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DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

EIN 20-1795631 COPPELL, TX

Revenue 2024
$612,968
Expenses 2024
$685,497

Program services were 93.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P58
Classification
1000
Street
320 S STATE HIGHWAY 121 N STE 208

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 6157), covering 5 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Defenders of Freedom is committed to supporting Post 9/11 Veterans with emergency financial assistance, treatment for traumatic brain injury and morale building activities, for a smooth transition to civilian life.

  • Brain treatment for combat Veterans with traumatic brain injuries, free of charge to the Veterans. This includes travel, lodging, brain treatment, supplements, and transportation as needed.

    Expenses $625,642 · Grants $415,221

  • 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 $13,024

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Donna Cranston

    Founder Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $42,000
    From this org
    $42,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36

  • Erin Morris

    Director/Legal Counselor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Maness

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Emminger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Libby Laurent

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $612,968
    Expenses
    $685,497
    Contributions
    $594,610
    Grants paid
    $416,421
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $797,446
    Expenses
    $668,826
    Contributions
    $751,670
    Grants paid
    $399,540
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $773,197
    Expenses
    $694,838
    Contributions
    $862,619
    Grants paid
    $420,480

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
    $521,336
    Expenses
    $515,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,242

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $562,569
    Expenses
    $589,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,572

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $565,363
    Expenses
    $559,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,473

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $574,021
    Expenses
    $601,231
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,042

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $459,183
    Expenses
    $436,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,606

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $250,794
    Expenses
    $294,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,291

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $393,276
    Expenses
    $289,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $151,866

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,067
    Expenses
    $281,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,221

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $534,788
    Expenses
    $657,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,306

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $165,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $485,481

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.

Grants made

  • Coast X Coast Foundation

    $60,000

    2022

  • Heroes on the Water

    $5,000

    2022

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 GROUP.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.