Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

FAIR DEMOCRACY

EIN 82-2747849 WASHINGTON, DC

Browse the largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$3,834,019
Expenses 2024
$4,495,299

Program services were 64.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
R01
Classification
1000
Street
921 H ST NE

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

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

FAIR DEMOCRACY WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ARE HEALTHY WITH STRONG VOTING RIGHTS AND ACCESS, AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED ELECTORATE, AN OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT AND TRUSTED MESSENGERS ENGAGING AMERICANS IN CIVIL DISCOURSE.

  • FAIR DEMOCRACY WORKS TO BUILD AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED ELECTORATE WITH STATE LEGISLATIVE TRACKING AND VOTER EDUCATION ON A RANGE OF STATE-LEVEL ISSUES, WITH A FOCUS ON VOTING RIGHTS, ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, TAX REFORM AND HEALTH CARE.

    Expenses $2,882,114 · Grants $1,440,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • David Cohen

    DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $372,885
    From this org
    $162,500
    From related orgs
    $175,962
    Other
    $34,423
    Hours/week
    19.2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,500 + $75,962 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,950 + $1,050 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,669 + $12,754 related
    Filer's total
    $183,119 + $189,766 related

  • Victoria Hausman

    DIR, TREAS, CO-CEO-PARTIAL YEAR; SPECIAL ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $350,640
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $250,000
    Other
    $640
    Hours/week
    11.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,000 + $150,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $640 related
    Filer's total
    $100,000 + $250,640 related

  • Ethan Roeder

    CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $213,513
    From this org
    $65,275
    From related orgs
    $130,975
    Other
    $17,263
    Hours/week
    13.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $65,275 + $130,975 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,485 + $4,715 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,049 + $7,014 related
    Filer's total
    $70,809 + $142,704 related

  • Trent Armitage

    CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,576
    From this org
    $43,167
    From related orgs
    $141,429
    Other
    $17,980
    Hours/week
    9.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $43,167 + $141,429 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,727 + $5,673 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,156 + $8,424 related
    Filer's total
    $47,050 + $155,526 related

  • Jeff Rotkoff

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $179,157
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $35,036
    Other
    $24,121
    Hours/week
    31

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,000 + $35,036 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,740 + $1,660 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,053 + $6,668 related
    Filer's total
    $135,793 + $43,364 related

  • Leslie Martes

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, CEO

    Total calculated
    $173,816
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $161,874
    Other
    $11,942
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $136,874 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,483 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,459 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $173,816 related

  • Caroline Cowley

    DEPUTY NATL DIRECTOR,BATTLEGOND VOTER PROJECT

    Total calculated
    $163,731
    From this org
    $12,917
    From related orgs
    $132,684
    Other
    $18,130
    Hours/week
    3.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $12,917 + $132,684 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $362 + $4,546 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $794 + $12,428 related
    Filer's total
    $14,073 + $149,658 related

  • Brian Herman

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,452
    From this org
    $15,750
    From related orgs
    $115,692
    Other
    $19,010
    Hours/week
    4.8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,750 + $115,692 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $630 + $4,770 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,085 + $12,525 related
    Filer's total
    $17,465 + $132,987 related

  • Maddie Coats

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $145,268
    From this org
    $43,333
    From related orgs
    $86,584
    Other
    $15,351
    Hours/week
    13.3

  • Elizabeth Pedraja

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $145,264
    From this org
    $20,583
    From related orgs
    $108,763
    Other
    $15,918
    Hours/week
    6.4

  • Raul Alvillar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Madhuri Kommareddi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,834,019
    Expenses
    $4,495,299
    Contributions
    $3,834,019
    Grants paid
    $1,440,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,312,674
    Expenses
    $8,629,280
    Contributions
    $9,312,674
    Grants paid
    $7,365,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,982,325
    Expenses
    $12,777,556
    Contributions
    $12,981,250
    Grants paid
    $11,676,723

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
    $1,030,217
    Expenses
    $1,043,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $364,927

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,075,374
    Expenses
    $1,775,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $378,223

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $740,000
    Expenses
    $808,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,084

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · DC

  • FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION 527

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · DC

  • FAIR DEMOCRACY ENGAGEMENT FUND

    501(c)3 · EDUCATION · DC

Declared as related by

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.