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State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund

State democracy defenders fund fills three key gaps in the fight against election sabotage and autocracy: our all-star team goes on offense against democracy deniers who break the law, including through our innovative program of outside public support for criminal prosecutions. We work with national, state and local allies across the…

$5.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2025
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Median grant, FY2025
$265,075
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,819,259
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$6.8M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2025 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
State Democracy Defenders Action D/B/A Democracy Defenders Action$2,819,259124%
Lowell and Associates$300,0001n/a
All Voting Is Local$265,0751n/a
Lulac Institute Inc$50,0001n/a
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$7,5001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.

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About State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund

How much does State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund give?
State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund reported 7 grants totaling $5,821,672 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (54%), Philanthropy (39%), Crime & Legal (7%).
Who are State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: State Democracy Defenders Action D/B/A Democracy Defenders Action ($2.8M), Lowell and Associates ($300k), All Voting Is Local ($265k).
Where is State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund based?
State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund is based in DC.

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 7 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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