Texans Defending Democracy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883551959
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- North Richland Hills, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8175771131
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $650,000
- Expenses
- $626,038
- Assets
- $28,901
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GWENN BERUD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTIAN KRAMER (BOARD MEMBER)
- JAMIE DOWNING (BOARD MEMBER)
- BETH LLEWELLYN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Texans defending democracy is a 501(c)(4), formed to help educate all texans on the reality of harmful policies that affect their everyday life. Our goal is to provide solidarity with all texans everywhere, who have realized that this is not the texans we know and love, and to show that there is another way. We are not associated with any specific party or campaign--instead, we stand for the people of Texas, united under ideologies that benefit us all. We seek to underscore how buzzwords and emotional manipulation are weaponized to influence hard-working citizens into voting against their own interests and we are devoted to identifying those policies that are being misrepresented to try and gain your vote. We want to identify those candidates who actively work to take away your rights as a human being, so you can vote for alternatives that will fight to make Texas the best it can be. Our goal is to help promote public policy that will make Texas better than it's ever been before.
What it reported doing in 2025
Sending out an issue-based mailing and internet information campaign on the subjects of voter mobilization, gun control, and accessible healthcare.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: 3.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $592K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.