New Hampshire · Nonprofit
COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY
COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY (New Hampshire) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,059,323 to it, the largest being PROTEUS FUND INC ($265,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $365k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $165k
What Coalition for Open Democracy does
Mission
Form 990-ez, part iii - organizations primary exempt purpose political equality for all through an open, accountable, and trusted government free from the corruption of big-money politics. Form 990-ez, part iii, line 28 - statement of program service accomplishments fair and transparent elections: program objectives: open democracy worked to educate voters about the influence of big money in politics. Program services: 1. Research and analysis of campaign finance reports 2. Held educational programs, forums and workshops. Accomplishments: our team members took hundreds of actions, including writing letters to the editor, tabling at events, and educating neighbors. Our book club read and discussed 4 books about strengthening our democracy. The open democracy book club has more than 800 members. Form 990-ez, part iii, line 29 - statement of program service accomplishments freedom to vote: program objectives: worked to educate citizens on how to register to vote and participate in elections. Program services: 1. Open democracy organized high school voter registration drives and workshops to empower students to use their voice. Our age strong organizer worked with nursing homes, care…
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Not described on the e-filed return.
$131,526 spent71% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$48,164 spent26% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$5,558 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,248.
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 2023 to 2024, from $182k to $79k (−56%).
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: 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Olivia Zink
Executive director
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 $47k → $195k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY’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
COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
95% 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 COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 36% · 2019 84% · 2020 32% · 2021 64% · 2022 54% · 2023 68% — 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
33% of COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
75% of COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $268k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from New Hampshire funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $792k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY
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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY: 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 COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY?
- COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY (New Hampshire) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,059,323 to it, the largest being PROTEUS FUND INC ($265,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,059,323 in grants to COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY?
- PROTEUS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $265,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 17 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing