Which countries does the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) decide to support with foreign assistance, and how is this decision made? The question has been well-studied using foreign broadly defined. Here I look specifically at how USAID distributed foreign assistance for democratization, using the donor interest and recipient need models. I analyze 129 low and middle income countries that are not fully democratized between 1990-2001. Using logistic regression to predict receipt of aid, I find that countries that are more democratic and engage in fewer human rights violations are more likely to receive democracy assistance. Also, a stronger arms trade relationship with the U.S. negatively impacts receipt of aid for democratization, which may be because countries buying arms are involved in conflict, and not prepared to democratize. Recipient need for democracy has a minimal effect on receipt of aid, and only in some years. Aside from the total 12-year panel, I test the differences between 1990-95 and 1996-01 for shifts in the global climate, and 1990-92, 1993-2000, and 2001 corresponding to presidential terms.