Nonprofit screen
Screen a listCitizens Defending Freedom Foundation Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$5.9Mrevenue
FY2025 · +262% in 3 yrs37staff
4 of 4years filed
’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin33.6%
Months of reserve2.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+53.6%
Middle half of peersMedianCitizens Defending Freedom
Where the money goes FY2025 · $3.9M spent
Programs$3.0M76%Management and general$663k17%Fundraising$257k7%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 12% of revenue stopped after FY2022
The Dunn Foundation gave $200k in FY2022, 12% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$1.4M in FY2023 and −$218k in FY2024. Cash covers 2.3 months, under the peer median of 5.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 54% a year since FY2022, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort15funders
$852ka year, last 3 years
25%from its largest funder
Funder’21’22’23Epic Affect IncEvery year since FY2021$50k$100k$458kThe Dunn FoundationOn and off$200kAlliance Defending FreedomOn and off$50kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$31k$1.7M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund