DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE

As filed

Subsection

04

Street

805 15TH STREET NW 800

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2022

• MOVEMENT BUILDING AND COALITION - DI FOCUSES ORGANIZATIONS TO TRANSCEND SILOS AND TAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION BY UNIFYING AROUND DEMOCRACY REFORM. THE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF PARTNER GROUPS IN COALITION ACTIVITIES AND FACILITATES INFORMATION SHARING. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REGULAR COALITION MEETINGS ON VARIOUS DEMOCRACY ISSUES, NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION, AND ONGOING STEWARDSHIP WITH INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS TO STRATEGIZE ON THEIR INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A RACE, CLASS, GENDER, LGBTQ EQUITY LENS.

• NATIONAL EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT - DI ACTS AS A CATALYST FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO EDUCATE THEIR MEMBERSHIP. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, STRATEGIC GUIDANCE, AND COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS TO HELP INFORM THE GROUPS' MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT DEMOCRACY ISSUES WHILE CONNECTING TO THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION AND TO UTILIZE A RACE, CLASS, GENDER, LGBTQ EQUITY LENS.

• STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS - DI ACTS AS ACATALYST FOR THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE THEIR MEMBERS IN THE EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AROUND DEMOCRACY REFORM IN SEVERAL STATES, WORKING WITH LOCAL LEADERS. THE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO COORDINATE ENGAGEMENT OF LOCAL LEADERS IN NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS ON DEMOCRACY ISSUES. SPECIFIC ISSUES HAVE INCLUDED VOTING RIGHTS, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND MONEY IN POLITICS.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2022

As listed in Part VII of the 2022 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

• CHARLY CARTER

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• MARILYN CARPENTEYRO

  BOARD CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DERRICK JOHNSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• VIRGINIA KASE SOLOMON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TAIFA BUTLER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ERICH PICA

  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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,563

  Expenses

  $1,751

  Contributions

  $4,563

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2022

  Revenue

  $92,294

  Expenses

  $245,096

  Contributions

  $92,294

  Grants paid

  — not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $181,352

  Expenses

  $251,539

  Assets (EOY)

  $188,706

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $124,504

  Expenses

  $81,008

  Assets (EOY)

  $263,992

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $10,902

  Expenses

  $37,298

  Assets (EOY)

  $195,164

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $2,308

  Expenses

  $37,609

  Assets (EOY)

  $219,012

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $51,204

  Expenses

  $91,252

  Assets (EOY)

  $257,803

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $83,280

  Expenses

  $53,626

  Assets (EOY)

  $306,020

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $268,534

  Expenses

  $6,420

  Assets (EOY)

  $264,315

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• INTERNATIONAL UNION UNITED AUTO AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

  $75,000

  2022 · ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION

• FRIENDS OF THE EARTH-ACTION-INC

  $6,720

  2022 · CONTRIBUTION TO CLOSE OUT COSTS FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Other IRS files