ORGANIZATION

Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy

Washington, DC | HTTPS://WWW.NED.ORG/

FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2023-12-31:

Assets: $107,359,443
Total Giving: $268,242,621

NED HAS A SINGULAR MISSION - ADVANCING DEMOCRACY IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD. OUR TARGETED, DEMAND-DRIVEN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF LOCAL NGOS THAT DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS, STRENGTHEN INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND CIVIC EDUCATION, AND EMPOWER WOMEN AND YOUTH IN A MANNER THAT ENABLES THEM TO ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY AS DEMOCRATIZING FORCES IN THEIR OWN SOCIETIES. NED'S STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES (1984): DEMOCRACY INVOLVES THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE FREELY TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN DESTINY. THE EXERCISE OF THIS RIGHT REQUIRES A SYSTEM THAT GUARANTEES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, BELIEF AND ASSOCIATION, FREE AND COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS, RESPECT FOR THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND MINORITIES, FREE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA, AND THE RULE OF LAW.