Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND
DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,351,821 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,488,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Demand Progress Education Fund does
Mission
To educate the public on the impacts of concentrated power over our economy and democracy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Democracy and open government - Demand Progress Education Fund (dpef) believes an open, accountable, and sufficiently-resourced government is essential for a well-functioning democracy - and smart use oftechnology is key to making our modern democracy work. Our work intends to make sure our democracy continues to be open and accountable to the people.
$649,768 spent$332,394 earned by the program37% of program spendingCorporate power and economics - dpef seeks to reduce the corrupting influence of corporate interests in policy-making, break up and regulate concentrations of corporate power, and reform the financial system - so our democracy and economy work for everyone. Dpef works to protect an internet that affords the public the ability to communicate freely online, without unjust interference from corporations or governments.
$492,535 spentof which $34,998 as grants$112,609 earned by the program28% of program spendingProgressive talent pipeline program - dpef helps bring progressive perspectives and expertise into the halls of government. In particular, dpef attracts, recruits, and trains diverse progressives who are newly inspired to work in government but who don't have access to the usual on-ramps-which too-frequently rely on insider connections.
$240,015 spent$121,014 earned by the program14% of program spendingNational security and human rights - dpef supports military restraint and centering the role of human rights in foreign policy and opposes the expansion of mass surveillance.
$232,310 spent$79,278 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther general programs
$135,428 spent$52,488 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,750,056.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.3M to $1.7M (−23%).
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.
75% of DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $912k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Demand Progress Action Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND’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
DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 84% · 2023 62% — 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
87% of DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND'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 $550k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND
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
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Demand Progress Action Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND: 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 DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND?
- DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,351,821 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,488,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $4,351,821 in grants to DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,488,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEMAND PROGRESS EDUCATION FUND 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), 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