Democratizing Innovation Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811692087
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2129201948
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,386
Expenses
$12,271
Assets
$95,205
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALEJANDRO CRAWFORD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALEJANDRO CRAWFORD (PRESIDENT)
  • TUBA ERBIL (SECRETARY AND TREASURER)

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

Charities bureau

What it reported doing in 2025

In fall 2025 and spring 2026, the democratizing innovation institute delivered complementary programs -- social entrepreneurship and leading change for sustainability -- in partnership with universities and community entrepreneurship organizations across five countries, equipping over 230 students with the mindset, frameworks, and practical skills to drive innovation and social impact. Partner institutions included brac university (bangladesh), the american university of central asia (kyrgyzstan), the university of the philippines open university, european humanities university (lithuania), and streetbiz foundation (south africa), alongside an open cohort drawing participants from palestine, afghanistan, myanmar, and the united states. Students completed 67 team projects -- 28 in social entrepreneurship and 39 in leading change for sustainability -- addressing real-world challenges for clients including oxfam bangladesh, brac, solshare, lightcastle partners, and the greener garments initiative.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 78.6%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.76; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 61.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.