Defend Life Inc

Analysis

Defend Life Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 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, Defend Life Inc reported income of $78k and spending of $85k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $118k to $78k (-34%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Defend Life Inc sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masterwork Inc ($78k), Juanita Elementary PTA ($78k) and Parent Booster USA Inc ($78k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $123k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $123k.