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Protect Democracy
Anti-authoritarianism nonprofit
- 21-100 employees
- Legal
- Data Analysis
- Social Impact
- George Washington University, Washington, DC
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Company mission
To prevent US democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government.
17% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Protect Democracy is a US nonpartisan, nonprofit group of experts working to prevent authoritarianism, in response to the rise in authoritarianist sentiment across the globe. The organization encompasses a range of expertise and functions, including but not limited to public interest litigation, democracy-centered research and analysis, and software for fairer, secure, more transparent elections.
As the global commitment to democracy falters, Protect Democracy has taken on a gargantuan-scale mission to find out why, and to try to protect democracy for future generations. One current focus of the organization is on the further development of "VoteShield", that provides state and local election officials with advanced data analysis to detect unauthorized or improper changes to voter databases - monitoring the entire election cycle to ensure they are free and fair.
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Benefits
- Budget to set up a home office, join one of our offices nearby, or lease a coworking space
- 401k and Roth with a 6% employer match that vests immediately
- Life insurance, disability insurance, and wellness resources
- Employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision plans
- Minimum of four weeks PTO per year and three months paid parental leave
- "Office hopping" budget to visit coworkers in other cities three times per year
- Healthcare, dependent care, and transit flexible spending accounts
- Skills trainings, 1:1 support, and continuing education
Company values
- We find strength in diversity: We believe diverse teams are inherently more effective and are essential to understanding the range of challenges the country faces and responding accordingly.
- We try new things, learn, and grow together: We approach every new project and problem with a growth mindset, experimenting and learning through feedback. We are facing unconventional challenges, which means doing unconventional things and taking bold swings that others might not be willing to take.
- We aspire to a culture of care and balance: Our success will depend upon our creativity, imagination, commitment, and sense of the possible—these things require rest, trust, and a sense of belonging. We are stronger and more resilient as a team because we always do our best to treat each other with kindness and respect.
- We value being together, but work from everywhere: As a remote-first organization, we have been figuring out how to build community while working across the country since our founding. We invest in the systems and processes that allow us to do our best work, no matter where we are.
Leadership
Ian B.
(Executive Director)Former Director Of Partnerships at GiveDirectly. Previously Deputy Counsel to the Mayor of New York City.