Campaign | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Metafoundation Dba Post Carbon Institute | $211 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio | $155 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juustice Washington | $1,525 | 3 | n/a |
| Sightline Institute | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Low Income Housing Institute | $354 | 1 | 0% |
| South Seattle Emerald | $322 | 2 | 0% |
| Abe Keller Peace Education Fund | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Action Network | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Backbone Campaign | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Metafoundation Dba Post Carbon Institute | $211 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio | $155 | 1 | 0% |
| Climate Solutions | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Policy Studies | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Homesight | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Economic Opportunity Institute | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Democracy Works supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Medina Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Democracy Works
- How much does Democracy Works give?
- Democracy Works reported 5 grants totaling $535 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Democracy Works fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (33%), Civil Rights (20%), Education (18%).
- Who are Democracy Works's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Juustice Washington ($2k), Sightline Institute ($500), Low Income Housing Institute ($354).
- Does Democracy Works fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Democracy Works 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 Works?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Real Progress Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation.
- Where is Democracy Works based?
- Democracy Works is based in WA.
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