Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Protect Democracy Project
The mission of PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT is to prevent our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. We do this by working to strengthen the checks and balances that have held the executive branch accountable to the laws and longstanding practices that have protected our democracy through both democratic and…
- $320k
- Granted FY2022
- 6
- Grants FY2022
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
82% of Protect Democracy Project’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Protect Democracy Project named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $320k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $95M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 83% of the organizations Protect Democracy Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 6 | $320k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $128k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $415k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protect Democracy United | $690,352 | 2 | 13% |
| Values United | $510,000 | 4 | 21% |
| Rightcount Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Interfaith America | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Issue One | $112,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Coalition for Good Governance | $100,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Business for America Education Fund | $100,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism | $95,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy | $85,000 | 1 | 7% |
| North Main Street Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 31 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Protect Democracy Project supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Hopewell Fund · Democracy Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Catena Foundation · Tides Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Impactassetsinc · Marin Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
How this is measured
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About Protect Democracy Project
- How much does Protect Democracy Project give?
- Protect Democracy Project reported 6 grants totaling $320,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Protect Democracy Project fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Public Benefit (21%), Education (7%).
- Who are Protect Democracy Project's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Protect Democracy United ($690k), Values United ($510k), Rightcount Inc ($500k).
- Does Protect Democracy Project fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Protect Democracy Project?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Hopewell Fund, Democracy Fund Inc.
- Where is Protect Democracy Project based?
- Protect Democracy Project is based in DC.
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