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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CITIZEN ACTION DEFENSE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$430,726
Total expenses
$429,441
Contributions and grants received
$430,726
Grants paid
$17,850
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$31,674
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$31,674
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$345,356
Management and general expenses
$84,085
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$345,356

Program services were 80.4% 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

    $430,726

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $17,850 · program services $17,850

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,971 · program services $102,728 · management and general $34,243

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,272 · program services $7,963 · management and general $5,309

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $217,553 · program services $215,099 · management and general $2,454

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,844 · management and general $11,844

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,500 · management and general $12,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,828 · program services $469 · management and general $6,359

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,072 · management and general $3,072

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,892 · program services $1,247 · management and general $645

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,800 · management and general $4,800

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,859 · management and general $2,859

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $42,389 · end of year $31,674

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,389 · end of year $31,674

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SUSTAIN, DEFEND AND PROVIDE THE MEANS TO PRESERVE THE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL WASHINGTONIANS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION, PARTICULARLY DURING DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCIES, AND TO CARRY ON OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PURPOSE AS ALLOWED BY LAW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CITIZEN ACTION DEFENSE FUND IS A WATCHDOG FOR ALL WASHINGTONIANS, HELPING TO ENSURE THAT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLAY BY THE RULES AND THAT THE PUBLIC'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED. WE ACHIEVE THESE GOALS BY SUPPORTING AND PURSUING STRATEGIC, HIGH-IMPACT LITIGATION IN CASES WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, RESTRAIN GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, AND PROTECT FREE MARKETS.

  • LITIGATION - CADF FILES LAWSUITS, REPRESENTS AFFECTED PARTIES, AND INTERVENES IN OTHER CASES WHEN THE STATE ENACTS LAWS THAT VIOLATE THE STATE OR FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS, WHEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TAKE ACTIONS THAT INFRINGE UPON FIRST AMENDMENT OR OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, OR WHEN AGENCIES PROMULGATE RULES IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.

    Expenses $317,828

  • COMMUNICATION - CADF ENGAGES WITH THE MEDIA, THE PUBLIC, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, LAWMAKERS AND STAFF, AND DONORS ON LEGAL ISSUES THAT ADVANCE FREE MARKETS, RESTRAIN GOVERNMENT OVERREACH OR DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

    Expenses $9,678

  • EDUCATION - CADF EDUCATES WASHINGTON CITIZENS ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT THEIR FREEDOM AND RIGHTS UNDER THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS. IN 2023, CADF PROVIDED A GRANT FOR RESEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON TRENDS IN STATE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

    Expenses $17,850 · Grants $17,850

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jackson Maynard

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,971
    From this org
    $136,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dann Mead Smith

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Paul S Graves

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349317066

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