Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND
FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,235,159 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,734,311). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fundshared funders
- Guardian of Rights Fundportfolio match
- Oakw Fundportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $4k.
37 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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
FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
66% of FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.5M that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 statesis excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
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 74 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fundshared fundersCA · backs 86 organizations that share your funders
- Guardian of Rights Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Oakw Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Evidence for Impactportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Impetus Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Brick by Brick Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Redistricting Action Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Our American Future Actionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Guarding Against Pandemicsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Public Wise Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Future Forward USA Actionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rockefeller Family Fund Incshared fundersNY · backs 76 organizations that share your funders
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 FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND?
- FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,235,159 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,734,311). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $22,235,159 in grants to FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,734,311 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND 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.
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 74funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing