Totals
- Total revenue
- $177,473
- Total expenses
- $253,819
- Contributions and grants received
- $223,579
- Grants paid
- $530
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- -$46,106
- Total assets, end of year
- $115,117
- Total liabilities, end of year
- -$50
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $115,167
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $223,340
- Management and general expenses
- $30,479
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $223,340
Program services were 88.0% 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.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$105,820
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$117,759
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$71,262
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$105,820
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$117,368
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$46,106
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $530 · program services $530
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,254 · management and general $4,254
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $201 · program services $61 · management and general $140
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $13,526 · program services $4,058 · management and general $9,468
-
13 · Office expenses
total $4,425 · program services $2,265 · management and general $2,160
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $7,365 · program services $7,365
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $410 · program services $410
-
23 · Insurance
total $894 · program services $602 · management and general $292
-
24a · Other expenses: Veterans assistance
total $140,703 · program services $140,703
-
24b · Other expenses: Programs brain treatment, equine therapy, skills event
total $45,278 · program services $45,278
-
24c · Other expenses: Morale builder events
total $11,195 · program services $11,195
-
24d · Other expenses: K9 training
total $9,442 · program services $9,442
-
24e · All other expenses
total $15,596 · program services $1,431 · management and general $14,165
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $191,463 · end of year $111,427
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,100
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$410
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $3,690
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year -$50 · end of year -$50
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $191,513 · end of year $115,167
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
To support deployed troops, provide emergency financial assistance and aid to veterans, help with job searches, facilitate morale supporting activities, and assist in the general transition to civilian life.
-
Defenders of Freedom paid emergency assistance for housing homeless, paying rents/mortgages to keep Veterans from becoming homeless, utiliities, car payments, insurance, repairs, and miscellaneous items.
Expenses $149,425 · Grants $530
-
Alternative brain treatment for combat Veterans with traumatic brain injuries, free of charge to the Veterans. They go to a clinic in Colorado for a two week intensive therapy.
Expenses $53,999
-
Morale Support for Veterans includes Veterans joining in activities for support with each other. Golfing and shooting are our two biggest activities we provide to Veterans to connect with one another.
Expenses $19,916
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Bryan Watson
President - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Robert J Casey II
V/P - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Ryan Hatch
V/P - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
James Fawcett
V/P - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Aaron Melius
Secretary - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Adam Whitaker
Treasurer - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Donna Cranston
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Brian Hughes
President - Kansas City
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
-
Brandi Hughes
Sec/Treas - Kansas City
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
-
Chris Blom
Vice President - Kansas City
- Total calculated
- $0
-
Jamie Wells
President - Florida
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Rob Vickers
Director - Florida
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Martin Angulo
Director - Florida
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michelle Caldwell
Director - Florida
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Travis Schefcik
Director - Florida
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202433209349323408
Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.
The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.