Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Defenders of Liberty
Defenders of Liberty (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $350k
- Net assets
- $0
What Defenders of Liberty does
Mission
To engage in activities that promote the free participation of diverse voices in the democratic process, including through policy advocacy, non-partisan voter registration, litigation, and other permissible means; and to promote social welfare within the meaning of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (as amended), or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code and the regulations relating thereto as issued by the Department of the Treasury.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promoted and managed non-partisan voter registration efforts to register and engage citizens in the democratic process to ensure that every eligible voter is able to make their voice heard.
$762,579 spent48% of program spendingExecuted state-based legislative advocacy program encouraging citizens to contact state legislators to overturn anti-democratic restrictions.
$814,304 spent52% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,576,883.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Defenders of Liberty’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Defenders of Liberty leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Defenders of Liberty.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Defenders of Liberty's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like Defenders of Liberty
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Defenders of Liberty: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Defenders of Liberty?
- Defenders of Liberty (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Defenders of Liberty have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $350,000 in grants to Defenders of Liberty.
- Who is the largest funder of Defenders of Liberty?
- OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Defenders of Liberty find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing