Defense Orientation Conference Association

Analysis

Defense Orientation Conference Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Burke, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Defense Orientation Conference Association reported income of $634k and spending of $541k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from October 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $588k to $634k (+7.8%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 274%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Defense Orientation Conference Association sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Health Volunteers Overseas ($633k), Impact Nations International Ministries Inc ($634k) and Fundacion Costa Rica-Estados Unidos de America Para LA Cooperation ($633k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 61% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $89k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 1 employees.