National Defense Briefing Series Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882300431
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Plano, TX, USA
Phone
2143947142
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,095
Expenses
$193,991
Assets
$44,935
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Charles Daniels (President)
  • John Campbell (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Charles Daniels (President)
  • John Campbell (Vice President)
  • Ted Puchacz (Board Member)

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

To bring to the public's attention vital matters involving national security and defense to allow the public to make informed decisions when interacting with their elected government.

What it reported doing in 2025

Great Power Competition - Russia, Iran, China and the Axis of Resistance, July2025. Panelists discussed the relationship between Russia and Iran and the latter's participation in the War in Ukraine. They showed that this war changed the way military leaders in the future will fight wars on land, but it has also challenged the rules-based order that has been in place since the end of World War II. The new dynamic is the growing economic military, political cooperation amongst Iran, the People's Republic of China, Iran and North Korea. There were 170 guests in attendance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.7%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 28.6%; rating input score 29

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -56.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -38.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -87.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.7% of revenue deployed · 28.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.