TEXANS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
EIN 88-3551959 · Alliances & Advocacy - Civil Rights (R01)
What they do
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 ITS EVER BEEN BEFORE.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $98.10 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
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They name their leaders4 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $136 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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People reported as paid
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GWENN BERUDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BETH LLEWELLYNBOARD MEMBER
CHRISTIAN KRAMERBOARD MEMBER
JAMIE DOWNINGBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2024
- Location
- 6851 NE LOOP 820 STE 200, N RICHLND HLS, TX 76180-6641
- County
- Tarrant
- In care of
- % JAMIE DOWNING
- Primary officer
- NICK RIOS, MANAGER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- ADMIRE SANFORD & LAUDERDALE PLLC
- NTEE classification
- Alliances & Advocacy - Civil Rights (R01)
- IRS tax category
- Alliances & Advocacy - Civil Rights