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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,217,521
Total expenses
$1,324,053
Contributions and grants received
$1,217,611
Grants paid
$155,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$90
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$800,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$238,588
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$562,044
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,098,687
Management and general expenses
$127,253
Fundraising expenses
$98,113
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,098,687

Program services were 83.0% 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

    $1,217,611

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $79,419

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20 · excluded $20

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $23,739

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $23,849

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$110

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$110 · excluded -$110

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $155,000 · program services $155,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $292,237 · program services $236,597 · management and general $55,640

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,440 · program services $10,753 · management and general $2,687

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,629 · program services $2,574 · management and general $55

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,366 · program services $14,694 · management and general $3,672

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,311 · program services $6,251 · management and general $24,060

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,711 · management and general $33,711

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $606,486 · program services $584,193 · management and general $2,293 · fundraising $20,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9 · program services $9

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,681 · program services $3,616 · management and general $65

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,031 · fundraising $45,031

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,428 · management and general $1,428

  • 17 · Travel

    total $71,262 · program services $71,240 · management and general $22

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,240 · program services $11,572 · management and general $663 · fundraising $33,005

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,884 · program services $2,012 · management and general $1,872

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $1,182 · program services $176 · management and general $929 · fundraising $77

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $156 · management and general $156

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $706,001 · end of year $800,612

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5 · end of year $20

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,122

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $37,430 · end of year $235,466

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $668,576 · end of year $562,044

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION (AAFF) EDUCATES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT FREEDOM IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR REPUBLIC, AND THAT FREEDOM MUST BE FOSTERED AND PROTECTED AGAINST UNJUSTIFIED GOVERNMENT ENCROACHMENT. AAFF INFORMS THE PUBLIC ABOUT POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO YIELD UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY AT HOME AND TO RESTORE AMERICA'S STRENGTH ABROAD, WHILE ELEVATING TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS BEFORE FEDERAL COURTS.

  • ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS BEFORE FEDERAL COURTS.

    Expenses $1,098,687 · Grants $155,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Short

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 25 related

  • Jeffrey Knight

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Joshua Pitcock

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Paul Teller

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $316,012
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $292,023
    Other
    $23,989
    Hours/week
    4 + 65 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $277,023 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,338 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,651 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $316,012 related

  • Greg Jacob

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

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

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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413179349309161

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