Funding search · EIN 521344831 · Grantmaking charity · Washington, DC

National Endowment for Democracy

$441.5M
in grants paid: 248
grants: 136
recipients: 2021–2023
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$35.4M
International Republican Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$34.3M
American Center for International Labor Solidarity · Washington, DC · 2023
Pluralism
$33.4M
Center for International Private Enterprise · Washington, DC · 2023
Pluralism
$32.8M
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs · Washington, DC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$1.2M
China Digital Times · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$770,000
Eye Media Group Llc · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$650,004
Directorio Democratico Cubano · Miami, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$585,084
Scholars at Risk · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$534,835
International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$488,260
Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$465,719
Freedom House · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$417,492
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$393,332
International Labor Rights Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$384,548
Netfreedom Pioneers · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$348,660
Center for Victims of Torture · St Paul, MN · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$327,097
Un Mundo Sin Mordaza · College Station, TX · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$289,084
Cubalex · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$279,996
Uyghur Human Rights Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$256,411
International Consortium for Investigative Journalists · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$245,772
Grupo Internacional Para La Responsabilidad Social Corporativa En Cuba · Miami, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$244,776
Eurasianet · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$243,163
Freedom Now · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$239,063
International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$237,105
Ideas Beyond Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$229,612
Etilaatroz Llc · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$220,000
Students for a Free Tibet · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$212,804
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc Dba the Vance C · New York, NY · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$212,580
Japan Center for International Exchange · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$209,575
Robert F Kennedy Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$200,004
People Powered Global Hub for Participatory Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$189,996
Campaign for Uyghurs Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$183,330
Localization Lab · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$179,379
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$174,548
International Tibet Network · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$160,488
World Liberty Congress · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$160,038
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$158,150
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$156,900
Mas Voces Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$155,004
Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$150,504
Center for European Policy Analysis · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$150,000
Cs21 · Miami, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$147,218
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$140,724
The Trust for the Americas · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$137,547
Project Expedite Justice · Kealakekua, HI · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$129,012
The George Washington University · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$128,955
Editorial Hypermedia · Miami, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$120,000
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$112,401
Tibet Justice Center · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$110,383
Civic Space Institute · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Pluralism
$110,004
Myanmar Policy Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$104,996
Center for a Free Cuba · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$99,996
Comision Permanente De Los Derechos Humanos Miami · El Doral, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$97,864
Artlords · Ashburn, VA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$93,500
Middle East Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$90,707
Rights Action Lab · Willmington, DE · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$88,125
Boat People Sos · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$81,250
Yucabyte Corp · Surfside, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$78,664
Arab Watch Coalition · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$75,228
Bank Information Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$75,000
Tom Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice · Concord, NH · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$72,852
Institute for Asian Democracy · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$66,664
The International Crisis Group · Washington, DC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$61,176
Open Contracting Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$59,976
International Platform for Human Rights in Cuba · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$57,501
Global Network Initiative · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$50,000
Plan Pais · Arlington, VA · 2023
Pluralism
$50,000
Earthrights International · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$38,132
Right To Freedom · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$37,070
Alliance for African Womens Education and Leadershipinc · Somerset, NJ · 2023
Pluralism
$29,185
Due Process of Law Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$28,951
Kirwa Foundation · Benson, NC · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$21,184
Institute for War & Peace Reporting · Washington, DC · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$20,835
The Public International Law & Policy Group · Arlington, VA · 2023
Pluralism
$20,556
Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Pluralism
$18,948
Blue Earth Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
Pluralism
$16,666
Digital News Association · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Democratic governance & political parties
$9,543
Conflict Dynamics International · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$7,500
Old Log New Leaf Llc · Seattle, WA · 2023
Education, communication, & culture
$39.2M
International Republican Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Democratic governance & political parties
$33.4M
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs · Washington, DC · 2022
Democratic governance & political parties
$28.7M
Solidarity Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Pluralism
$24.0M
Center for International Private Enterprise (Cipe) · Washington, DC · 2022
Pluralism
$9.7M
Center for International Private Enterprise · Washington, DC · 2022
Pluralism
$7.3M
American Center for International Labor Solidarity · Washington, DC · 2022
Pluralism
$1.0M
China Digital Times · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$790,500
Emg · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$758,562
Center for Victims of Torture · St Paul, MN · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$650,000
Cuban Democratic Directorate · Miami, FL · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$641,502
Freedom House · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture / pluralism
$577,547
Scholars at Risk · New York, NY · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$412,599
International Institute On Race Equality and Huma · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$390,415
Pomed · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$333,333
Ideas Beyond Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$316,938
International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$296,667
International Labor Rights Forum · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$273,333
Uyghur Human Rights Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$259,518
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre · New York, NY · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$253,052
Japan Center for International Exchange · New York, NY · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$250,814
Grupo Internacional Para La Responsabilidad Social · Miami, FL · 2022
Education, communication, & culture
$220,000
Freedom Now · Washington, DC · 2022
Education, communication, & culture

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