DEMOCRACYFIRST
EIN 88-1027253 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 13 grants · $3.2m
Who it funds most
6 of its 41 grantees were funded in more than one year.
DEMOCRACYFIRST's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202512739349300541
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $0 | — | $10.1m |
| 2022 | Form 990 | $357.3k | — | $6.2m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns4 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202512739349300541 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202531329349301218 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202421369349306552 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202331309349305183 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
DEMOCRACYFIRST made 47 grants across 2021–2024, totalling $10.0m as filed.
- Grants
- 47
- Total, as filed
- $10.0m
- Years
- 2021–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| COMMON SENSE NEW YORK | 2 | $900.0k |
| ACTIVATE 48 INC | 1 | $750.0k |
| Progress Now | 1 | $750.0k |
| PROMOTE THE VOTE | 1 | $650.0k |
| AMERICA VOTES | 2 | $640.0k |
| FAITH IN MINNESOTA | 2 | $600.0k |
| FUTURE FORWARD USA ACTION | 1 | $500.0k |
| CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK | 1 | $450.0k |
| OUR VOICE OUR VOTE AZ | 2 | $425.0k |
| OHIO PROGRESSIVE COLLABORATIVE | 1 | $400.0k |
| VOCES DE LA FRONTERA ACTION | 2 | $350.0k |
| MI Civic Action Fund | 1 | $275.0k |
| A BETTER BIG SKY | 1 | $250.0k |
| PA ALLIANCE ACTION | 1 | $250.0k |
| OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN | 1 | $200.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $3.1m |
| 2022 | 23 | $5.5m |
| 2023 | 3 | $740.0k |
| 2024 | 4 | $625.0k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-881027253. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified