Democracy Forward Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and non-partisan

legal services In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiations and court proceedings such as lawsuits, and is applied to the professi ...

and

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

research organization in

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

Founded in 2017, the organization works to expose and litigate corruption in the Executive Branch of the

United States government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a feder ...

. Democracy Forward does not disclose the source of its start-up or ongoing funding on its website. Composed of litigators, researchers, and communications strategists, the organization brings legal action against the agencies and executives of the U.S. government on behalf of individuals, organizations, and municipalities in the United States. Notable examples of the group's work include '' Canoe Cruisers Association v.

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...

'', ''

VoteVets VoteVets.org is a political action committee (PAC) and 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization in the United States. The organization prioritizes American defense, national security, and veterans advocacy. It was co-founded in 2006 by Jon Soltz and ...

Department of Veterans Affairs The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers an ...

'', and ''City of Columbus v. Trump''. On 2 June 2023 Democracy Forward launched a lawsuit, on behalf of a coalition of Arkansas librarians, booksellers, and customers, challenging

Arkansas Act 372 Arkansas Act 372 was signed by the Arkansas governor on March 31 and is scheduled to go into effect in August 2023. Sections one and five of Arkansas Act 372 expose librarians and booksellers to criminal penalties, which includes up to a year in pri ...

References

Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Government watchdog groups in the United States {{US-org-stub