California · Nonprofit
PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,713,500 to it, the largest being Stronger America Inc ($1,250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $170k
What Progressives for Democracy in America does
Mission
Progressives for Democracy in America exists to increase participation in Americas democracy both by getting more people prepared to vote and by having its members follow the creation of laws and public policy by their elected representatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Progressives for Democracuy in America greatly expanded its operations in 2024 from 2023. This was due to three things: first and foremost by the planning for and achievement of a large conference event Progressive Central that took place the week of the Democratic Convention in Chicago and was hosted at the Chicago Teachers Union secondly by a greater degree of public advocacy which was concentrated in efforts in two state California an Illinois both efforts were not related to electoral politics at all an dfinally by a slightly greater degree of engagement with voter registration and electoral politics.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
This was an extensive public education campaign done in coordination with our longtime partners Food and Water Watch with whom we have often lobbied alongside on environmental issues calling upon Governor Newsom and California authorities to shut down the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility. This facility had been the site of one of the largest methane gas leaks in recorded history in late 2015. In late 2024 a deadline approached for a decision to ve made about the futiure of the facility.
$3,007,000 spent$3,100,000 earned by the program59% of program spendingThis was another public education campaign pertaining to state policy. In this case the focus was in Illinois. We partnered with the National Black Empowerment Action Fund to build a campaign calling on Governor Pritzker to increase economic and education opportunities for Black communities in Illinois.
$1,200,000 spent$125,000 earned by the program24% of program spendingThis was another partnership with Food and Water Watch again focused on shutting down the controversial Alsio Canyon underground storage facility. This project involved contacting members of Food and Water Watch and Progressives for Democracy in America as well as citizens living close to the Also Canyon facility via direct phone calls and emails to encourage them to contact elected officials and local authorities an advoicate for closing the Alsio Canyon facility.
$400,000 spent$420,000 earned by the program8% of program spendingWe paid out every cent we received for the two political ad buys we helped purchase see the reporting in Schedule C amounting to $333500. We also had over $120,000 in program service expenditures most of which was spent on achieving the progressive Central conference in Chicago in August 2024.
$458,927 spent$458,927 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,065,927.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $224 to $170k (+75902%).
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.
0% of PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Alan Minsky
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA’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
PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA?
- PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,713,500 to it, the largest being Stronger America Inc ($1,250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,713,500 in grants to PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA?
- Stronger America Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROGRESSIVES FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 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