Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Protect Democracy United
The mission of PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED 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…
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Protect Democracy United funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $1.8M | 88% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.1M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $770k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $209k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $450k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defending Democracy Together | $1,145,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Rightcount Action Inc | $1,075,000 | 1 | 84% |
| American Unity Fund Inc | $610,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Secure Democracy | $493,730 | 2 | 7% |
| Workmoney Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Now Project | $110,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Secure Democracy USA | $67,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Issue One Action | $65,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Count Mi Vote Education Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Promote the Vote Pa | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defending Democracy Together | $1,145,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Rightcount Action Inc | $1,075,000 | 1 | 84% |
| American Unity Fund Inc | $610,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Secure Democracy | $493,730 | 2 | 7% |
| Workmoney Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Now Project | $110,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Secure Democracy USA | $67,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Issue One Action | $65,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Count Mi Vote Education Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Promote the Vote Pa | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Make North Carolina First | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| We Vote We Win | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Black Economic Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| America Votes | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Power to the Polls Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Secure Families Initiative | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Keystone Research Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Common Cause | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mormon Women For Ethical Government | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rural Arizona Action | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Living United for Change in Arizona | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainey Center Freedom Project | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Progress Arizona | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fuerte Arts Movement | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Principles First for America Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Atlas Strategies International Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Protect Democracy United supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 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.
Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Democracy Fund Voice Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy · Grove Action Fund · North Fund · America Votes · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Our American Future Action · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Hopewell Fund · Fuse Washington
How this is measured
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About Protect Democracy United
- How much does Protect Democracy United give?
- Protect Democracy United reported 18 grants totaling $1,989,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Protect Democracy United fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (73%), Civil Rights (15%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Protect Democracy United's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Defending Democracy Together ($1.1M), Rightcount Action Inc ($1.1M), American Unity Fund Inc ($610k).
- Does Protect Democracy United fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Protect Democracy United?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Democracy Fund Voice Inc, Way to Win Action Fund Inc.
- Where is Protect Democracy United based?
- Protect Democracy United is based in DC.
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