Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA
PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,416,775 to it, the largest being FAIR FIGHT ACTION INC ($13,483,900). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $341k
What Public Democracy America does
Mission
Public Democracy America exists to provide data insights and digital strategies to our partners to deliver resources to the communities they serve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization works with a network of nonprofits and partner organizations to identify and fill holes in data that affect algorithmic referral and then develops deeper insights into how this data prevents resources from reaching communities. The organization uses these insights to support our partners efforts strategies to make our network's resources accessible.
$2,206,469 spent$215,855 earned by the program54% of program spendingThe organization works with faith-based organizations to support community engagement, messaging and strategies to deliver positive and uplifting content and improve access to services. Organization work includes digital and grassroots organizing and outreach.
$1,747,281 spent$145,000 earned by the program43% of program spendingThe organization offers fiscal sponsorship for mission aligned partners that have not yet received their 501c3 status. Organization does not charge a percentage or administration fee for this fiscal sponsor service, in order to guarantee that these partners are able to maximize the impact of contributions they receive through our partnership.
$127,513 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,081,263.
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 2021 to 2022, from $25k to $322k (+1207%).
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.
93% of PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $51k → $1.8M.
8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 PUBLIC DEMOCRACY 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
PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 100% · 2022 81% · 2023 40% — 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
22% of PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 30% 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
PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PUBLIC DEMOCRACY 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
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 PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA: 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 PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA?
- PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,416,775 to it, the largest being FAIR FIGHT ACTION INC ($13,483,900). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $20,416,775 in grants to PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA?
- FAIR FIGHT ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,483,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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