Public Charity

Defense Priorities Foundation

Defense Priorities Foundation is a Public Charity headquartered in Arlington, VA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $3.4M revenue, $2.8M expenses, $1.4M total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $4.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 810714113 Arlington, VA Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.4M
Total Expenses$2.8M
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records7
Funding Total$4.1M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

To inform citizens, thought leaders, and policy makers of the importance of a strong, dynamic, military used more judiciously to protect America's narrowly defined national interests and promote a realistic grand strategy prioritizing restraint, diplomacy, and free trade to ensure U.S. security.

Where $100 goes at Defense Priorities Foundation

How Defense Priorities Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $90 for programs

$90
Defense Priorities Foundation conducted educational activities in support of its mission such as creation and distribution of literature discussing these purposes and a website and email list to…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Officer Benjamin Friedman
Officer Daniel Davis
Chairman Edward King
CFO Jeff Frazee
Officer Lyle Goldstein
Director Michael Desch

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$2,250,000 1 grant
General Support
$1,000,000 2 grants
Human & Social Services
$735,000 2 grants
Education
$66,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.4M $2.8M $1.4M
2023 $2.5M $2.5M $886K
2022 $2.0M $1.8M $850K
2020 $1.3M $1.0M $637K
2019 $600K $777K $427K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $600K to $3.4M (+462%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.

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