Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
REBUILD DEMOCRACY
REBUILD DEMOCRACY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,750 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $213k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $443k
- Net assets
- $348k
What Rebuild Democracy does
Mission
The organization's purpose is to promote social welfare by advancing solutions to strengthen democracy, expand economic security, and improve the quality of life for people in the United States and around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Rebuild Democracy continued it's previous 2023 program related to trust research, the organization also added: lobbying work for a social welfare issue, Content Creator programming on social welfare re: the economy and health issues, an Independent Expenditure for Justice Democrats, and Video production for healthy food policies and issues. Content creator expenses were $64,919, which $34,492 was included that amount for video and consultant time.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization will no longer fund independent expenditure(s) in 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Commissioned 19 social-media creators to post 19 short-form videos on economic security as well as health policy education. Content generated over 60,000 views across TikTok and Instagram. $5,907 was spent on completing research on electoral races and assessing candidate stances on the child tax credit and other social welfare policies.
$215,083 spent39% of program spendingConducted 2 focus groups on distrust among Diverse-Community Focused (10 participants from across America) and Alienated Populists (9 participants from across America); These two focus groups were conducted nationwide, one among Diverse Community Focused voters and one among Alienated Populist voters. All participants were screened to not be strong supporters of any presidential candidate. The groups were conducted on July 25 & 30, 2024. We then conducted an online randomized control trial of the US general population. The trial was conducted from August 30 - September 1, 2024. We sampled 6,404 adults, with 4,251 in our test groups and 2,153 in the control sample. The sample was stratified and weighted by gender, ethnicity, age, education, and urbanization to match census data. We tested four messages against a control to measure movement on convincing rating, favorability of a hypothetical messenger, trust in a hypothetical messenger, engagement, and mobilization. Through this randomized control trial, we identified messages raising alienated voters trust by +6.8 points, favorability by +9.3 points, engagement by +11.5 points. We then published an 6-page Trust Toolkit and 5-page…
$183,632 spent34% of program spendingPartnered with 12 bipartisan organizations to expand the federal Child Tax Credit. Submitted 3 policy briefs, organized multiple Congressional meetings, and placed 14 op-eds and LTEs that reached millions of readers. Coalition efforts contributed to the House passage of H.R. 7024.
$114,900 spentof which $40,000 as grants21% of program spendingProduced a 90-second climate-health satire video ('Today's Special') that garnered at least 121,244 views and was shared by health-and-wellness influencers. Content encouraged viewers to support healthy-food policies and candidates.
$34,492 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $548,107.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $1.2M to $454k (−63%).
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.
83% of REBUILD DEMOCRACY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% 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.
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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of REBUILD 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
REBUILD DEMOCRACY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
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 REBUILD DEMOCRACY.
“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
100% of REBUILD DEMOCRACY's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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
REBUILD DEMOCRACY is better cushioned than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like REBUILD 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REBUILD 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 REBUILD DEMOCRACY?
- REBUILD DEMOCRACY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,750 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REBUILD DEMOCRACY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $442,750 in grants to REBUILD DEMOCRACY.
- Who is the largest funder of REBUILD DEMOCRACY?
- CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REBUILD 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 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