Maryland · Nonprofit
EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC
EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being MENEMSHA FUND INC ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Expand Democracy Inc does
Mission
Expand Democracy studies and offers policy solutions designed to support and advance a democracy of, by, and for the people. We spark consideration of promising pro-democracy ideas and strategies. We focus on the United States, but learn from policies and conversations in other nations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Expand Democracy had a strong opening year in our efforts to study and offer policy solutions designed to support and advance a democracy of, by, and for the people. Those efforts included the following. (1) Lifting up and evaluating ideas: We profiled nearly 100 ideas in our Substack posts and Democracy Lab podcast, authored more than 20 national commentaries, and published three new academic articles on democracy. (2) The Democracy Exchange Network (DEN): Our growing network of 175+ reform leaders, scholars, and philanthropists meets monthly to evaluate timely proposals and offer support. We hosted eleven guests, surfacing insights and building pathways from innovation to implementation. (3) Advisory groups of election officials, advocates, and scholars: We held multiple meetings with our impressive election administrators group to evaluate how proposals might affect election officials. We formed an advisory group of scholars to assist in evaluating ideas. (4) We supported other mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in their work around expanding democracy where our special skills and experience could help, including working on a book about ranked choice voting, supporting a…
$66,732 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $66,732.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Lan Nguyen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 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 EXPAND DEMOCRACY 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
EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state 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.
Against its field
EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,387 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,387 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC
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In Maryland
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC?
- EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being MENEMSHA FUND INC ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC?
- MENEMSHA FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EXPAND DEMOCRACY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2025–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing