Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT
THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DER ACTION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $980k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $269k
What The American Sunlight Project does
Mission
To shine a light on deceptive information practices.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Published multiple reports exposing information practices harmful to democracy, briefed and educated congressional officials on harms of deepfake non-consensual intimate imagery and educated the public through media on avoiding online manipulation and on reporting foreign manipulation and interference.
$532,981 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $532,981.
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
Nina Jankowicz
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT’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.
Where its funders are
THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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.
Organizations like THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT: 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 THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT?
- THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DER ACTION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT?
- DER ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN SUNLIGHT PROJECT 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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