The International Endowment for Democracy, or IED, is a U.S. non-profit organization founded in 2006 to help people bring back democracy in the USA. Although founded in the USA and based in New York, its funding comes almost entirely from non-governmental organizations and individuals outside the USA. The IED was named so in ironic reference and opposition to the National Endowment for Democracy or NED.
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