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Nonprofits›Common Defense Education Fund Inc

Public & Societal Benefit

Common Defense Education Fund Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$4.5M

Total expenses

$2.9M

Net assets

$1.5M

Grants received

$5.1M

61 grants

EIN

871262978

Tax year

2024

Mission

The organization is formed for the purposes of developing and mobilizing US military veterans as agents of social change, and conducting any and all lawful activities which may be useful in accomplishing the foregoing.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.5M

Program service revenue—

Investment income—

Other revenue—

Total revenue$4.5M

Expenses

Grants paid—

Salaries & benefits$1.9M

Fundraising$171K

Other expenses$1.0M

Total expenses$2.9M

Total assets$1.9M

Net assets$1.5M

People

13 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Jose Vasquez

Executive Dir.

Board

—

20 hrs/wk

Sarah Edkins Lien

chair

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

Marisol Ybarra

Treasurer

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

Tom Calvert Rosenberger

Member at large

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

Coretta Johnson Gray

Member at large

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

Sergio Espana

Member at large

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

Johanna HANSON

Member at large

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

EDWIN SANTANA

Member at large

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

Jessica James

Development Direct

Staff

—

20 hrs/wk

Perry O'Brien

Sr Campaigns Direc

Staff

—

20 hrs/wk

Joanna Sweatt

Organizing Direct

Staff

—

20 hrs/wk

Naveed Shah

Political Director

Staff

—

20 hrs/wk

Janice Jamison

Training Direct

Staff

—

20 hrs/wk

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear

FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION

$550K

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2024

THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION

$250K

FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2024

HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC

$250K

Program Support for Veterans in Greater Houston to Expand Access to Voting

2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$225K

General operating support and project support

2024

WINDWARD FUND

$175K

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

2024

NEW VENTURE FUND

$170K

CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

2024

TIDES CENTER

$100K

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

2024

ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC

$100K

PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT

2024

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

$75K

HUMAN SERVICES

2024

JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR

$50K

TO SUPPORT TRAINING OF VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES TO IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT ANTI-DEMOCRATIC MIS/DISINFORMATION, INTIMIDATION, AND VOTER SUPPRESSION TARGETING VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

2024

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

$50K

FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

2024

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

$50K

FOR ITS PROJECT, ENDING THE FOREVER WAR IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

2024

UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

$50K

TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

2024

PROTEUS FUND INC

$45K

DEMOCRACY

2024

Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

$40K

Toward organizing veterans for climate justice in southeast Texas

2024

ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION INC

$40K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2024

COMMON DEFENSE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INC

$38K

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2024

THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC

$25K

VETERANS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF U.S. MILITARY VETERANS WORKING TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY.

2024

Fund for Nonviolence

$20K

Program Support

2024

ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION INC

$10K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2024

TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT

$10K

To conduct non-partisan activities to increase voter participation.

2024

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

$5K

FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

2024

Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

$1K

Toward general operations

2024

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER

$300K

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2023

HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC

$300K

Program Support for Veterans in Greater Houston to Expand Access to Voting

2023

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST

$165K

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

2023

THE LOIS & IRVING BLUM FOUNDATION INC

$125K

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2023

ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC

$100K

PROJECT SUPPORT - ENVIRONMENT

2023

THE GROVE FOUNDATION

$100K

FOR THE ARIZONA OPERATIONS

2023

WALLACE GLOBAL FUND II

$100K

SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE MOVEMENT BUILDING WORK

2023

THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS

$75K

TO LAUNCH A VETERAN ORGANIZING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTER FOR COALFIELD JUSTICE IN ORDER TO ENHANCE LOCAL CLIMATE JUSTICE ADVOCACY, ESPECIALLY AROUND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

2023

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

$67K

Climate Jobs

2023

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

$50K

FOR ITS PROJECT, ENDING THE FOREVER WAR IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

2023

WINDWARD FUND

$50K

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

2023

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$50K

General operating support

2023

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

$50K

FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

2023

BLACK VOICES FOR BLACK JUSTICE FUND

$50K

TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND MOBILIZATION OF US MILITARY VETERANS AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE

2023

ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION INC

$40K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2023

NAOMI AND NEHEMIAH COHEN FOUNDATION

$40K

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

2023

Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

$40K

Toward organizing veterans for climate justice in southeast Texas

2023

THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC

$33K

VETERANS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE, A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF U.S. MILITARY VETERANS WORKING TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY.

2023

UNITED FOR DEMOCRACY

$25K

RALLY

2023

THE LOIS & IRVING BLUM FOUNDATION INC

$25K

PROJECT SUPPORT

2023

Fund for Nonviolence

$20K

Veteran's Organizing Institute

2023

NORTH STAR FUND INC

$20K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2023

PROTEUS FUND INC

$15K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2023

PROTEUS FUND INC

$15K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2023

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC

$14K

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

2023

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

$3K

GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES

2023

THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION

$250K

FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2022

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST

$130K

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

2022

THE LOIS & IRVING BLUM FOUNDATION INC

$110K

VETERANS ORGANIZING INSTITUTE

2022

WALLACE GLOBAL FUND II

$80K

SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE MOVEMENT BUILDING WORK

2022

PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC

$69K

JANUARY 6TH INTERIM REPORT, OUR FREEDOMS, OUR VOTE MOBILIZATION

2022

THE GROVE FOUNDATION

$50K

FOR THE ARIZONA OPERATIONS

2022

NETWORK FOR CIVIC ACTION

$50K

VOTER ENGAGEMENT

2022

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$50K

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2022

ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION INC

$40K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2022

THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC

$28K

VETERANS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE'S A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF U.S. MILITARY VETERANS WORKING TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY.

2022

Fund for Nonviolence

$20K

Veterans Organizing Institute

2022

NORTH STAR FUND INC

$20K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2022