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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DEMOCRACY 21 EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$300,527
Total expenses
$563,326
Contributions and grants received
$281,468
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,859
Other revenue
$10,200
Total assets, end of year
$428,770
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$428,770
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$492,730
Management and general expenses
$70,455
Fundraising expenses
$141
Program service expenses (Part III)
$492,730

Program services were 87.5% 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

    $281,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,859 · excluded $8,859

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $10,200 · related or exempt $10,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,623 · program services $124,623

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $38,828 · program services $38,828

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,049 · program services $11,049

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,647 · program services $2,647

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,135 · program services $11,117 · management and general $18

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,040 · program services $2,405 · management and general $5,635

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,529 · management and general $35,529

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $116,860 · program services $110,661 · management and general $6,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,653 · program services $6,070 · management and general $2,442 · fundraising $141

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,602 · program services $22,711 · management and general $2,891

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,911 · program services $62,619 · management and general $7,292

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $470 · management and general $470

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,979 · management and general $9,979

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $67,886 · end of year $31,267

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $502,972 · end of year $379,299

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $48,046

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $44,452

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $426 · end of year $3,594

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $120,285 · end of year $14,610

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $691,569 · end of year $428,770

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND LITIGATION TO STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY AND TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM AND OUR ELECTIONS PROCESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CONCERNING THE RENEWAL AND REFORM OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM AND SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.

  • EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND LITIGATION TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY REFORMS, INCLUDING CAMPAIGN FINANCE, VOTING RIGHTS, AND REDISTRICTING REFORMS, AND TO PROMOTE PROTECTIONS FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.

    Expenses $492,730 · Grants $100,000 · Revenue $10,200

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Fred Wertheimer

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $131,141
    From this org
    $96,000
    From related orgs
    $4,000
    Other
    $31,141
    Hours/week
    48 + 2 related

  • Dominic Ucci

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Donald J Simon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rebecca Avila

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Geoffrey Cowan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rebecca Webber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Roger Witten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • J Adam Skaggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lisa Foster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Diane Laviolette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • DEMOCRACY 21

    501(C)(4) · DIRECT LOBBYING ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST DEMOCRACY 21 EDUCATION FUND'S MISSION · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642539349301809

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