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ACTION FOR DEMOCRACY

EIN 87-4640498 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$6,457,728
Expenses 2023
$4,774,360

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
W24
Classification
3000
Street
308 S JEFFERSON ST STE 202

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 · 2023

Mission

The organization empowers democratic citizens to defend and rebuild their democracies. The organization strives to build and mobilize a global pro-democracy solidarity movement committed to promoting democratic values and institutions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To activate the power of citizens and build a pro-democracy movement committed to promoting democratic values and institutions worldwide.

  • Activate the power of citizens and build a pro-democracy movement committed to promoting democratic values and institutions worldwide. This activity is organized around three interlinked pillars - (1) community building through organizing concerned citizens, (2) frontline support through partnering with democracy organizations to promote fair elections and accountable governance, (3) policy advocacy to mobilize support for democratic participation.

    Expenses $4,053,336 · Grants $2,884,883

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • David Koranyi

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $356,377
    From this org
    $307,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,460
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,917 + $307,917 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,238 + $9,238 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,222 + $39,222 related
    Filer's total
    $356,377 + $356,377 related
  • Elisabeth Jennings

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christopher Maroshegyi

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $27,000
    From this org
    $27,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,457,728
    Expenses
    $4,774,360
    Contributions
    $6,457,728
    Grants paid
    $2,884,883
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,277,682
    Expenses
    $12,567,030
    Contributions
    $11,277,682
    Grants paid
    $10,106,013

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.