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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DIGITAL DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAS.

Totals

Total revenue
$611,248
Total expenses
$347,080
Contributions and grants received
$603,136
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$8,112
Total assets, end of year
$395,100
Total liabilities, end of year
$130,932
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$264,168
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$276,608
Management and general expenses
$58,306
Fundraising expenses
$12,166
Program service expenses (Part III)
$276,608

Program services were 79.7% 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

    $603,136

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $8,112 · excluded $8,112

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,112

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $121,358 · program services $54,611 · management and general $54,611 · fundraising $12,136

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $302 · program services $136 · management and general $136 · fundraising $30

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $193,718 · program services $193,718

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $230 · management and general $230

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,198 · program services $18,869 · management and general $3,329

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $9,274 · program services $9,274

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $133,964

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $261,136

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $130,932

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $264,168

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE DIGITAL DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAS (DDIA) IS BRINGING TOGETHER INSIGHTS AND ACTORS ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE TO SHAPE A MORE PARTICIPATORY, INCLUSIVE, AND RESILIENT DIGITAL DEMOCRACY. WE APPLY RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF INFORMATION INTEGRITY, BELIEF, AND BEHAVIOR TO BUILD TRUST, CONNECTION, AND CAPACITY WITH LATINO COMMUNITIES AND TO SHAPE POLICY INTERVENTIONS THAT BRIDGE-BUILD AND DEPOLARIZE SHARED INFORMATION SPACES FOR HEALTHIER DEMOCRACIES IN THE AMERICAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • OPEN SOURCE INVESTIGATIONS AND SOCIAL LISTENING RESEARCH:DDIA DEEPENS UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LATINOS ENGAGE WITH TOPICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MESSAGING APPS WHATSAPP AND TELEGRAM, HOW CONVERSATIONS GO VIRAL IN SPANISH, AND HOW LATINOS ARE EXPOSED TO AND TARGETED WITH INFORMATION, MISINFORMATION AND OTHER ONLINE HARMS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA.

    Expenses $139,110

  • DISINFORMATION INTERVENTIONS:DDIA CONDUCTED EXPERIMENTS AND TESTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW INOCULATION AGAINST TACTICS AND FALSE NARRATIVES COULD BE APPROPRIATELY CONTEXTUALIZED IN REAL-WORLD SETTINGS FOR LATINOS, AND PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON THE BEST WAYS TO COUNTER ILLICIT BEHAVIORS AND INFORMATION MANIPULATION OBSERVED IN THEIR MONITORING AND TRACKING.

    Expenses $91,788

  • CAPACITY-BUILDING:DDIA OFFERS CAPACITY-BUILDING IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR LATINO TRUSTED MESSENGERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DELIVERED TRAININGS TO LATINO JOURNALISTS, LATINO CREATORS, MEDIA PROFESSIONALS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND ORGANIZERS.

    Expenses $45,710

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ricardo Zuniga

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Stephanie Valencia

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Olga Belogolova

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Roberta Braga See Sch O

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $121,357
    From this org
    $110,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,340
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349306351

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