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Center for Democracy and Technology

non-profit organization in the USA
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Center for Democracy and Technology

Summary

Center for Democracy and Technology is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Center for Democracy and Technology's field of work was privacy[3].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's field of work was data[4].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's field of work was freedom of speech[5].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's field of work was security[6].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's field of work was surveillance[7].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's field of work was Internet anonymity[8].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[9].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology was a member of Re:Create Coalition[10].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology was a member of Coalition for Independent Technology Research[11].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology is located in Washington, D.C.[12].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology is located in Brussels[13].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology is in the country of United States[14].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[15].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's founder is recorded as Daniel Weitzner[16].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[17].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's Commons category is recorded as Center for Democracy and Technology[18].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's chairperson is recorded as Nuala O'Connor[19].
  • December 1994 marks the founding of Center for Democracy and Technology[20].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's official website is recorded as https://cdt.org[21].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's phone number is recorded as +1(202)-637-9800[22].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)'}[23].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's legal form is recorded as nonprofit organization[24].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[25].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CDT'}[26].
  • Center for Democracy and Technology's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+4878909'}[27].

Body

Founding

Center for Democracy and Technology's founder is recorded as Daniel Weitzner[16]. December 1994 marks the founding of it[20].

Identity

Center for Democracy and Technology's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)'}[23]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CDT'}[26].

Leadership

Center for Democracy and Technology's chairperson is recorded as Nuala O'Connor[19].

Operations

Center for Democracy and Technology's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[17].

Industry

Fields of work include privacy[3]; data[4]; freedom of speech[5], a civil liberties[28]; security[6], a type of property[29]; surveillance[7], an activity[30]; and Internet anonymity[8].

Why It Matters

Center for Democracy and Technology ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . recreatecoalition.org. Retrieved . recreatecoalition.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . cdt.org. Retrieved . cdt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . cdt.org. Retrieved . cdt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · NGOgo · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 2
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+4878909'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+5674537'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+9330166'} +11
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58007|batch #58007]]: eu-transparency-finances"
  2. 15w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → Washington, D.C.
    Legal form → nonprofit organization, 501(c)(3) organization
    X (twitter) username → cendemtech, cdteu, CenDemTech
    Charity navigator id (obsolete) → 10637
    + 49 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: Center_for_Democracy_and_Technology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322917|Center for Democracy and Technology (#294322917)]] in [[:too"
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