Defenders LE/MC
Legal name: Defenders Motorcycle Club Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 412141638
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2007
- Location
- Greenbriar, TN, USA
- Phone
- 2393404236
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,687
- Expenses
- $84,377
- Assets
- $161,842
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDWARD PRINCIPE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EDWARD PRINCIPE (PRESIDENT)
- CHRIS SCHEUCH (VICE PRESIDE)
- MIKE MCQUAY (LT. AT ARMS)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Defenders motorcycle club is a fraternal motorcycle club for active and retired law enforcement, emergency services, military and public safety professionals. Our goal is to promote solidarity through the sport of motorcycling and brotherhood. Our commitments are to each other, our families and our communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Contributions to injured or fallen defenders to cover funeral or medical costs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.8%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 5.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.