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ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC

ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being RESPONSIVE GOV ACTION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100k
Net assets
$873k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Election Defense Fund Inc does

Mission

Election defense fund, inc. Promotes the integrity of the election process and confidence in election results by supporting election officials (including providing legal defense when election officials are sued in their personal capacity for election-related issues), and educating and empowering voters regarding the importance of election integrity and participating in elections.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Election defense fund has continued to drive increased confidence in elections through educating the public and policy makers on election integrity and the importance of participating in elections. Election defense fund has accomplished this via mailers and digital advertisements educating voters on why they should trust elections and that they can be confident participating in elections. Election defense fund has also assisted in the defense of an election official who has been sued due to statements about his work in elections. Election defense fund continues to have conversations with other election officials who fear they may face harassment or lawsuits about how election defense fund may be able to help defend the crucial work of election officials.

    $762,276 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $762,276.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC’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.

Where its funders are

ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 1 state in all.

IL

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.

04Its place in the field

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In Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 0%Fundraising 8%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC: 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 ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC?
ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being RESPONSIVE GOV ACTION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC.
Who is the largest funder of ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC?
RESPONSIVE GOV ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ELECTION DEFENSE FUND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 1 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