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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DEMOCRATIZING PHILANTHROPY PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$605,000
Total expenses
$626,915
Contributions and grants received
$605,000
Grants paid
$83,165
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$573,885
Total liabilities, end of year
$234,354
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$339,531
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$196,171
Management and general expenses
$417,154
Fundraising expenses
$13,590
Program service expenses (Part III)
$196,171

Program services were 31.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $605,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $83,165 · program services $83,165

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $351,017 · management and general $351,017

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,165 · management and general $25,165

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,500 · management and general $5,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $142,336 · program services $113,006 · management and general $26,830 · fundraising $2,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total -$383 · management and general -$383

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $129 · management and general $129

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,206 · management and general $3,206

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,606 · management and general $4,606

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING FEES

    total $11,090 · fundraising $11,090

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $480 · management and general $480

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $434 · management and general $434

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS-SUBSCRIPTION

    total $150 · management and general $150

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $977,580 · end of year $273,885

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $300,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $270,908 · end of year $218,529

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,460 · end of year $15,825

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $689,212 · end of year $339,531

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEMOCRATIZING PHILANTHROPY PROJECT GIVES ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES FACING OUR NATION THE ABILITY TO BUILD A POWERFUL, LASTING REVENUE STREAM AND NETWORK OF ENGAGED ACTIVISTS AND DONORS THEY CAN RELY ON. SPECIFICALLY, WE WORK TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS TEST OUT AND BUILD NEW APPROACHES TO EARNING REVENUE; ENSURE VULNERABLE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MORE POWER, HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW TO SPEND THOSE RESOURCES, AND RESPOND MORE NIMBLY AND RAPIDLY TO CRITICAL NEEDS AS THEY EMERGE; EXPAND THE SMALL DONOR APPARATUS TO GRASSROOTS, NONPROFITS, HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FRONTLINE ORGANIZATIONS; AND CONVERT NATIONAL INTEREST IN RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INTO LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STRENGTH FOR CHRONICALLY UNDERFUNDED AND HISTORICALLY NEGLECTED ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEMOCRATIZING PHILANTHROPY PROJECT PARTNERS WITH MOVEMENT-BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE, INDEPENDENT, AND RECURRING REVENUE STREAMS THAT ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PROGRESSIVE CAUSES.

  • ACCELERATOR: DEMOCRATIZING PHILANTHROPY PROJECT'S ACCELERATOR PROGRAM IS A COHORT-BASED MODEL DESIGNED TO SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE NON-PROFITS IN GROWING THEIR CAPACITY AROUND SMALL DONOR REVENUE GENERATION. UTILIZING LEAD GENERATION AND OTHER DIGITAL FUNDRAISING TACTICS, PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS WILL COME TOGETHER OVER FOUR MONTHS FOR WEEKLY WORKSHOPS, INDIVIDUALIZED COACHING, AND ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING VIA A SHARED SLACK CHANNEL AND GOOGLE DRIVE. ORGANIZATIONS IN AN ACCELERATOR COHORT ALSO RECEIVE CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS AND ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL GRANT INVESTMENTS FOR LEAD GENERATION. THE ACCELERATOR COHORT AIMS TO BUILD LARGER, MORE ENGAGED EMAIL LISTS WHILE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CONVERT THOSE NAMES INTO TRUSTED ACTIVISTS AND COMMITTED DONORS.

    Expenses $158,461 · Grants $83,165

  • RAPID RESPONSE: RAPID RESPONSE IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE IN RAPID RESPONSE FUNDRAISING WHEN THE PUBLIC SUPPORT IS THERE FOR THEM.

    Expenses $37,710

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessie Hankins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Iara D Peng

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Will Rockafellow

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joshua Stearns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vivian Chang

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

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

  • PRISM REPORTS INC

    $31,915

  • GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS LLC

    $20,000

  • CIVIC SHOUT LLC

    $20,000

  • TEDESCO & AFFILIATE LLC

    $11,250

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503189349316450

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