Defenders of Freedom

Analysis

Defenders of Freedom is a registered charity in United States, based in Coppell, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 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, Defenders of Freedom reported income of $177k and spending of $254k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $643k to $177k (-72%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 85%. 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, Defenders of Freedom sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 55th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Your Second Family ($177k), Children of Mehr Foundation ($177k) and One Ministry Atlanta Inc ($177k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 126% of the total. At year end it held assets of $115k against liabilities of -$50, net assets of $115k.