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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 FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$5.0MPublic Benefit$4.7MInternational$4.0MCrime & Legal$2.0MCivil Rights$847kEnvironment$60kEmployment$14k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $3,906,355, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,717,068 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,810,713 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $48k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $475k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.4M
$298,870
Median grant
5
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNEWS NETWORK$1,268,831
THE FREEDOM HOUSE INC$920,641
INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION$510,601
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION$385,284
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC$298,870
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC$245,371
NONVIOLENT INITIATIVE FOR DEMOCRACY INC$116,601
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS$61,949
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND$50,624
MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA$47,583
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NONVIOLENT INITIATIVE FOR DEMOCRACY INC: $265k → 7%INTERNEWS NETWORK: $2.3M → 18%PEN American Center Inc: $80k → 17%SWANITI INITIATIVE: $60k → 16%INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $1.1M → 14%MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA: $608k → 15%THE CARTER CENTER INC: $669k → 14%American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Educ: $11k → 14%GLOBAL COMMUNITIES INC: $313k → 8%NONVIOLENT INITIATIVE FOR DEMOCRACY INC: $171k → 7%INTERNEWS NETWORK: $2.3M → 18%INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $412k → 14%MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA: $216k → 15%NONVIOLENT INITIATIVE FOR DEMOCRACY INC: $117k → 7%INTERNEWS NETWORK: $1.3M → 18%International Republican Institute: $12k → 14%MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA: $48k → 15%THE FREEDOM HOUSE INC: $1.2M → 14%Mobility International USA: $29k → 15%AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION: $1.1M → 14%THE FREEDOM HOUSE INC: $921k → 14%AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION: $871k → 14%AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY: $455k → 14%AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION: $385k → 14%CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $383k → 14%SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $367k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $322k → 14%CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $299k → 14%SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $257k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $245k → 14%THE FREEDOM HOUSE INC: $218k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $199k → 14%AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY: $197k → 14%CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $140k → 14%SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $51k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $904k → 14%INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION: $108k → 14%American Center for Intl Labor Solidarity: $14k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $855k → 14%INTERNATIONAL WOMENS MEDIA FOUNDATION: $92k → 14%International Center for Not-For-Profit: $14k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $511k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS: $62k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
MD
DC
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $11M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$3.6M · 34% · 84 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · RIGHTS · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

Russia and Neighboring States$2.1M · 20% · 53 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS · RIGHTS

Middle East and North Africa$1.4M · 13% · 42 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS · RIGHTS

South Asia$1.1M · 11% · 17 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS · RIGHTS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$1.0M · 10% · 46 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · RIGHTS

East Asia and the Pacific$863k · 8% · 46 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · RIGHTS · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

Central America and the Caribbean$240k · 2% · 7 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL PROCESSES · RIGHTS · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

South America$136k · 1% · 6 grants

Stated purpose: RIGHTS · POLITICAL PROCESSES · POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$124k · 1% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS · RIGHTS

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 12 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$19M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationPublic BenefitReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • IN
    INTERNEWS NETWORK
    4× · 2019–2025 · $6.0M · revenue +67%
  • AB
    American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
    4× · 2019–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +54%
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $669k · revenue +6%
  • GC
    GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $313k · revenue -38%
  • OI
    OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $195k · revenue +26%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
2
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
3
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
4
International Budget Partnership

Ibp works with civil society, governments, international institutions and the private sector to bring about a world in which empowered citizens participate in open, inclusive public budgeting processes to shape policies and practices that…

International
5
Institute for State Effectiveness

The institute for state effectiveness seeks to close the governance gap and advance inclusive growth so that states and markets deliver to citizens. ise advances practical approaches to strengthen capacity for transformation, through…

International
6
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
7
Institute of International Bankers

The iib represents the interests of the international banking community before u.s. legislative/regulatory bodies liaises with international regulatory bodies serves as a source of information to the media and other interested parties…

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8
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
9
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
10
Global Interdependence Center

Gic brings together a network of international experts in policymaking, central banking, industry, and academia to explore issues and policies concerning global interdependence that impacts world economies and quality of life. we provide a…

International
11
Global Voice
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12
Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc

To support the training and sharing of information among journalists worldwide in investigative and computer-assisted reporting.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Republican Institute; the most unlike its peers is Swaniti Initiative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FREEDOM HOUSE: $2,384,432 · InternationalFREEDOM HOUSEINTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $2,269,112 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONMOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA: $900,471 · InternationalMOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USACENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $821,507 · InternationalCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INCINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $780,305 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INCSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $674,434 · InternationalSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUNDTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $668,883 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INCNonviolent Initiative for Democracy: $552,562 · InternationalNonviolent Initiative for DemocracyGLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $312,658 · InternationalINTERNEWS NETWORK: $5,974,285 · Arts & CultureINTERNEWS NETWORK+2 more: $279,938 · Arts & CultureAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $2,403,759 · Crime & LegalAmerican Bar …INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $1,512,113 · EducationAMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY: $666,188 · OtherOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $195,369 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $61,949 · ReligionSWANITI INITIATIVE: $60,403 · Public Benefit
International$9,364,364Arts & Culture$6,254,223Crime & Legal$2,403,759Education$1,512,113Other$861,557Religion$61,949Public Benefit$60,403

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNEWS NETWORK: $5,974,285 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $2,403,759 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $2,384,432 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $2,269,112 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $1,512,113 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA: $900,471 over 4y, 35% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $821,507 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $780,305 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $674,434 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $668,883 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY: $666,188 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNonviolent Initiative for Democracy: $552,562 over 3y, 39% of budgetGLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $312,658 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $195,369 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $79,938 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $61,949 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSWANITI INITIATIVE: $60,403 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

National Endowment fo…John D and Catherine …The Ford FoundationFamily Health Interna…Tides FoundationConrad N Hilton Found…Gates FoundationNew Venture FundRockefeller Philanthr…ImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…
National Endowment for DemocracyDC19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Endowment for Democracy · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Family Health International Inc · Tides Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Gates Foundation · New Venture Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Democratic Institute for International Affairs funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 44%
  • Global Communities: 44% of income from government
  • Mobility International Usa: 33% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 18 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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