Protect Our Defenders Foundation % Russell H Miller

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454044997
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sarasota, FL, USA
Phone
7036390396
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Sexual Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,622
Expenses
$192,969
Assets
$602,361
Liabilities
$2,772

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NANCY PARRISH (CHAIR & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • NANCY PARRISH (CHAIR & CEO)
  • DAVIS WEINSTOCK II (CO-CHAIR)
  • PAULA COUGHLIN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule o. Drive systemic institutional change in the us military by eliminating sexual assault, harassment and misogyny, discrimination, and retaliatory behavior toward victims (service members, family members, veterans and civilians) through public awareness, pro-bono legal services, research, policy reform and mentoring. Promote reform of the military justice system to protect the rights and support the lives of survivors.

What it reported doing in 2025

Advocacy, policy and research programs (see schedule o)the foundation engages in projects to educate the public, policy makers, military, opinion leaders, and survivors about the culture of misogyny, epidemic of military sexual violence and victim retaliation for reporting sexual assault. Advocacy, policy and research programs: the foundation engages in projects to educate the public, policy makers, military, opinion leaders, and survivors about the culture of misogyny, epidemic of military sexual violence and victim retaliation for reporting sexual assault. The foundation also educates on how the culture and crisis erode military values and national security. The foundation provides research findings, expertise, and advice based on data-driven analysis related to problems of sexual violence, victim retaliation, discrimination of women, minorities, and lgbtq. It partners with nationally recognized organizations in furtherance thereof. Through policy recommendations and advocacy, the foundation addresses roadblocks to justice and va care and benefits for survivors. Accomplishments (2024) the foundation successfully engaged the media to cover these issues and numerous members of congress to discuss potential solutions, especially through the lens of the individual service members, their families, veterans, and civilian survivors. It leads the national debate regarding this crisis and its wide- ranging adverse effects in the military, civilian communities, and national security.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $44.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -130.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.12; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $187K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.