How many funders does DEMOCRACY IN ACTION have?

IRS filings report 3 grantmakers giving $40,000 in grants to DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

Who is the largest funder of DEMOCRACY IN ACTION?

OXFAM-AMERICA INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like DEMOCRACY IN ACTION find more funders?

Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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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DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION (Louisiana) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $40,000 in grants to it, the largest being OXFAM-AMERICA INC ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$83k

Revenue FY2024

Funders on record

$40k

Grants received

$64k

Net assets

0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%

Against its field

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 994 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin78% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 994 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

01The organization over time

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

$20k from 1 funders in 2025, up from $20k and 2 in 2024.

'24

'25

total

Oxfam-America Inc

$20k

Marguerite Casey Foundation

$15k

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc

$5k

funders

From the IRS filings of DEMOCRACY IN ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

50%

largest funder

100%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2024 75% · 2025 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 3 states in all.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’24

’25

Louisiana out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 3 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Louisiana

Delta Interfaith73%Step Up for Action70%Leadership Institute of Acadiana Inc69%Dialogue on Race Louisiana69%Citizen Voice69%Louisiana Notary Association69%Educators for Quality Alternatives Inc68%Institute for Academic Excellence Inc68%

Nationally

Democracy Initiative79%Democracy Initiative Education Fund78%State Democracy Action75%Georgia For All Inc74%Action Institute Nc74%Debate It Forward73%Deliver My Vote Education Fund73%Govotemiami73%

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Questions and answers

Who funds DEMOCRACY IN ACTION?: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION (Louisiana) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $40,000 in grants to it, the largest being OXFAM-AMERICA INC ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DEMOCRACY IN ACTION have?: IRS filings report 3 grantmakers giving $40,000 in grants to DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.
Who is the largest funder of DEMOCRACY IN ACTION?: OXFAM-AMERICA INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DEMOCRACY IN ACTION find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Every figure is 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 3funders 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. view filing

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