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WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT INC

EIN 35-2296166 AUSTIN, TX

Largest nonprofits in Texas

Revenue 2024
$3,814,186
Expenses 2024
$4,711,359

Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B21
Classification
1200
Street
5604 MANOR RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT IS A MEMBER-LED ORGANIZATION THAT ORGANIZES LATINE IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN TEXAS TO FIGHT FOR DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

  • EMPLOYMENT AND LEGAL SERVICES: THROUGH WORKERS DEFENSE EMPLOYMENT LEGAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WE ORGANIZE WITH WORKERS TO SUPPORT THEM IN ADDRESSING WORKPLACE ISSUES LIKE WAGE THEFT, UNSAFE CONDITIONS, RETALIATION ETC. WE SUPPORT THEM WITH THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THAT WORK AND ENSURE THAT THOSE WORKERS STAY INVOLVED IN OUR LARGER WORK IN SUPPORT OF WORKER JUSTICE IN TEXAS. WE TRAIN WORKERS ON THEIR LABOR RIGHTS SO THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AT THE JOB.

    Expenses $973,408 · Grants $126,810 · Revenue $49,076

  • ORGANIZING: ORGANIZING IS AT THE HEART OF ALL OF OUR WORK, BUT THROUGH THE ORGANIZING DEPARTMENT WE WORK TO INCREASE OUR BASE OF MEMBERS, PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TRAININGS TO OUR CURRENT MEMBERS AND TOGETHER RUN ISSUE CAMPAIGNS THAT HELP TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WORKERS AND IMMIGRANTS IN TEXAS.

    Expenses $1,484,656 · Grants $494,064

  • BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM: WE WORK TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN TEXAS AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH DEVELOPERS OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SET HIGH STANDARDS FOR WORKSITES TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS ARE SAFE AT THE JOB AND HAVE GOOD BENEFITS THAT ALLOW THEM TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $1,395,351 · Grants $250,000

  • EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: THIS PROJECT RECOGNIZES THAT AT TIMES THERE ARE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY; IN 2024 THERE WERE TWO BIG STORMS THAT IMPACTED THE HOUSTON AREA AND THE DALLAS AREA. THOSE STORMS LEFT A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS STRUGGLING TO REPLACE LOST FOOD, DAMAGES TO THEIR HOMES AND LOST HOURS OF WORK. THIS PROJECT PROVIDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF GRANTS TO IMPACTED COMMUNITIES THAT REACHED OUT FOR SUPPORT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORMS.

    Expenses $37,615 · Grants $37,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Isaac Faz

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oscar Torres Mendez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia De Leon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juliana Cruz Kerker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eva Marroquin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elsa Flores

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mirna Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phillip Schmandt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Huerta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Myrna Mendez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Webber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lizeth Chacon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $167,837
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $144,000
    Other
    $23,837
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $108,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $35,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,320 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,517 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $167,837 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,814,186
    Expenses
    $4,711,359
    Contributions
    $3,758,867
    Grants paid
    $907,874
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,835,536
    Expenses
    $3,073,654
    Contributions
    $3,731,392
    Grants paid
    $442,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,576,258
    Expenses
    $2,724,058
    Contributions
    $8,564,748
    Grants paid
    $358,319

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,939,258
    Expenses
    $3,707,932
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,969,244

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,693,227
    Expenses
    $6,321,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,804,864

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,277,932
    Expenses
    $2,838,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,957,273

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,930,104
    Expenses
    $2,645,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,499,440

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,365,086
    Expenses
    $2,421,364
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,273,135

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,738,151
    Expenses
    $1,692,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,130,908

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,958,255
    Expenses
    $1,592,648
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,490,210

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,958,254
    Expenses
    $1,272,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,810,670

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,098,732
    Expenses
    $958,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,110,384

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $869,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,051,673

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2007

Tax period
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
Principal officer
Cristina Tzintzun
Mailing address
PO Box 6423Austin TX 78762
Website
www.workersdefense.org
Doing business as
Interfaith Worker Justice

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • WORKERS DEFENSE ACTION FUND

    501(C)(4) · ENGAGE WORKING TEXANS IN ELECTORAL AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES · TX

  • WORKERS DEFENSE IN ACTION PAC

    527 · TO EDUCATE VOTERS ABOUT CANDIDATES AND ISSUES · TX

  • WORKERS DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC

    527 · TO EDUCATE HISTORICALLY UNDER-REPRESENTED VOTERS ABOUT CANDIDATES AND ISSUES · TX

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2022 return

  • CERTIFICATION ASSOCIATES INC

    C · CONSTRUCTION SAFETY · DE · 100% owned · share of income $93,597 · share of assets $322,558 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.