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 2021–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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