Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DEMOCRACY FORWARD
DEMOCRACY FORWARD (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,320,091 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($3,003,633). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $500k
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $511k
What Democracy Forward does
Mission
See schedule o.this organization seeks to build collective power to defend and advance a vibrant democracy that benefits all people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization works to ensure that people and communities who make up the fabric of our democracy are heard and that democratic institutions and progressive principles are protected and advanced. We do that through litigation, education and issue advocacy at the federal and state level.
$545 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $545.
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
Skye L Perryman
President and CEO
Board chair
Marc E Elias
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DEMOCRACY FORWARD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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
DEMOCRACY FORWARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
DEMOCRACY FORWARD draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 18 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like DEMOCRACY FORWARD
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Democracy Forward Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEMOCRACY FORWARD: 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 DEMOCRACY FORWARD?
- DEMOCRACY FORWARD (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,320,091 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($3,003,633). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEMOCRACY FORWARD have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $4,320,091 in grants to DEMOCRACY FORWARD, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEMOCRACY FORWARD?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,003,633 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEMOCRACY FORWARD 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 37 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