Defense Priorities Foundation

Analysis

Defense Priorities Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Defense Priorities Foundation reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $600k to $2.5m (+308%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Defense Priorities Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brookview House Inc ($2.4m), The Center That C a R E S Children Adult Recreational and ($2.5m) and Change Reaction ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $282k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $886k against liabilities of $62k, net assets of $824k. It reported 20 employees.