Ohio · Nonprofit
THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC
THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,598,475 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($5,255,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $958k
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $70k
What The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc does
Mission
See schedule othe democracy collaborative was established in 2000 to advance understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote emerging strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life. In particular, our work focuses on the critical role local economic stability plays in strengthening civic life, providing meaningful employment, enhancing family security, and promoting environmental sustainability. The democracy collaborative sponsors a range of education projects involving research, training, and community-focused work designed to increase support for wealth building innovations at the local level.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community wealth building: in 2024, we provided customized cwb training to neighborworks america, united way of greater los angeles, the new growth innovation network, the people's economy lab, and numerous other groups across the united states and internationally. We created an action guide to community wealth building in the united states and supporting materials. We advised on cwb initiatives in countries around the world, including scotland, ireland, poland, germany, the netherlands, korea, australia, canada, and through the european union and oecd.
$1,074,860 spent$9,975 earned by the program81% of program spendingTheory, research and policy programs: in 2024, we produced the 2024 second edition of the u.s. Index of systemic trends, written up in the guardian. We partnered with ussen and pnll on "resist & build" to grow the solidarity economy movement. We convened the next system movement lab, a re-founding five-day meeting at pocantico on the strategy and movement for system change with thirty key partners from across north america. We launched marjorie kelly's wealth supremacy, using the book to reach hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions, of people through media channels with its critique of financialized capitalism.
$247,699 spent$12,840 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,322,559.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.2M to $6.1M (+177%).
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: 2021 42% · 2022 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Stephanie Mchenry
CEO
Board chair
Michael Schoop
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 14 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $801k → $2.6M.
14 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. 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
THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
33% 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 THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 48% · 2019 44% · 2020 25% · 2021 42% · 2022 70% · 2023 51% — growing more concentrated.
“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
31% of THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 49 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC: 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 DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,598,475 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($5,255,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $20,598,475 in grants to THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC?
- NOVO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,255,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 48 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