National Democratic Institute
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The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports and strengthens democratic institutions and practices around the world through citizen participation, openness, and accountability in government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| International Forum for Democratic Studies | 2 |
| National Democratic Institute canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7394828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Democratic Institute Context triple: [David Plouffe, boardMemberOf, National Democratic Institute]
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A.
National Endowment for Democracy
The National Endowment for Democracy is a U.S.-based nonprofit foundation that supports and promotes democratic institutions, human rights, and civil society around the world through grants and advocacy.
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B.
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan U.S. government institute dedicated to preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflicts worldwide through research, training, and policy engagement.
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C.
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions was an American think tank and discussion forum, active mainly in the mid-20th century, that brought together scholars, public figures, and intellectuals to debate and develop ideas about democracy, governance, and public policy.
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D.
U.S. Democracy Program
The U.S. Democracy Program is a Hewlett Foundation initiative that supports efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, reduce political polarization, and promote responsive, inclusive governance in the United States.
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E.
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is a principal OSCE body responsible for promoting democracy, rule of law, human rights, and election observation across participating states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Democratic Institute Target entity description: The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports and strengthens democratic institutions and practices around the world through citizen participation, openness, and accountability in government.
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A.
National Endowment for Democracy
The National Endowment for Democracy is a U.S.-based nonprofit foundation that supports and promotes democratic institutions, human rights, and civil society around the world through grants and advocacy.
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B.
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan U.S. government institute dedicated to preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflicts worldwide through research, training, and policy engagement.
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C.
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions was an American think tank and discussion forum, active mainly in the mid-20th century, that brought together scholars, public figures, and intellectuals to debate and develop ideas about democracy, governance, and public policy.
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D.
U.S. Democracy Program
The U.S. Democracy Program is a Hewlett Foundation initiative that supports efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, reduce political polarization, and promote responsive, inclusive governance in the United States.
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E.
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is a principal OSCE body responsible for promoting democracy, rule of law, human rights, and election observation across participating states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| fieldOfWork |
civil society strengthening
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democracy assistance ⓘ elections and political processes ⓘ governance ⓘ technology and democracy ⓘ women’s political participation ⓘ youth political participation ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Democratic Party–aligned leaders in the United States
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National Endowment for Democracy ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
United States government grants
ⓘ
individual donors ⓘ other democratic governments ⓘ private foundations ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
anti-corruption initiatives
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civic education ⓘ digital democracy and information integrity initiatives ⓘ election monitoring and observation missions ⓘ local governance support ⓘ open government and transparency projects ⓘ parliamentary strengthening ⓘ political party strengthening ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1983 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit ⓘ |
| mission | to support and strengthen democratic institutions and practices worldwide ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | 501(c)(3) ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
linked to:
Caribbean and Latin America
Middle East and North Africa ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | National Endowment for Democracy network ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | nonpartisan ⓘ |
| purpose |
promotion of democracy
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promotion of government accountability ⓘ promotion of government openness ⓘ strengthening citizen participation in politics ⓘ support for democratic institutions ⓘ |
| shortName | NDI ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ndi.org/ ⓘ |
| worksWith |
civil society organizations
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democracy activists ⓘ election management bodies ⓘ legislatures ⓘ political parties ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Democratic Institute Description of subject: The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports and strengthens democratic institutions and practices around the world through citizen participation, openness, and accountability in government.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Democratic Institute
linked to: National Democratic Institute