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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by IRON LIGHT LABS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,745,053
Total expenses
$1,851,020
Contributions and grants received
$1,745,053
Grants paid
$10,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$38,819
Total liabilities, end of year
$125,558
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$86,739
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,685,348
Management and general expenses
$129,454
Fundraising expenses
$36,218
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,685,348

Program services were 91.0% 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

    $1,745,053

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $96,036 · program services $96,036

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,229 · program services $6,699 · management and general -$470

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,667 · program services $7,406 · management and general $3,261

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,043 · program services $3,580 · management and general $463

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,000 · management and general $18,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $768,052 · program services $632,923 · management and general $99,129 · fundraising $36,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $602,651 · program services $602,651

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,215 · program services $27,215

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $304,021 · program services $296,357 · management and general $7,664

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,728 · management and general $8,728

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,021 · management and general $803 · fundraising $218

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total -$5,643 · program services $2,481 · management and general -$8,124

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,090 · end of year $5,199

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $17,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,850 · end of year $16,120

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $230,302 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $154,376 · end of year $125,558

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $138,638 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,228 · end of year -$116,207

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $29,468

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IRON LIGHT LABS RUNS A CREATIVE INCUBATOR THAT DEVELOPS NETFLIX-QUALITY FILMS TO PERSUADE AUDIENCES AND IMPACT CULTURE, EXPERIMENTS WITH HUMOR TO CUT THROUGH THE ATTENTION ECONOMY, AND BRINGS NONTRADITIONAL PARTNERS TOGETHER TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF WELL-TRAINED ADVOCATES FOR A FREE SOCIETY.

  • IRON LIGHT LABS TRAINS INDIVIDUALS IN EFFECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES AND POWERFUL STORYTELLING THAT ITS AWARD-WINNING PRACTITIONERS HAVE MASTERED. ITS TRAINING TOPICS INCLUDE HOW TO BE PERSUASIVE, HOW TO BUILD AN OWNED AUDIENCE, HOW TO MEASURE YOUR ORGANIZATION'S IMPACT, AND HOW TO MARKET AND DISTRIBUTE VIDEO CONTENT. IRON LIGHT LABS HAS FOUND THESE CORE SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL IN ACTIVATING A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION'S TARGET AUDIENCE. IRON LIGHT LABS ALSO EQUIPS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE IMPACTFUL COMMUNICATORS OF THEIR MESSAGE. IRON LIGHT LABS CONDUCTS TRAININGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, IN ORDER TO BETTER EQUIP FREEDOM ADVOCATES TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND UTILIZE CUTTING EDGE TECHNIQUES TO MARKET THEIR MISSIONS.

    Expenses $1,685,348 · Grants $10,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric Tubbs

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Tillman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Barbie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Albrecht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kent Emmons

    DIRECTOR

    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
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349304332

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