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National Endowment for Democracy

Ned has a singular mission - advancing democracy in support of freedom around the world.

$247M
Granted FY2025still arriving
65
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$33M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

International$393MPublic Benefit$172MCivil Rights$168MEmployment$28MEducation$27MArts & Culture$13MSocial Science$1.8MCommunity Improvement$832kOther$0
02FY2025 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 65 grants below total $118,484,607, the rows itemized in this filing. The $246,664,357 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $128,179,750 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

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $236k
  • $50k–250k43 grants · $6.4M
  • $250k+14 grants · $112M
$156,667
Median grant
12
States reached
$165M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY$33,255,283
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS$28,653,714
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE$23,692,159
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE$21,642,652
CHINA DIGITAL TIMES INC$1,026,720
FREEDOM HOUSE$675,391
EYE MEDIA GROUP LLC$663,333
DIRECTORIO DEMOCRATICO CUBANO INC$433,333
NETFREEDOM PIONEERS$389,375
UN MUNDO SIN MORDAZA INC$305,387
THESENTRYORG INC$281,250
ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS$270,325
WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS INC$253,707
INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM$250,000
ARTISTS AT RISK CONNECTION INC$245,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $4.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Tides Center: $75k → 10%ARAB WATCH COALITION: $79k → 6%ARAB WATCH COALITION: $27k → 6%Chinese Feminist Collective: $60k → 13%Boat People S O S Inc: $120k → 6%BOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $120k → 6%BOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $106k → 6%BOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $100k → 6%BOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $88k → 6%BOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $68k → 6%CHINA CHANGE: $92k → 14%China Change: $86k → 14%CHINA CHANGE: $80k → 14%CHINA CHANGE: $80k → 14%CHINA CHANGE: $68k → 14%CHINA CHANGE: $20k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $315k → 14%Uyghur Human Rights Project: $310k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $300k → 14%FREEDOM NOW: $220k → 14%FREEDOM NOW: $165k → 14%FREEDOM NOW: $52k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $280k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $273k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $233k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $200k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $173k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $100k → 14%FREEDOM NOW: $243k → 14%FREEDOM NOW: $152k → 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

ME
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $128M 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.

Russia and Neighboring States$25M · 20% · 286 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$25M · 20% · 357 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

East Asia and the Pacific$21M · 17% · 226 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

Sub-Saharan Africa$17M · 14% · 262 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

Middle East and North Africa$14M · 11% · 271 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

South America$9.5M · 7% · 118 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

Central America and the Caribbean$7.9M · 6% · 100 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

South Asia$6.6M · 5% · 71 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE · PLURALISM

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.1M · 1% · 15 grants

Stated purpose: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES · EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE

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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$920M · 120 repeat orgs$5.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

120 repeat relationships: 59 still active in FY2025, 61 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

120
59

Total granted

$920M
$4.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+0%

Still filing today

86%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalCivil RightsEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AC
    AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $211M · revenue +150% · 56% of their budget
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $210M · revenue +31% · 33% of their budget
  • CF
    CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $195M · revenue +57% · 89% of their budget

Funded once

  • CR
    CHINA RIGHTS IN ACTION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $300k · revenue -12%
  • FR
    FREE RUSSIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $253k · revenue ×12 · 50% of their budget
  • ED
    EMERGING DEMOCRACIES INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $230k · revenue -56%
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
Global Policy Forum Inc

Research and education of United Nations activities

International
2
Coalition for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
Civil Rights
3
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
4
Center for Strategic Research and Communication
—
5
Global Voice
—
6
Institute for New Global Politics Inc

The Institute for New Global Politics is a California-based educational nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. It is an independent and nonpartisan thinktank dedicated to educating the general…

International
7
Human Rights in China Inc

Human rights in china, founded by chinese students and scholars in march 1989, is an international, chinese, nongovernmental organization with a mission to promote international human rights and advance the institutional protection of…

International
8
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
9
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Youth Development
10
Human Rights Research Center

Research and Education: Human Rights Research Center has a team of international contributors conducting research on various human rights topics. Their publications are used to educate the general public about critical rights issues.

International
11
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
12
Independent Diplomat Inc

To offer independent and confidential advice and practical assistance in diplomatic strategy and technique to governments, political groups, international organizations and ngos on diplomatic process and decision-making.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Institute for War & Peace Reporting-Us; the most unlike its peers is Ahiska Turks Community Center of Ky Inc. 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

164 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 164 of the 190 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

52
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
154/164
Grantees still filing
86/164
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $209,480,616 · InternationalNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $194,866,514 · InternationalCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC+64 more: $52,231,249 · International+64 moreAMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY: $210,948,527 · OtherAMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNA…+59 more: $16,949,643 · Other+59 moreINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $209,969,897 · EducationINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN I…+17 more: $4,383,611 · EducationChina Digital Times Inc: $7,135,878 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,696,603 · Arts & CultureTHE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE: $1,276,161 · Arts & CultureSTUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET INC: $1,180,928 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $2,204,451 · Arts & CultureWOMEN'S LEARNING PARTNERSHIP FOR RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE LTD: $1,391,500 · Civil RightsLocalization Lab Inc: $914,878 · Civil RightsCIVIC SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $525,702 · Civil RightsINSTITUTO CUBANO POR LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESION Y PRENSA INC: $455,680 · Civil RightsWORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS INC: $414,195 · Civil RightsCHINA LABOR WATCH INC: $395,750 · Civil RightsCS21 INC: $385,000 · Civil RightsMAS VOCES FOUNDATION INC: $342,031 · Civil RightsDEMOCRATIC CHINA INCORPORATED: $280,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHEAST ASIA MEDIA PROJECT INC: $270,000 · Civil RightsBrave New Software Project Inc: $222,223 · Civil RightsWEI JINGSHENG FOUNDATION INC: $213,100 · Civil Rights+7 more: $530,846 · Civil RightsUYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $2,184,693 · Human ServicesFREEDOM NOW INC: $832,619 · Human ServicesBOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $601,907 · Human ServicesCHINA CHANGE: $426,400 · Human ServicesARTEMIS ENDEAVOR INC: $195,201 · Human Services+2 more: $180,794 · Human ServicesCAMPAIGN FOR UYGHURS INC: $1,076,769 · Community ImprovementEDITORIAL HYPERMEDIA INC: $874,856 · Community ImprovementPEOPLE POWERED GLOBAL HUB FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY INC: $661,543 · Community ImprovementMIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY CENTER: $210,375 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $115,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $52,636 · Community Improvement
International$456,578,379Other$227,898,170Education$214,353,508Arts & Culture$13,494,021Civil Rights$6,340,905Human Services$4,421,614Community Improvement$2,991,179

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY: $210,948,527 over 9y, 56% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $209,969,897 over 9y, 33% of budgetNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $209,480,616 over 9y, 27% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC: $194,866,514 over 9y, 89% of budgetChina Digital Times Inc: $7,135,878 over 9y, 61% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $5,824,898 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetDirectorio Democratico Cubano Inc: $4,873,353 over 8y, 80% of budgetTHE PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY INC: $4,092,625 over 7y, 65% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $3,086,549 over 9y, 26% of budgetSCHOLARS AT RISK INC: $2,866,812 over 8y, 23% of budgetNETFREEDOM PIONEERS: $2,303,646 over 7y, 27% of budgetUYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $2,184,693 over 9y, 100% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $2,045,683 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM: $1,900,040 over 9y, 10% of budgetGRUPO INTERNACIONAL PARA LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL CORPORATIVA EN CUBA INC: $1,876,586 over 8y, 43% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $1,844,821 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,696,603 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetEURASIANET INC: $1,635,093 over 7y, 68% of budgetJAPAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE INC: $1,517,203 over 7y, 54% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $1,461,850 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetNETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: $1,427,280 over 3y, 62% of budgetWOMEN'S LEARNING PARTNERSHIP FOR RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE LTD: $1,391,500 over 7y, 17% of budgetCUBALEX: $1,363,405 over 8y, 75% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE: $1,276,161 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL TIBET NETWORK: $1,273,336 over 9y, 64% of budgetBUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE: $1,248,516 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET INC: $1,180,928 over 9y, 41% of budgetCAMPAIGN FOR UYGHURS INC: $1,076,769 over 7y, 41% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: $1,045,326 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE RIGHTS PRACTICE US INC: $992,700 over 3y, 93% of budgetTHE POYNTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA STUDIES INC: $958,301 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS INC: $916,668 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetLocalization Lab Inc: $914,878 over 6y, 46% of budgetTRUTH FOR JUSTICE RIGHTS IN IRAN: $885,750 over 8y, 12% of budgetEDITORIAL HYPERMEDIA INC: $874,856 over 9y, 99% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR THE AMERICAS: $872,704 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetCENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS: $865,355 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC: $833,007 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetFREEDOM NOW INC: $832,619 over 5y, 47% of budgetCenter for a Free Cuba: $808,031 over 9y, 47% of budgetTAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY: $762,261 over 7y, 21% of budgetTIBET JUSTICE CENTER: $753,303 over 9y, 90% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US: $708,486 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetIdeas Beyond Borders Inc: $693,468 over 4y, 25% of budgetCubanet News Inc: $675,398 over 3y, 37% of budgetPEOPLE POWERED GLOBAL HUB FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY INC: $661,543 over 4y, 21% of budgetPROJECT EXPEDITE JUSTICE: $645,793 over 7y, 17% of budgetUN MUNDO SIN MORDAZA: $632,484 over 2y, 47% 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INC ↗
  • Who funds China Digital Times Inc ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Directorio Democratico Cubano Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARS AT RISK INC ↗
  • Who funds NETFREEDOM PIONEERS ↗
  • Who funds UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM ↗
  • Who funds GRUPO INTERNACIONAL PARA LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL CORPORATIVA EN CUBA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EURASIANET INC ↗
  • Who funds JAPAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LEARNING PARTNERSHIP FOR RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE LTD ↗
  • Who funds CUBALEX ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL TIBET NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMPAIGN FOR UYGHURS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA ↗
  • Who funds THE RIGHTS PRACTICE US INC ↗
  • Who funds THE POYNTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Localization Lab Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUTH FOR JUSTICE RIGHTS IN IRAN ↗
  • Who funds EDITORIAL HYPERMEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR THE AMERICAS ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC ↗

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.

Foundation to Promote…Open Society InstituteWellspring Philanthro…The Ford FoundationHumanity UnitedFreedom HouseInternews NetworkNational Democratic I…Open Society Action F…Rockefeller Brothers …New Venture FundJohn D and Catherine …
Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNY58.3× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation to Promote Open Society · Open Society Institute · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The Ford Foundation · Humanity United · Freedom House · Internews Network · National Democratic Institute for International Affairs · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · John D and Catherine T Macarthur 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Cubanet News Inc: 67% of income from government
  • Mas Voces Foundation Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba: 29% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
39report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 190 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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