Funding search · EIN 954829141 · Los Angeles, CA

Center for the Study of Democratic Institution

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

81
grants reported
$9.2M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$55,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Music Center2 grants · $1.0M
  • Davidson College1 grant · $1.0M
  • Brookings Institution3 grants · $709,569
  • New America Foundation3 grants · $600,000
  • Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $470,000
  • Atlantic Council of US1 grant · $400,000
  • Atlantic Council1 grant · $400,000
  • Atlantic Council of the US1 grant · $400,000
  • Atlantic Council of the US1 grant · $400,000
  • International Refugee Assistance Program3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2021
$2.5M
2022
$1.8M
2023
$3.0M
2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.0M

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $810,000

    Music Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $400,000

    Atlantic Council · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $400,000

    Atlantic Council of US · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $400,000

    Atlantic Council of the US · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $400,000

    Atlantic Council of the US · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $300,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $209,569

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $200,000

    Music Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $165,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General purpose

  • $160,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General purpose

  • $155,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2021

    General purpose

  • $145,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General purpose

  • $132,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $130,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $110,000

    Truman Center for National Policy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    International Refugee Assistance Program · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Democracy a Journal of Ideas · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $100,000

    International Refugee Assistance Program · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Woodrow Wilson International Ctr for Scholars · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Democracy a Journal of Ideas · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    International Refugee Assistance Program · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Woodrow Wilson International Cnt for Scholars · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Democracy a Journal of Ideas · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    International Refugee Assistance Program · New York, NY · 2021

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Woodrow Wilson International Cnt for Scholars · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $60,000

    Truman Center for National Policy · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $60,000

    Truman Center for National Policy · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $60,000

    Truman Center for National Policy · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $55,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles World Affairs Council · Culver City, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles World Affairs Council · Culver City, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles World Affairs Council · Culver City, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Los Angeles World Affairs Council · Culver City, CA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Sun Valley Writers' Conference · Monterey, CA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Inter-American Dialogue · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Los Angeles Free Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $25,000

    Inter-American Dialogue · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Los Angeles Free Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Inter-American Dialogue · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Los Angeles Free Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Inter-American Dialogue · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Los Angeles Free Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    California Science Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Integrity Initiatives International · Weston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Redondo Beach Educational Foundation · Redondo Beach, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    California Science Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Integrity Initiatives International · Weston, MA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Redondo Beach Educational Foundation · Redondo Beach, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Integrity Initiatives International · Weston, MA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    US Institute of Peace · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    US Institute of Peace · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Azadi Project · Washington, DC · 2021

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2021

    General purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.