Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria
Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $621,763 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($375,835). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $622k
- Net assets
- $159k
What Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria does
Mission
Raise Awareness of the benefits of a democratic society in Syria, promote democratic values within Syria, and to devise new ways to connect communities through democratic Ideology in Syria
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Civil Society Empowerment. CCSDS empowered Syrian led civil society organizations through workshops and interventions to respond to the humanitarian needs exploring the nexus with development and peace building. The needs of the local communities will be met through the interventions
$738,084 spent$841,996 earned by the program60% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$303,782 spent$320,029 earned by the program25% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$164,301 spent$175,151 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther Program services
$30,000 spent$33,520 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,236,167.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $67k to $217k (+221%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 67% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 85% · 2021 73% · 2023 12% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Rosemarie Fitzsimons
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $151k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 100% · 2023 60% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1000k on record.
- Department of State$1000k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria?
- Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $621,763 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($375,835). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $621,763 in grants to Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria?
- GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $375,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing