Defense of Marriage Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460855965
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7023847111
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,000
Expenses
$23,721
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • G MARK ALBRIGHT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • G MARK ALBRIGHT (PRESIDENT)
  • LISA P NELSON (SECRETARY)
  • KEVIN B CHRISTENSEN (TREASURER)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide the necessary funds to promote the public interest in defending the Nevada marriage amendment, so as to protect and promote the institution of traditional marriage as only between a male and a female person in the state of Nevada, and to educate the public about important issues affecting the institution of marriage to the extent necessary to solicit monetary contributions to pay the legal defense costs, expenses and fees relating to the Nevada marriage amendment litigation and any other similar lawsuits or legal proceedings in the united states relating to traditional marriage between a male and a female person, and to carryon other activities associated with these goals as allowed by law.

What it reported doing in 2015

Solicit contributions and raise money to pay the legal defense costs, expenses and fees which are necessary to protect (a) the civil rights and legal interests of the Nevada voters who passed the Nevada marriage amendment, including the legal defense costs, expenses and fees of the coalition for the protection of marriage, a Nevada non-profit corporation, which was the proponent of the Nevada marriage amendment, and (b) the civil rights and legal interests of other persons in other lawsuits or legal proceedings in the united states relating to traditional marriage between a male and a female person.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -57.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -129.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2015
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.