Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Defend US Inc
The organization works to defend, protect, and advance bedrock American values.
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $13k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Defend US Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $220k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $485k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americans Keep Country First | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Join or Die PAC | $170,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Nation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservatives for our Future | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Exceptionalism Institute | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Win it Back PAC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Build and protect OK | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Policy Coalition · American Advancement · A Public Voice Inc
How this is measured
About Defend US Inc
- How much does Defend US Inc give?
- Defend US Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $12,500, out of $27,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Defend US Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (99%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Who are Defend US Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Americans Keep Country First ($225k), Join or Die PAC ($170k), One Nation ($150k).
- Does Defend US Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Defend US Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Policy Coalition, American Advancement, A Public Voice Inc.
- Where is Defend US Inc based?
- Defend US Inc is based in DC.
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