Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,616,462 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($12,685,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation does
Mission
Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy and campaigns:the advocacy and campaigns work of civicus was done through different programs. Many of which were done through the leadership or support or in coordination with the advocacy and campaigns cluster.through the contribution of the stand as my witness campaign, two human rights defenders were released last year. We were also able to raise the profile of the campaign through a series of opinion editorials published during its anniversary and received support for the hrds during the international civil society week.the first-ever diplomats and defenders dialogue in egypt was held in partnership with civicus members and partners which led to identifying joint actions on civic space. In april 2025, the african commission on people and human rights committed to drafting a general comment on protecting environmental humanrights defenders, building on a coalition initiated by civicus in 2021 and a 2023 proposal supported by charm. The general comment, once adopted, will provide legal guidance for courts and administrations across africa. In bangladesh, through the sustained advocacy with partners, the government has signed the international convention for the…
$2,231,303 spentof which $1,243,748 as grants31% of program spendingInnovation & impact: the newly constituted innovation and quality management (iqm) team is civicus' project incubator and custodian of innovation and programme quality. Iqm is responsible for developing, testing and socializing innovation and quality standards across the civicus alliance, incubating and integrating new programmes, and curating our civicus approach to innovation. In fy2025 key projects included design of innovation awards, facilitation of collective management spaces, co-design programme support, the refinement of the innovation and quality model and consolidation of the civicus financial partnership approach. The impact and accountability (I&a) team drives civicus' ability for strategic impact measurement and develops systems and capacity to understand and measure our progress and contribution to systemic change. Our digital democracy initiative (ddi), is a large, interconnected programme aimed at supporting grassroots civil society groups' internet access and online safety and empowering them to use digital technologies effectively. Our outreach strategy, implemented through the digital action lab, prioritises those facing the twin challenges of restricted civic…
$1,574,444 spentof which $728,518 as grants22% of program spendingResearch: a prominent function of the civic space research cluster includes the coordination of the civicus monitor, an online tool that tracks conditions for civil society in over 198 countries and territories. We work with more than 20 regional research (civil society) partners in documenting the state of freedoms of civil society around the globe and provide quantitative information for each country with the goal to provide a comprehensive assessment of the conditions for civil society within countries and over time. The civicus monitor launches an annual report - people power under attack - in which civic space trends are analysed and new civic space ratings are issued. The civicus monitor was launched in 2016 and has become a go-to source for civic space issues among civil society, academia and others.
$1,183,397 spentof which $336,916 as grants16% of program spendingCommunications
$198,736 spentof which $58,078 as grants3% of program spendingCs resourcing
$865,846 spentof which $373,891 as grants12% of program spendingMembership and networks
$583,195 spentof which $90,632 as grants8% of program spendingStrategy and governance
$285,406 spentof which $3,588 as grants4% of program spendingOther program services
$383,015 spentof which $336,496 as grants$2,604 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,305,342.
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 $11M to $17M (+45%).
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 74% · 2018 52% · 2019 57% · 2020 57% · 2021 52% · 2022 41% · 2023 75% · 2024 57% · 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Dylan Mathews
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $528k → $4.3M.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION’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
CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 74% · 2019 58% · 2020 59% · 2021 51% · 2022 74% · 2023 67% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation (Civicus Rsa) · exempt
- Civicus Geneva · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: 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 CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION?
- CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,616,462 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($12,685,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $20,616,462 in grants to CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,685,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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