Derrick Johnsons Defend the Dream Foundation

Analysis

Derrick Johnsons Defend the Dream Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bee Cave, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Derrick Johnsons Defend the Dream Foundation reported income of $217k and spending of $188k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $131k to $217k (+66%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Derrick Johnsons Defend the Dream Foundation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Millennium Foundation ($217k), Telha Foundation ($217k) and Books for International Goodwill Foundation Inc ($217k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $111k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $111k.