Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Defending American Values Coalition
Defending American Values Coalition (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,867,500 to it, the largest being FAIR COUNT INC ($6,467,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $8.9M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Defending American Values Coalition does
Mission
It is the mission of Defending American Values Coalition (DAVC) to build capacity for engaging and equipping individuals and organizations to effectively advocate for and defend diversity, equity and inclusion against coordinated anti-DEI efforts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
DAVC produced materials to explicate the history of the DEI movement as a fundamental part of American history. Deployed national paid media campaign to build further awareness of the organization and the importance of defending DEI.
$1,746,309 spent50% of program spendingDAVC launched a virtual EveryDay DEI training series that explained the anti-DEI agenda and the strength of the DEI movement; Conducted Train the Trainer workshops to make the case for DEI and to stand firm in their work.
$1,047,785 spent30% of program spendingDAVC gained insight into individual understandings of DEI, the American Dream, and DEI as a centuries long movement. We connected with organizations to grow our base of supporters and ensure that they are engaged on a regular basis.
$698,524 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,492,618.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $72k to $3.2M (+4344%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Defending American Values Coalition’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Andrea Abrams
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Defending American Values Coalition’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
Defending American Values Coalition leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 Defending American Values Coalition.
“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
Defending American Values Coalition draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Defending American Values Coalition runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 978 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 978 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Defending American Values Coalition
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Defending American Values Coalition: 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 Defending American Values Coalition?
- Defending American Values Coalition (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,867,500 to it, the largest being FAIR COUNT INC ($6,467,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Defending American Values Coalition have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $8,867,500 in grants to Defending American Values Coalition, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Defending American Values Coalition?
- FAIR COUNT INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,467,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Defending American Values Coalition 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing