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National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Ndi strives for a world where people have a say in how they're governed and where leaders are accountable totheir people - creating a more stable, peaceful and prosperous world for everyone.
- $15M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $298,870
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,268,831
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $68M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations National Democratic Institute for International Affairs funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $3.9M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $8.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $8.2M | 63% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $323k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internews Network | $5,974,285 | 4 | 2% |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $2,403,759 | 4 | 1% |
| Freedom House | $2,384,432 | 3 | 1% |
| International Citycounty Management Association | $2,269,112 | 3 | 3% |
| International Republican Institute | $1,512,113 | 3 | 1% |
| Mobility International USA | $900,471 | 4 | 35% |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $821,507 | 3 | 1% |
| International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc | $780,305 | 4 | 2% |
| Search for Common Ground | $674,434 | 3 | 1% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $668,883 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internews Network | $5,974,285 | 4 | 2% |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $2,403,759 | 4 | 1% |
| Freedom House | $2,384,432 | 3 | 1% |
| International Citycounty Management Association | $2,269,112 | 3 | 3% |
| International Republican Institute | $1,512,113 | 3 | 1% |
| Mobility International USA | $900,471 | 4 | 35% |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $821,507 | 3 | 1% |
| International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc | $780,305 | 4 | 2% |
| Search for Common Ground | $674,434 | 3 | 1% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $668,883 | 1 | 0% |
| American Center for International Labor Solidarity | $666,188 | 3 | 1% |
| Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy | $552,562 | 3 | 39% |
| Global Communities | $312,658 | 1 | 0% |
| International Women's Media Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Outright International | $195,369 | 1 | 1% |
| Pen American Center Inc | $79,938 | 1 | 1% |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc | $61,949 | 1 | 1% |
| Swaniti Initiative | $60,403 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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 National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
- How much does National Democratic Institute for International Affairs give?
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs reported 10 itemized grants totaling $3,906,355, out of $14,717,068 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does National Democratic Institute for International Affairs fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Public Benefit (28%), International (24%).
- Who are National Democratic Institute for International Affairs's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Internews Network ($6.0M), American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education ($2.4M), Freedom House ($2.4M).
- Does National Democratic Institute for International Affairs fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Democratic Institute for International Affairs?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Endowment for Democracy, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is National Democratic Institute for International Affairs based?
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs is based in DC.
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