Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203338874
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2027381104
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Leadership Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,715
- Expenses
- $183,789
- Assets
- $320,574
- Liabilities
- $3,736
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEOPOLDO MARTINEZ (FOUNDER, DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT (CEO))
People named in this filing
- LEOPOLDO MARTINEZ (FOUNDER, DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT (CEO))
- FRANCISCO J GONZALEZ (DIRECTOR)
- MARIA MARTINEZ NUCETE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A Global non-profit "think-do" tank engaged in collaborative research, capacity building, and programs to empower latino leaders, social entrepreneurs and NGOs dedicated to promote sustainable democratic changes across the Americas.
What it reported doing in 2025
The venezuela initiative (a/k/a the venezuelan american caucus "vac) works with cdda fellows and other ngos in: (i) research, events and activities dedicated to create international awareness of the institutional and humanitarian crisis in venezuela; (ii) research on domestic public policy issues and topics related to the bilateral relation between venezuela and the U.S.a.; (iii) collaborative research, seminars and educational activities with emerging democratic leaders; and, (iv) promote cooperation to leaders and institutions engaged in sustainable democratic changes through free and fair elections in venezuela, based in the organization's collaborative research efforts. During 2024 the program focused in: (1) working with ngos and fellows to develop strategies and platforms to defend free and fair elections, free press, investigative journalism and combating desinformation in social media; (2) developing and organizing a series of international events, activities and meetings to raise awareness of venezuela's democratic deficit and the escalating violation of human rights, including the involvement of multilateral institutions; (3) funding research on venezuela's political economy, insecurity, basic industries, and public policy options to resolve pressing issues related to venezuela, the bilateral relation with the united states and the oas system; 4) develop strategies to support grassroots movements working on pressing social issues in low income communities and vulnerable social groups; and 5) organizing the venezuelan diaspora to advocate for human rights, humanitarian relief and ensuring democratic political change in venezuela. During 2024 we focused on advocacy for humanitarian relief to venezuelan migrants, and chaired the venezuela working group of the atlantic council, from where we continued our collaboration and roundtables to discuss policy options and promote multilateral efforts to enforce and protect human rights in venezuela.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.5%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 59
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.5% of revenue deployed · 59.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $109K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.