Center for Digital Democracy
Donations deductibleRevenue
$299k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$455k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$168k
$12k liabilities
Net assets
$156k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
3.9 years on average
Staff
3
3 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Center for Digital Democracy's network
4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
4 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.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 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren-Glenn Davitan Chair | Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Javier Ruiz Diaz | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jeffrey Chester | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Nicholas Carter | Managing Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Chester | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Katharina Kopp | Deputy Director | since 2022 |
| Kathryn Montgomery | Research Director and Senior Strategist | since 2022 |
| Katrina Kopp | Deputy Director | 2018 |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Chester | President | 30 | $76k | $6k | |
| Lauren-Glenn Davitan | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nicholas Carter | Managing Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Javier Ruiz Diaz | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Center for Digital Democracy
- EIN
- 522311577
- Address
- 1015 15th St Nw Ste 600, Washington, DC, 20005-2605
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The Center for Digital Democracy's (CDD) mission is to ensure that digital technologies serve and strengthen democratic values, institutions and processes. CDD strives to safeguard privacy and civil and human rights, as well as to advance equity, fairness and community. CDD works to protect and expand digital rights and data justice through research-led initiatives designed to influence... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- R63 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2001
- Principal officer
- Jeffrey Chester (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2001
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsNicholas Carter
≥3years on the filingsJavier Ruiz Diaz
≥3years on the filingsJeffrey Chester
≥2years on the filingsLauren-Glenn Davitan
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
- $168k
- Total liabilities
- $12k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $156k
- Contributions and grants received
- $71k
- Program service revenue
- $224k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1k
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 3
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $105k | $581k | Deficit $475k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
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.Center For Digital Democracy 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
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 22 February 2001
- Registered agent
- Capitol Corporate Services Inc. (city and state not held)