DEMOCRATIZING INNOVATION INSTITUTE INC
EIN 81-1692087 · Educational Services (B90)
What they do
IN FALL 2025 and SPRING 2026, THE DEMOCRATIZING INNOVATION INSTITUTE DELIVERED COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS -- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP and LEADING CHANGE for SUSTAINABILITY -- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITIES and COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS FIVE COUNTRIES, EQUIPPING OVER 230 STUDENTS WITH THE MINDSET, FRAMEWORKS, and PRACTICAL SKILLS to DRIVE INNOVATION and SOCIAL IMPACT. PARTNER INSTITUTIONS INCLUDED BRAC UNIVERSITY (BANGLADESH), THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of CENTRAL ASIA (KYRGYZSTAN), THE UNIVERSITY of THE PHILIPPINES OPEN UNIVERSITY, EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY (LITHUANIA), and STREETBIZ FOUNDATION (SOUTH AFRICA), ALONGSIDE AN OPEN COHORT DRAWING PARTICIPANTS FROM PALESTINE, AFGHANISTAN, MYANMAR, and THE UNITED STATES. STUDENTS COMPLETED 67 TEAM PROJECTS -- 28 IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP and 39 IN LEADING CHANGE for SUSTAINABILITY -- ADDRESSING REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES for CLIENTS INCLUDING OXFAM BANGLADESH, BRAC, SOLSHARE, LIGHTCASTLE PARTNERS, and THE GREENER GARMENTS IN
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ALEJANDRO CRAWFORDPRESIDENT
TUBA ERBILSECRETARY AND TREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2016
- Location
- 210 W 101ST ST APT 3B, NEW YORK, NY 10025-5029
- County
- New York
- In care of
- ALEJANDRO CRAWFORD
- Primary officer
- ALEJANDRO CRAWFORD, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SALVATOR GOLDHAMER & COMPANY CPAS PC
- NTEE classification
- Educational Services (B90)
- IRS tax category
- Educational Services