Defense Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264349604
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
4155977200
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Reported finances

Expenses
$970
Assets
$222,985

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The defense fund, inc. Provides for the support and defense of local unions and union employees who are victimized in the pursuit of democratic reform of union governance, and protects the financial and representative interests of international unions that are threatened by anti-democratic forces.

What it reported doing in 2011

To provide for expenses for communications and research to develop public and labor movement awareness; to provide support for the continuance of unite here international union as a single entity; to provide for expenses including attorney's fees, incurred in the protection or recovery of unite here international union assets and payment of rents, utilities and taxes for real property.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 229.88; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -196.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $970 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.