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PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED

EIN 81-4827260 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$3,709,174
Expenses 2024
$5,532,325

Program services were 92.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
2020 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW 163

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED IS TO PREVENT OUR DEMOCRACY FROM DECLINING INTO A MORE AUTHORITARIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. WE DO THIS BY WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT HAVE HELD THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LAWS AND LONGSTANDING PRACTICES THAT HAVE PROTECTED OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS.

  • PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED CONFRONTS THREATS TO OUR DEMOCRACY BY ENGAGING IN LITIGATION, ADVOCATING FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS, AND PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS.

    Expenses $5,108,893 · Grants $1,989,500

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Justin Florence

    SECRETARY & MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $26,630
    From this org
    $22,453
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,177
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jeff Berman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Hauser

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard R Buery Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian Bassin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,365
    From this org
    $36,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,188
    Hours/week
    3.5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,709,174
    Expenses
    $5,532,325
    Contributions
    $3,375,084
    Grants paid
    $1,989,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,660,683
    Expenses
    $4,960,197
    Contributions
    $2,420,657
    Grants paid
    $1,185,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,280,811
    Expenses
    $3,981,843
    Contributions
    $13,192,018
    Grants paid
    $820,000

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

    Revenue
    $1,611,580
    Expenses
    $1,380,670
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,620,897

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,876,116
    Expenses
    $1,028,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,275,637

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,848,875
    Expenses
    $922,719
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,181,284

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,015,337
    Expenses
    $509,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,155,682

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,486,208
    Expenses
    $341,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,298,300

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

  • RIGHTCOUNT INC

    $1,075,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE IRS TAX CODE

  • DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER

    $1,000,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • AMERICAN UNITY FUND

    $610,000

    2022 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE IRS TAX CODE

  • WORKMONEY INC

    $300,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

    $150,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • SECURE DEMOCRACY USA

    $67,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • COUNT MI VOTE DBAVOTERS NOT POLITICIANS

    $60,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • LEADERSHIP NOW PROJECT

    $60,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • MAKE NC FIRST

    $60,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

  • PROMOTE THE VOTE PA

    $60,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

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

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Grants received

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Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.