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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,961,517
Total expenses
$3,081,882
Contributions and grants received
$1,788,148
Grants paid
$2,964,559
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$173,369
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$20,660,111
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,660,111
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,999,455
Management and general expenses
$82,427
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,999,455

Program services were 97.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,788,148

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $128,648

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $86,204 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $86,204

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $87,165 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $87,165 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $87,165 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $87,165

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,964,559 · program services $2,964,559

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $375 · management and general $375

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,586 · management and general $26,586

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $851 · management and general $851

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,571 · management and general $20,571

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,241 · management and general $9,241

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,058 · management and general $23,058

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,265 · management and general $1,265

  • 24a · Other expenses: Taxes

    total $225 · program services $0 · management and general $225 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fees

    total $255 · program services $0 · management and general $255 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Development Activities

    total $34,896 · program services $34,896 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,221,575 · end of year $5,365,558

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $201,760 · end of year $179,028

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,271,686 · end of year $14,980,525

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $135,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,695,221 · end of year $20,660,111

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Organization of events and contributions to various charitable organizations to foster and encourage dialogues, discussions and contributions in public health, public policy, national security, foreign affairs, democracy, and human rights; also to contribute to youth education and outreach in art and music in Los Angeles County.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To foster and encourage dialogues, discussions and contributions in public health, democracy, and human rights; also to contribute to youth education in art and music in Los Angeles County.

  • Fostering and encouraging dialogues, discussions and contributions in public health, national security, foreign affairs and human rights by (1) hosting conferences, events, trainings and other symposia attended by a wide variety of public and private figures who are thought leaders in these areas and (2) contributing to various like-minded charitable organizations in support of their efforts to facilitate greater understanding of these issues. Major gifts in these areas have gone to the schools of public health and advanced international studies of Johns Hopkins University. Additional gifts for programming support have gone to the Brookings Institution, The New America Foundation and the Atlantic Council.

    Expenses $2,829,896 · Grants $2,795,000

  • Supported functions to protect health and save lives including contributions to global public health, encourage healthy behaviors, and improve quality of life. Sustained innovative research in humanitarian health science to discover and apply evidence-based strategies for prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and reintegration.

    Expenses $85,000 · Grants $85,000

  • Fostering and encouraging dialogues, discussions and contributions in democracy, by (1) providing financial support for the operations, activities and the quarterly publication of the nonpartisan journal Democracy, A Journal of Ideas; (2) hosting conferences, events, trainings and other symposia attended by a wide variety of public and private figures who are thought leaders in this area; and (3) contributing to various like-minded charitable organizations in support of their efforts to facilitate greater understanding of these issues. Major gifts in these areas have gone to Democracy, A Journal of Ideas, Human Rights Watch and to the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development at Johns Hopkins University.

    Expenses $84,559 · Grants $84,559

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert J Abernethy

    Chairman of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrei Cherny

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Huffman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry Lorenzen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jean Posten

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Romano Prodi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne-Marie Slaughter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Giuseppe Virgottini

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zev Yaroslavsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
21 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202610719349301806

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