Public Charity

DEMOCRACY DEFENSE PROJECT INC

DEMOCRACY DEFENSE PROJECT INC, of NEW YORK, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $7.0M in revenue, $6.8M in expenses, $3.2M in total assets. 5 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 990888028 NEW YORK, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$7.0M
Total Expenses$6.8M
Total Assets$3.2M
Grant Records5
Funding Total$10.3M
Filing Years2024–2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE DEMOCRACY DEFENSE PROJECT IS TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS BY CREATING A BIPARTISAN COALITION AND EMPOWERING TRUSTED VOICES TO TALK ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY AND BEGIN TO REBUILD AMERICANS' FAITH IN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM.

Where $100 goes at Democracy Defense Project Inc

How Democracy Defense Project Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings.

$99 Programs the work itself
$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $99 for programs

$84
Democracy Defense Project maintains similar programs to its federal efforts at the state-level
85% of program spending
$15
Democracy Defense Project is organized and operated to rebuild trust in america's electoral process by uplifting trusted voices from both political parties to publicly and persistently defend the…
15% of program spending
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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

ASSISTANT TREASURER Anthony Salesi
DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT Jeffrey Kaplan
DIRECTOR AND TREASURER Larry Rogers
DIRECTOR, VP & SECRETARY Michael Palmer

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$9,350,000 4 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,000,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $7.0M $6.8M $3.2M
2024 $3.6M $1.3M $2.9M

Between 2024 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.6M to $7.0M (+97%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.2M.

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