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PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT

EIN 81-4777062 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$55,482,925
Expenses 2024
$34,368,875

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R05
Classification
2000
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 PROJECT 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 PROJECT PROVIDES PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THREATS TO DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS AND HOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BEST CONFRONT THEM. PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT ADVANCES ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION THROUGH MONITORING, INVESTIGATING, ADVOCACY, LOBBYING, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, LITIGATING AGAINST ACTIONS THAT THREATEN OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE FREE, FAIR, AND FULLY-INFORMED PURSUIT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $28,277,727 · Grants $7,218,161 · Revenue $288,628

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.

  • Ian Bassin

    PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $420,955
    From this org
    $377,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,679
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $372,714
    Bonus
    $4,562
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,889
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,790
    Filer's total
    $420,955

  • Cecilia Munoz

    SECRETARY & OMBUDSPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Berman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kori Schake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Llanes

    CO-MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $344,515
    From this org
    $309,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,924
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,591
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,086
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,838
    Filer's total
    $344,515

  • Justin Florence

    CO-MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $328,444
    From this org
    $276,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,521
    Hours/week
    37

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,298
    Bonus
    $4,625
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,057
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,464
    Filer's total
    $328,444

  • Jessica Marsden

    IMPACT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $264,108
    From this org
    $228,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,611
    Hours/week
    37.8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,772
    Bonus
    $4,725
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,710
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,901
    Filer's total
    $264,108

  • Anne Tindall

    COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $252,283
    From this org
    $200,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,717
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,816
    Bonus
    $4,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,909
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,808
    Filer's total
    $252,283

  • Deana El-Mallawany

    IMPACT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,565
    From this org
    $207,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,241
    Hours/week
    36.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,762
    Bonus
    $4,562
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,180
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,061
    Filer's total
    $250,565

  • Benjamin Berwick

    IMPACT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $245,043
    From this org
    $230,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,739
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,876
    Nontaxable benefits
    $428
    Filer's total
    $245,043

  • Genevieve Nadeau

    COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $241,139
    From this org
    $215,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,194
    Hours/week
    38.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,145
    Bonus
    $4,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,045
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,149
    Filer's total
    $241,139

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
    $55,482,925
    Expenses
    $34,368,875
    Contributions
    $52,306,553
    Grants paid
    $7,218,161
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $33,111,628
    Expenses
    $22,051,673
    Contributions
    $31,486,786
    Grants paid
    $1,088,050
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $32,924,397
    Expenses
    $18,060,997
    Contributions
    $32,074,661
    Grants paid
    $320,000

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
    $34,042,265
    Expenses
    $13,784,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,196,682

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,444,503
    Expenses
    $12,179,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,567,471

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,406,551
    Expenses
    $6,879,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,590,447

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,963,607
    Expenses
    $3,883,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,031,946

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,211,623
    Expenses
    $694,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,986,341

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Ethridge Darlene
Mailing address
2020 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW STE 163WASHINGTON DC 200061811
Website
WWW.PROTECTDEMOCRACYPROJECT.COM

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • VOTESHIELD PROTECTION LLC

    VOTING DATA ANALYSIS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT · DE · income $379,665 · assets $189,069

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.