Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEFENDING RIGHTS AND DISSENT INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 30 August 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,347,430
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2e · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $30,195 · related or exempt $30,195 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $0 · personal property $0
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0 · personal property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $0 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$0
10b · Cost of goods sold

$0
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11a · Other revenue: Gift Novelty and Souvenir Stores

total $1,910 · related or exempt $1,910 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11b · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11c · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $346,880 · program services $277,667 · management and general $32,346 · fundraising $36,868
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $337,442 · program services $246,694 · management and general $81,622 · fundraising $9,125
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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
11a · Fees: management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $16,380 · program services $0 · management and general $16,380 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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 · fundraising $0
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
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

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

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

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

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $992 · program services $0 · management and general $992 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $4,175 · program services $38 · management and general $4,137 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

total $6,757 · program services $666 · management and general $6,091 · fundraising $0
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 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

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
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $15,000
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $25,895 · end of year $25,597
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $275,000 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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 & Dissent defends the American peoples right to know and freedom to act through grassroots mobilization public education policy expertise and advocacy journalism.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWER COMMUNITIES AND 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 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND PROTECT AGAINST GOVERNMENT SPYING.

Expenses $406,644
MUSLIMS FOR JUST FUTURES PROJECT POWER BUILDING IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLECTIVE CARE ORGANIZING ADVOCACY AND MOVEMENT BUILDING.

Expenses $381,130 · Grants $35,685 · Revenue $726,040
MUSLIM COUNTERPUBLICS LAB PROJECT CREATING A RADICAL DISCURSIVE SPACE FOCUSED OM COMBATING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION ROOTED IN ISLAMOPHOBIA THRIUGH ADVOCACY RESEARCH WRITING ORGANIZING AND VICTIM-CENTERED SUPPORT.

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
DARAKSHAN RAJA

EMPLOYEE

Total calculated

$120,660

From this org

$113,660

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,000

Hours/week

40
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
EMILY BERMAN

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
S AL-WAKEEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHAHID BUTTAR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHAR GIBBONS

EMPLOYEE

Total calculated

$116,494

From this org

$109,494

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,000

Hours/week

1 + 40 related
ARUN GUPTA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SUE UDRY

EXEC DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$140,726

From this org

$123,726

From related orgs

$0

Other

$17,000

Hours/week

40

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

Education and grassroots organizing in Washington DC for police accountability

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 11 June 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202511629349300501

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