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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEFENDING RIGHTS AND DISSENT INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 11 June 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the later return

  • Char Gibbons
  • Darakshan Raja
  • Sue Udry

Totals

Total revenue
$1,379,891
Total expenses
$1,198,452
Contributions and grants received
$1,347,786
Grants paid
$35,685
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$30,195
Other revenue
$1,910
Total assets, end of year
$1,919,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,597
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,894,044
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$909,572
Management and general expenses
$217,832
Fundraising expenses
$71,048
Program service expenses (Part III)
$909,572

Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $356

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,347,430

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,195 · related or exempt $30,195

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: SALES, HONORARIA

    total $1,910 · related or exempt $1,910

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,910

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $19,880 · program services $19,880

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $15,805 · program services $15,805

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $684,322 · program services $524,361 · management and general $113,968 · fundraising $45,993

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,624 · program services $39,921 · management and general $10,444 · fundraising $3,259

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,674 · program services $46,000 · management and general $8,188 · fundraising $3,486

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,380 · management and general $16,380

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $175,083 · program services $139,405 · management and general $26,335 · fundraising $9,343

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $55 · program services $53 · management and general $2

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,624 · program services $4,138 · management and general $2,075 · fundraising $411

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,808 · program services $12,077 · management and general $11,555 · fundraising $2,176

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,640 · program services $17,089 · management and general $6,352 · fundraising $4,199

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $58,700 · program services $54,747 · management and general $3,460 · fundraising $493

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $992 · management and general $992

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,175 · program services $38 · management and general $4,137

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $6,757 · program services $666 · management and general $6,091

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $33,341 · program services $26,961 · management and general $5,182 · fundraising $1,198

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $10,475 · program services $7,314 · management and general $2,671 · fundraising $490

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $1,117 · program services $1,117

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $986,443 · end of year $763,541

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $417,550 · end of year $357,012

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $15,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,963 · end of year $23,190

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $15,523

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $14,740

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,775 · end of year $783

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $550,209 · end of year $760,115

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,895 · end of year $25,597

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $275,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,161,385 · end of year $1,123,165

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $497,660 · end of year $770,879

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DEFENDING RIGHTS AND DISSENT PROTECTS THE RIGHT OF POLITICAL EXPRESSION TO STRENGTHEN PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTY VIA PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, GATHERINGS AND SHARING OF RESOURCES TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

  • GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN PROTEST RIGHTS,

    Expenses $406,644

  • MUSLIMS FOR JUST FUTURES PROJECT, POWER BUILDING IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES

    Expenses $381,130 · Grants $35,685 · Revenue $726,040

  • MUSLIM COUNTERPUBLICS LAB PROJECT, CREATING A RADICAL DISCURSIVE

    Expenses $121,798 · Revenue $215,046

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • S Meinrath

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Berman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Rufo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fadi Saba

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • D Goldhamer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jilisa Milton

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shahid Buttar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • S Al-Wakeel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arun Gupta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • DC ALLIANCE

    $15,000

    JUSTICE

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

  • no cash amount reported

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202442679349301014

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