Rescue and Defend Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832431879
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Willow Springs, MO, USA
Phone
4172520640
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,624
Expenses
$78,997
Assets
$8,444
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Steve Dunlap (President)

People named in this filing

  • Steve Dunlap (President)
  • Leon Topp (Secretary)

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

Charitable

What it reported doing in 2025

During the calendar year 2024, Rescue and Defend LLC provided various services, which include: A. Supporting an Intervention and Prevention program which attempts to protect minor children from being driven from a life of poverty to becoming victims of exploitation through human sex trafficking. B. Rescue and Defend LLC has volunteer associates that work covert operations to assist law enforcement agencies in building cases that will lead to the arrests of human traffickers and the rescues of victims of sex trafficking. C. Rescue and Defend LLC also has an associate that assists street prostitutes with the majority being drug and alcohol addicts as well. Our services range from providing basic care needs to find placement in drug rehabilitation facilities. In addition, effort is made to reintegrate the prostitutes with their families. D. Rescue and Defend LLC has and is still collaborating with other like NGOs and law enforcement agencies. The number of people benefiting from our services is never constant and is always changing. An approximate number for last year would be 90.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

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: -11.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.