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Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd

Demos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Headquartered in new york city, demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuit of three over-reaching commitments: achieving a true democracy by reducing the role of money in politics and guaranteeing the freedom to vote;…

$13k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2025
4
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$10k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$8.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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
FY2025still arriving1$10k100%
FY20244$258k25%
FY20238$179k25%
FY20227$147k43%
FY202126$1.2M54%
FY202029$428k86%
FY20199$118k67%
FY201812$180k83%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$1.2MCivil Rights$685kCommunity Improvement$625kEnvironment$490kEducation$241kPhilanthropy$90kEmployment$47kCrime & Legal$42kOther$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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
MoveOn Education Fund$428,102121%
Third Sector New England Inc$326,80911%
Florida Rising Together Inc$229,25050%
New Economy Project Inc$200,00015%
The Ole Education Fund$135,30061%
Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative$105,00036%
Mothering Justice$95,00053%
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc$65,00030%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$65,00021%
Blueprint North Carolina$65,00021%
Community Voices Heard Inc$57,00030%
Washington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund$55,00022%
Freedom Center for Social Justice$55,000213%
Progress Michigan Education Inc$48,75016%
Arizona Center for Empowerment$48,75011%
Missouri Jobs With Justice$47,00023%
Maine People's Resource Center$42,50031%
NAACP Missouri State Conference$40,5003n/a
Data For Black Lives Inc$40,00022%
Commonwealth Foundation Inc$40,00013%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$40,00031%
Organize Tennessee$37,000213%
Living United for Change in Arizona$30,00011%
Essential Information Inc$27,00022%
The People's Lobby Education Institute$25,00013%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$25,00010%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$25,00010%
Florida Rising Inc$25,00013%
Coalition of Communities of Color$24,00021%
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation$20,00012%
Save Foundation Inc$20,00013%
Youth Council for Positive Development$20,000117%
Yvette a Flunder Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$20,00010%
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs$18,00011%
New Georgia Project Inc$15,00010%
Worcester Interfaith Inc$15,00013%
New Jersey Working Families Alliance Corp$15,00014%
Working Families Organization Inc$15,00010%
Working Families Party Inc$15,0001n/a
Strong City Baltimore Inc$15,00010%
Albuquerque Interfaith Inc$15,00019%
Institute of the Black World 21st Century$15,00013%
Hope Foundation Reentry Network Inc$15,0001n/a
North Carolina Black Alliance Inc$15,00010%
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition$12,00010%
Architects of Justice LLC$10,0001n/a
Takeaction Minnesota$10,00010%
Latino Community Fund of Washington State$10,00010%
Center for Civic Policy$10,00011%
Florida Institute for Reform and Em Dba Organize Florida Education Fund$10,00010%
Community Labor United Inc$10,00011%
The College and Community Fellowship Inc$10,00010%
Workers Center For Racial Just NFP$10,00011%
We the People MI$10,00010%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$10,00010%
National Women's Law Center$10,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan$10,00010%
Regents Univ of California$9,9811n/a
Netroots Foundation$8,00012%
Workers Defense Project$5,00010%
Uprose Inc$5,00010%
Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc$5,00010%
McRue Concepts LLC$5,0001n/a
Lpe Collective Inc Dba Class Crits Inc$5,000116%
Black Millennial Political Convention$5,0001n/a
Chainless Change Inc$5,00012%
S H E a R Inc Sharing Hope Empowerment and Reaction$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMoveOn Education Fund: $428,102 over 1y, 21% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $326,809 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFlorida Rising Together Inc: $229,250 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNew Economy Project Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetThe Ole Education Fund: $135,300 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetMissouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative: $105,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetMothering Justice: $95,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetPublic Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTexas Organizing Project Education Fund: $65,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBlueprint North Carolina: $65,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $57,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund: $55,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFreedom Center for Social Justice: $55,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetProgress Michigan Education Inc: $48,750 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetArizona Center for Empowerment: $48,750 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMissouri Jobs With Justice: $47,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMaine People's Resource Center: $42,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetData For Black Lives Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCommonwealth Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTakeaction Mn Education Fund: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOrganize Tennessee: $37,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetLiving United for Change in Arizona: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEssential Information Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe People's Lobby Education Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Lgbt Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Rising Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCoalition of Communities of Color: $24,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSouthsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSave Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetYouth Council for Positive Development: $20,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetYvette a Flunder Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $18,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorcester Interfaith Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNew Jersey Working Families Alliance Corp: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWorking Families Organization Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStrong City Baltimore Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlbuquerque Interfaith Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetInstitute of the Black World 21st Century: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Black Alliance Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFlorida Rights Restoration Coalition: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTakeaction Minnesota: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLatino Community Fund of Washington State: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Civic Policy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFlorida Institute for Reform and Em Dba Organize Florida Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Labor United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 60.

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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.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC50.7× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Proteus Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Windward Fund · The Ford Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Center for Community Change · Marguerite Casey Foundation · Borealis Philanthropy · Working Families Organization Inc · Solidago Foundation

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 Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd

How much does Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd give?
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd reported 1 itemized grants totaling $10,000, out of $12,655 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (33%), Civil Rights (19%), Community Improvement (17%).
Who are Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: MoveOn Education Fund ($428k), Third Sector New England Inc ($327k), Florida Rising Together Inc ($229k).
Does Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, New Venture Fund, Proteus Fund Inc.
Where is Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd based?
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd is based in NY.

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 73 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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