Workers Defense Project Inc

Analysis

Workers Defense Project Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Workers Defense Project Inc reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.1m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $3.8m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Workers Defense Project Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Joaquin a Plus Inc ($3.8m), Sigma Chi Leadership Institute ($3.8m) and French-American School of Rhode Island ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. It paid $16k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $12.1m against liabilities of $356k, net assets of $11.8m. It reported 14 employees.