Americans for Informed Democracy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300216496
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2027096172
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Citizen Participation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,669
- Expenses
- $76,760
- Assets
- $64,760
- Liabilities
- $104,767
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- JENNI CARDAMONE (DIRECTOR)
- ERIC GARDNER (DIRECTOR)
- CODY HARTLEY (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Americans for informed democracy amplifies the story, voice and power of youth to make change louder around our most urgent global challenges.
What it reported doing in 2024
Global scholar is a leadership accelerator program for youth, providing education around global issues, leadership skills training, and sightseeing in Washington d.c.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.62; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.