Maryland · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY
FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $432,500 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($232,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2021
- $26k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $433k
- Net assets
- $-61931
What Friends of the European Foundation for Democracy does
Mission
Friends of the European Foundation for Democracy(fefd) is a grant-making organization providing support for the european foundation for democracy(efd) to uphold the principals of individual freedom and equality of all citizens and combat the growing influence of extremist ideologies worldwide.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Fefd supports the european foundation for democracy which works with grassroots activists, media, policy experts and governmental officials to identify constructive responses to the growing influence of extremist ideologies worldwide.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $48k to $42k (−13%).
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.
100% of FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $150k → $500.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY’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
FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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
54% 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 FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 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
54% of FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY'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 $201k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $232k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,968 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,968 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY: 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 FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY?
- FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $432,500 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($232,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $432,500 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $232,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2020–2021), and the filings of 3 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