New York · Nonprofit
DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC
DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE ROSENFELD FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $0
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $128k
What Democracy Matters Inc does
Mission
To educate and engage college students and communities in projects to strengthen our country's democratic system of governance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Engagement of college students to participate in the democratic process.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $129k to $128k (−1%).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Joan D Mandle
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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 MATTERS INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
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 MATTERS INC
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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC: 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 MATTERS INC?
- DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE ROSENFELD FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of DEMOCRACY MATTERS INC?
- THE ROSENFELD FOUNDATION 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 MATTERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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