Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,958,817 to it, the largest being THE HURFORD FOUNDATION JAYNE M KURZMAN ($1,050,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $298M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What National Endowment for Democracy does
Mission
Ned has a singular mission - advancing democracy in support of freedom around the world. Our targeted, demand-driven small grants program responds to the needs of local ngos that defend human rights, strengthen independent media and civic education, and empower women and youth in a manner that enables them to establish credibility as democratizing forces in their own societies. Ned's statement of principles and objectives (1984): "democracy involves the right of the people freely to determine their own destiny. The exercise of this right requires a system that guarantees freedom of expression, belief and association, free and competitive elections, respect for the inalienable rights of individuals and minorities, free communications media, and the rule of law."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education, culture, communication, and freedom of expression - the endowment funds programs that nourish a strong democratic civic culture. Support is provided for civic education, training programs, publications and other communication media.
$96,659,131 spentof which $88,563,904 as grants$159,672 earned by the program36% of program spendingDemocratic governance and political parties - the endowment seeks to promote strong stable political parties committed to the democratic process.
$91,024,430 spentof which $83,429,133 as grants34% of program spendingPluralism - the endowment encourages the development of strong independent private sector institutions such as trade unions, business associations, civic and women's organizations.
$81,404,782 spentof which $74,671,320 as grants30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $269,088,343.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $106M to $165M (+55%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (0% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Mr Damon Wilson
President & CEO
Board chair
The Honorable Peter J Roskam
Chairman (as of 01/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $35k → $686k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT 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
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 53% · 2019 62% · 2020 79% · 2021 44% · 2022 62% · 2023 51% — 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.
How long its funders stay
18% of NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY is better cushioned than half of the 24 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 24 public benefit nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.9B on record.
- Department of State$2.9B
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATIONAL ENDOWMENT 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL ENDOWMENT 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 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY?
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,958,817 to it, the largest being THE HURFORD FOUNDATION JAYNE M KURZMAN ($1,050,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,958,817 in grants to NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY?
- THE HURFORD FOUNDATION JAYNE M KURZMAN is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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