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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RULE OF LAW DEFENSE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,441,630
Total expenses
$5,792,108
Contributions and grants received
$4,441,630
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$742,570
Total liabilities, end of year
$77,787
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$664,783
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,127,744
Management and general expenses
$1,526,618
Fundraising expenses
$137,746
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,127,744

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,441,630

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $370,790 · program services $211,821 · management and general $51,804 · fundraising $107,165

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $105,809 · program services $60,445 · management and general $14,783 · fundraising $30,581

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,876 · management and general $10,876

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,673 · program services $976 · management and general $70,697

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $98,036 · management and general $98,036

  • 17 · Travel

    total $495,353 · program services $444,931 · management and general $50,422

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,977,988 · program services $2,977,988

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

    total $1,200,000 · management and general $1,200,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH, POLLING, DIGI

    total $431,583 · program services $431,583

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,021,980 · end of year $742,570

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $77,787

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,021,980 · end of year $664,783

Listed in Part VII

  • BRENNA BIRD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AUSTIN KNDUSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KRIS KOBACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHNATHAN SKRMETTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MIKE HILGERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LIZ MURRILL

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KEN PAXTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RAUL LABRADOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREW BAILY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEE RUSSELL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $241,849
    From this org
    $106,174
    From related orgs
    $106,173
    Other
    $29,502
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $92,530 + $92,530 related
    Bonus
    $13,644 + $13,643 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,370 + $6,370 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,381 + $8,381 related
    Filer's total
    $120,925 + $120,924 related
  • DAVID JOHNSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $277,629
    From this org
    $222,460
    From related orgs
    $24,718
    Other
    $30,451
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,873 + $21,542 related
    Bonus
    $28,587 + $3,176 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,438 + $1,493 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,968 + $1,552 related
    Filer's total
    $249,866 + $27,763 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
ANNUAL REVIEW BY REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSOCIATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349323240

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