National Endowment for Democracy Scrubs Grants From Website

Created by Ronald Reagan in 1983 to counter Soviet influence, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has since evolved to fund neoconservative and progressive agendas worldwide. (Getty Images)

By    |   Monday, 17 February 2025 07:51 AM EST ET

Until last year, The National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) website included a searchable grants database. That was until it entered into an agreement with its State Department grants officer to keep all of its federal funding secret.

NED has offered no apologies for the move.

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Until last year, The National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) website included a searchable grants database. That was until it entered into an agreement with its State Department grants officer to keep all of its federal funding secret.
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