Democracy Forward Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal services and public policy research organization in Washington, D.C.
Founded in 2017, the organization works to expose and litigate corruption in the Executive Branch of the United States government.
[1][2] Notable examples of the group's work include Canoe Cruisers Association v. United States Coast Guard,[3] VoteVets v. Department of Veterans Affairs,[4] and City of Columbus v.
[5] On June 2, 2023, Democracy Forward launched a lawsuit on behalf of a coalition of Arkansas librarians, booksellers, and customers, which challenged parts of the Arkansas Act 372 that aimed to introduce criminal penalties for librarians and booksellers who provided materials deemed "harmful to minors".
[9] The group filed lawsuits opposing a number of executive orders signed early in the second Trump administration, including those mostly shuttering USAID,[10] offering a brief window for "deferred resignation" by federal employees,[11][12] and freezing up to $3 trillion in federal spending.