Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $66,682,317
- Total expenses
- $63,179,169
- Contributions and grants received
- $50,258,200
- Grants paid
- $28,626,303
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $16,085,749
- Other revenue
- $338,368
- Total assets, end of year
- $102,179,327
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,450,892
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $95,728,435
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $58,694,430
- Management and general expenses
- $1,756,092
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,728,647
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $58,694,430
Program services were 92.9% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$50,258,200
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$528,877
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3 · Investment income
total $1,465,690 · excluded $1,465,690
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5 · Royalties
total $20,953 · excluded $20,953
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6a · Gross rents
real property $8,719
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $8,719
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $8,719 · excluded $8,719
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $36,421,420 · other assets $26,682,227
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $31,541,935 · other assets $16,941,653
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $4,879,485 · other assets $9,740,574
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $14,620,059 · excluded $14,620,059
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $308,696 · excluded $308,696
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11e · Other revenue, total
$308,696
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $28,626,303 · program services $28,626,303
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $2,197,720 · program services $846,057 · management and general $539,460 · fundraising $812,203
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $804,922 · program services $505,713 · management and general $237,868 · fundraising $61,341
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $150,687 · program services $71,056 · management and general $59,271 · fundraising $20,360
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $80,509 · program services $78,069 · management and general $2,440
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $119,148 · program services $57,940 · management and general $44,070 · fundraising $17,138
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11b · Fees: legal
total $407,203 · management and general $135,276 · fundraising $271,927
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $52,927 · management and general $52,927
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $5,386 · program services $5,384 · fundraising $2
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $70,761 · fundraising $70,761
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $490,848 · management and general $490,848
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11g · Fees: other
total $531,120 · program services $531,120
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13 · Office expenses
total $203,276 · program services $197,902 · management and general $5,042 · fundraising $332
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16 · Occupancy
total $628,300 · program services $616,017 · management and general $6,184 · fundraising $6,099
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17 · Travel
total $884,151 · program services $801,326 · management and general $77,403 · fundraising $5,422
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20 · Interest
total $46,764 · program services $46,764
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $944,563 · program services $890,308 · management and general $975 · fundraising $53,280
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23 · Insurance
total $240,478 · program services $186,857 · management and general $46,398 · fundraising $7,223
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24a · Other expenses: MEDIA AIRTIME
total $7,434,994 · program services $7,434,994
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24b · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL COSTS AND M
total $6,794,019 · program services $6,145,229 · fundraising $648,790
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24c · Other expenses: MEDIA PRODUCTION
total $4,053,526 · program services $4,053,526
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24d · Other expenses: SHIPPING AND POSTAGE
total $3,294,997 · program services $2,992,356 · management and general $2,817 · fundraising $299,824
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,116,567 · program services $4,607,509 · management and general $55,113 · fundraising $453,945
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26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)
total $12,210,369 · program services $11,174,970 · management and general $2,817 · fundraising $1,032,582
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5,398,371 · end of year $7,009,772
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $1,600,921
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $45,540
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $733,553 · end of year $504,907
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$35,113,477
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$13,185,294
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $36,703,560 · end of year $21,928,183
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $51,551,088 · end of year $69,382,204
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,627,966 · end of year $1,707,800
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,712,148 · end of year $6,009,320
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,275,000 · end of year $375,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $152,323 · end of year $66,572
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $91,875,067 · end of year $95,728,435
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE CENTER IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO THE IDEAL THAT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH ARE INALIENABLE, GOD GIVEN RIGHTS. THE CENTER'S PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE, PROMULGATE, CONCILIATE AND WHERE NECESSARY, LITIGATE, TO ENSURE THAT THOSE RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW.
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INFORMATION AND EDUCATION - CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM, INC. (CASE) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO THE IDEAL THAT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH ARE INALIENABLE GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS. THE PURPOSE OF CASE IS TO EDUCATE, PROMULGATE, CONCILIATE AND WHERE NECESSARY, LITIGATE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW. MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION IS FREE AND MEMBERS RECEIVE E-MAIL UPDATES PERIODICALLY. MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS TO JOIN WITH OTHER MEMBERS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT SENT OUT 11,194,116 PIECES OF INFORMATIONAL MAIL TO MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUESTED INFORMATION REGARDING OUR EXEMPT FUNCTIONS AND PURPOSES. THE WEBSITE IS FOR MEMBERS, PRESS, EDUCATORS, AND THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AS WELL. OVER 548,192,859 INFORMATIONAL EMAILS WERE SENT TO MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS. OVER 3,567,416 UNIQUE INTERNET USERS VISITED OUR WEBSITE. PAGE VIEWS FOR 2025 TOTALED 11,258,559 FOR THE WEBSITE ACLJ.ORG. OUR ORGANIZATION'S FACEBOOK LIKES TOTAL OVER 7,908,000 AND WE HAVE OVER 912,880 TWITTER FOLLOWERS. 2025 FACEBOOK LIVE VIEWS WERE OVER 14,660,000. YOUTUBE VIEWS WERE OVER 91.2 MILLION. RUMBLE UNIQUE VIEW WERE OVER 1,530,000 MILLION. ON INSTAGRAM, OUR SHORT VIDEOS UPLOADS 212 VIDEOS WITH 1,263,000 VIEWS. ON X FORMERLY TWITTER, WE UPLOADED 397 SHORT VIDEOS. ON THE PLATFROM VIMEO, WE UPLOADED 366 SHORT VIDEOS. IN 2025, OUR TRUTH SOCIAL FOLLOWERS COUNT EXCEEDED 291,700. OUR DAILY CALL-IN RADIO PROGRAM IS HEARD ON OVER 325 OUTLETS NATIONWIDE PLUS XM SATELLITE. OUR WEEKEND RADIO SHOW IS HEARD IN 95 OUTLETS NATIONWIDE.
Expenses $7,388,895
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $32,836,218 · Grants $28,626,303
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MEDIA SERVICES - THE ORGANIZATION'S MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL DIVISIONS CONSIST OF FOUR NATIONALLY BROADCAST RADIO SHOWS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AIRED ON MAJOR RADIO STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA. OUR WEEKLY TV SHOW, ACLJ THIS WEEK, IS SEEN ON 272 FULL POWER AND LOW POWER STATIONS AS PART OF THE TRINITY BROADCAST NETWORK. IN 2025, OUR SHOW WAS ALSO BEING BROADCASTED INTERNATIONALLY ON THE TRINITY BROADCAST NETWORK'S 78 SATELLITES AND OVER 18,000 TELEVISION AND CABLE AFFILATES WORLDWIDE. TBN THROUGH THEIR NETWORK STATIONS AND SATELLITE BROADCAST HAS A REACH OF 175 NATIONS ON OVER 30 NETWORKS AND 2 BILLION VIEWERS EVERY DAY. OUR LEGAL GRANTS INCLUDE NUMEROUS TRIAL AND DISTRICT COURT, COURT OF APPEALS AND US SUPREME COURT CASES AS WELL AS NUMEROUS DEMAND LETTERS AND INTERVENTIONS ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS MAY HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. AS ALWAYS THERE ARE NO LEGAL FEES CHARGED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTED BY OUR LAWYERS. OUR LEGAL GRANTS PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEGAL EXPERTISE IN A VARIETY OF CASES INVOLVING OUR EXEMPT PURPOSES AS WELL AS TRAINING OF LAWYERS IN THE FIELD OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS.
Expenses $18,469,317
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
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Logan SekulowLOGAN SEKULOW
DIRECTOR OF MEDIA SERVICES
- Total calculated
- $263,022
- From this org
- $227,448
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $35,574
- Hours/week
- 32
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $113,755
- Bonus
- $42,021
- Other
- $71,672
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $35,574
- Filer's total
- $263,022
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Jordan Sekulow EsqJORDAN SEKULOW ESQ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $37,528
- From this org
- $37,528
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Dr Jay Sekulow EsqDR JAY SEKULOW ESQ
PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $37,320
- From this org
- $26,031
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,289
- Hours/week
- 15
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Pam SekulowPAM SEKULOW
SEC/TREAS & DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $11,357
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,357
- Hours/week
- 1
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Daniel DonnellyDANIEL DONNELLY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jerry DavisJERRY DAVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jerry JohnstonJERRY JOHNSTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John SchlittJOHN SCHLITT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gary Sekulow CpacgmaGARY SEKULOW CPACGMA
CFO/COO
- Total calculated
- $690,449
- From this org
- $620,449
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $70,000
- Hours/week
- 38
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $528,067
- Bonus
- $20,310
- Other
- $72,072
- Deferred
- $70,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $690,449
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Adam Sekulow MBAADAM SEKULOW MBA
VP OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $534,489
- From this org
- $428,915
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $105,574
- Hours/week
- 38
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $383,883
- Bonus
- $38,521
- Other
- $6,511
- Deferred
- $70,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $35,574
- Filer's total
- $534,489
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Donn ParsonsDONN PARSONS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Colby May EsqCOLBY MAY ESQ
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Aaron LynchAARON LYNCH
ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE
- Total calculated
- $225,440
- From this org
- $180,655
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $44,785
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $167,737
- Bonus
- $12,788
- Other
- $130
- Deferred
- $9,211
- Nontaxable benefits
- $35,574
- Filer's total
- $225,440
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Sharon AlfordSHARON ALFORD
CONTROLLER
- Total calculated
- $215,203
- From this org
- $165,393
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $49,810
- Hours/week
- 30
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,593
- Bonus
- $14,542
- Other
- $258
- Deferred
- $49,810
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $215,203
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Ben ArchuletaBEN ARCHULETA
DIRECTOR OF SECURITY
- Total calculated
- $187,069
- From this org
- $143,481
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,588
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $137,181
- Bonus
- $5,516
- Other
- $784
- Deferred
- $17,965
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,623
- Filer's total
- $187,069
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Jason LynchJASON LYNCH
FACILITIES MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $165,368
- From this org
- $147,650
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,718
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $135,862
- Bonus
- $11,593
- Other
- $195
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,718
- Filer's total
- $165,368
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Robyn ArchuletaROBYN ARCHULETA
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
- Total calculated
- $143,350
- From this org
- $136,365
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,985
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- NON-FIXED PAYMENTS CONSIST OF PERFORMANCE-RELATED BONUSES.
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
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AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
$28,485,735
LITIGATION/LEGAL RESEARCH
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ONE LIFE MOVEMENT
$116,000
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
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CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
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$5,150
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
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.
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501(C)(4) · EDUCATION & LOBBYING ELECTED OFFICIALS IN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS · TN · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 20 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602019349300035
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