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US nonprofit · EIN 522146456 · Washington, DCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 522146456) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Democracy Corps Inc's network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
James CarvilleSecretary/Di2018
8 yrs
Patrick GriffenPresident/Di2018
8 yrs
Robert MeleTreasurer2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Nancy SdunkewiczTreasurer2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Patrick GriffenPresident/Di$0
Robert MeleTreasurer$0
James CarvilleSecretary/Di$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Democracy Corps Inc
EIN
522146456
Address
80 M Street Se, Washington, DC, 20003-3544
State
District of Columbia
Mission
Providing research to educate the general public and to advance the social welfare of the people of the united states through the promotion of government reforms. Encouraging the federal government to address issues of concern to the american people. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
W05 Public and societal benefit
IRS classification
501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Public & Societal Benefit
Size band
1 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1999
Principal officer
Patrick Griffen (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2001
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2023

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJames Carville
≥8years on the filingsPatrick Griffen
≥4years on the filingsRobert Mele

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$5k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$5k
Contributions and grants received
$112k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
1

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Democracy Corps likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
District of Columbia
Entity type
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
Status
Revoked
Formed
16 February 1999
Registered agent
C T Corporation System (city and state not held)