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DEMOCRACY PROJECT II

DEMOCRACY PROJECT II (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,730,000 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$899k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$9k
1/6 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Democracy Project II does

Mission

The Democracy Project II (TDP) is a 501(c)(4) organization whose purpose is to assist in the creation of legal electoral districting maps required to be drawn as a result of the 2020 census and to promote the general social welfare.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Democracy Project II (TDP) was engaged in litigation relating to fair and legal legislative districts.

    $540,037 spent
    60% of program spending

  2. The Organization made grants/contributions to pay legal expenses incurred for litigation resulting from the vote counting process in the 2024 North Carolina General Election in furtherance of the mission of The Democracy Project II.

    $360,000 spent
    40% of program spending

  3. Data Analysis in furtherance of litigation efforts.

    $1,400 spent
    0% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $901,437.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($120k) Expenses 100 ($142k) Net assets 100 ($24k)2018 Revenue 17 ($20k) Expenses 12 ($17k) Net assets 126 ($30k)2019 Revenue 120 ($145k) Expenses 65 ($93k) Net assets 345 ($82k)2020 Revenue 21 ($25k) Expenses 57 ($81k) Net assets 109 ($26k)2021 Revenue 57 ($68k) Expenses 43 ($61k) Net assets 139 ($33k)2022 Revenue 23 ($28k) Expenses 41 ($58k) Net assets 9 ($2k)2023 Revenue 183 ($220k) Expenses 152 ($216k) Net assets 30 ($7k)2024 Revenue 1270 ($1.5M) Expenses 1073 ($1.5M) Net assets 50 ($12k)2025 Revenue 746 ($899k) Expenses 634 ($902k) Net assets 39 ($9k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (746)Expenses (634)Net assets (39)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $82k to $26k (−68%).

$24k
$30k
$82k
$26k
$33k
$2k
$7k
$12k
$9k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of DEMOCRACY PROJECT II’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,561 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$22k
’17
$3k
’18
$52k
’19
−$56k
’20
$7k
’21
−$31k
’22
$4k
’23
$5k
’24
−$3k
’25
0.1
months of
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.

202320242025
Listed555
Joined·+0+1
No longer listed·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $50k → $170k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Majority Rising NCunclassified
$20k
funders
1
2
3
1

From the IRS filings of DEMOCRACY PROJECT II’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

DEMOCRACY PROJECT II leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

99% 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 DEMOCRACY PROJECT II.

58%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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

97% of DEMOCRACY PROJECT II's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

MD
NC
DC

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

’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DEMOCRACY PROJECT II has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like DEMOCRACY PROJECT II

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 North Carolina

North Carolina For The People77%Democracy North Carolina76%North Carolina Voter Project76%Team Democracy Action74%SouthPark Community Partners Inc72%New North Carolina Project Action First Inc72%North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform71%NC For the People Action (formerly NC Voters for Clean Elections)71%

Nationally

The Democracy Integrity Project77%North Carolina For The People77%Democracy North Carolina76%North Carolina Voter Project76%Democracy Defense Project Inc74%Team Democracy Action74%State Democracy Project73%Democracy Matters73%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEMOCRACY PROJECT II: 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 PROJECT II?
DEMOCRACY PROJECT II (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,730,000 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DEMOCRACY PROJECT II have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,730,000 in grants to DEMOCRACY PROJECT II, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DEMOCRACY PROJECT II?
NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DEMOCRACY PROJECT II find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 6 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