National Endowment for Democracy

The National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, is non-profit organization which claims to help train people in democracy and manages money grants to that effect, which was founded in 1983. Although administered by a private organization, its funding comes mostly from a governmental appropriation by the United States Congress. The NED is sometimes referred to as "Project Democracy," an appellation favored by Lt. Colonel Oliver North.

Source of Funding

The NED receives an annual appropriation from the U.S. budget and is subject to congressional oversight even as a non-governmental organization. In the financial year to the end of September 2002 NED had a budget of $48.5 million. http://www.ned.org/publications/02annual/02finance.pdf

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The NED also receives funding from various foundations. The Bradley Foundation has provided the most to date, nearly $1.5 million in the past 18 years to support the Journal Of Democracy. http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=251

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