Real Democracy Fund

The Real Democracy Fund is a nominal Super PAC that blames big corporations, career politicians, and billionaires with their large anonymous donations of money for all the political ills of the United States political system. The organization’s limited-content website blames redistricting for allegedly unfair political boundaries and advocates for grassroots change at the state level but list no supporters, policies, or ideas. The Real Democracy Fund appears to have no social media accounts.

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At-A-Glance

Type: 527 (Political Action Committee)
Website: www.realdemocracyfund.com
Formation:

2017 1

Board President:

Alex Dewitt

Location: Washington, DC View on map
Tax ID: 82-3288532

Contents

    Background

    The Real Democracy Fund supposedly seeks to keep money out of politics and blames unknown wealthy donors, big corporations, career politicians, and billionaires for diluting the American people’s control over the political system. The fund blames redistricting for allegedly unfair political boundaries and advocates for grassroots change at the state level. The fund’s website of only three pages and 302 words lists no real policies just generalities such as “Giving Democratic ideals back to individuals at the state level”, “Supporting fair, democratic, and bipartisan solutions to issues that affect us all” and “By cutting through political red tape and giving democracy back to the people.” 2

    The Real Democracy Fund appears to have no social media accounts on any of the major platforms, not a single person claims to have worked there on LinkedIn, and the fund has not posted any advertisements on YouTube.

    Funders

    Because of the Real Democracy Fund’s IRS Section 527 Super PAC status, it can conceal the names of donors from public view. All the fund’s 2018 IRS Form 8872 filings, that describe the contributions and expenditures of the organization, display to the public that the fund accepted $88,858 by December 2018. 3

    The Real Democracy Fund has two public donors who gave a combined $510. 43 The fund used a company called the Grassroots-Fund Company to automate donations, send out media products, and advertise for the group.

    People

    Alex Dewitt is the president of the board. 5 Nick Hess serves as treasurer. 1 JAy Tate serves as secretary.

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $40,000
    • Number of Grants: 1
    • Number of Funders: 1

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $40,0002024 Amos and Ruth Wilnai FoundationCHARITABLE

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    References

    1. Form 8871 Real Democracy Fund, Inc., Political Organization Report of Contributions and Expenditures, A For the period beginning 10/06/2017 to 02/21/2018, Part I, 1, https://forms.irs.gov/app/pod/basicSearch/search?execution=e4s3&pacid=61457&format=.
    2. “About.” Real Democracy Fund. Accessed July 24, 2019. https://www.realdemocracyfund.com/about.html.
    3. Form 8872 Real Democracy Fund, Inc., Political Organization Report of Contributions and Expenditures, For the period beginning 10/18/2018 and ending 11/26/2018, Schedule A: Itemized Contributions, https://forms.irs.gov/app/pod/basicSearch/search?execution=e2s3&pacid=61457&format=.
    4. Form 8872 Real Democracy Fund, Inc., Political Organization Report of Contributions and Expenditures, For the period beginning 04/01/2018 and ending 06/30/2018, Schedule A: Itemized Contributions, https://forms.irs.gov/app/pod/basicSearch/search?execution=e2s3&pacid=61457&format=.
    5. 2018 Annual Report for Real Democracy Fund, Inc. July 25, 2019. Accessed July 25, 2019. https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/08234718/AnnualReport.