Public Charity

FAIR DEMOCRACY

FAIR DEMOCRACY is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.8M revenue, $4.5M expenses, $1.4M total assets. 14 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $14.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 822747849 WASHINGTON, DC Alliances & Advocacy NTEE: R01 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.8M
Total Expenses$4.5M
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records14
Funding Total$14.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FAIR DEMOCRACY WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ARE HEALTHY WITH STRONG VOTING RIGHTS AND ACCESS, AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED ELECTORATE, AN OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT AND TRUSTED MESSENGERS ENGAGING AMERICANS IN CIVIL DISCOURSE.

Where $100 goes at Fair Democracy

How Fair Democracy divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $90 for programs

$90
Fair Democracy works to build an engaged and informed electorate with state legislative tracking and voter education on a range of state-level issues, with a focus on voting…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Brian Herman
DEPUTY NATL DIRECTOR,BATTLEGOND VOTER PROJECT Caroline Cowley
DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CO-CEO David Cohen
DIRECTOR, TREASURER Elizabeth Pedraja
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER Ethan Roeder
STATE DIRECTOR Jeff Rotkoff

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Civil Rights & Social Justice
$7,660,000 6 grants
General Support
$7,165,000 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.8M $4.5M $1.4M
2024 $9.3M $8.6M $1.3M
2023 $13.0M $12.8M $608K
2022 $1.0M $1.0M $365K
2021 $2.1M $1.8M $378K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.1M to $3.8M (+85%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.

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