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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$707,177
Total expenses
$565,878
Contributions and grants received
$506,652
Grants paid
$21,088
Program service revenue
$20,452
Investment income
$179,570
Other revenue
$503
Total assets, end of year
$1,949,216
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,949,216
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$314,649
Management and general expenses
$177,978
Fundraising expenses
$73,251
Program service expenses (Part III)
$314,649

Program services were 55.6% 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

    $506,652

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

    total $20,452 · related or exempt $20,452

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,161 · excluded $40,161

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $281,660

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

    other assets $142,251

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $139,409

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $139,409 · excluded $139,409

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE (LOSSES

    total $503 · related or exempt $503

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $503

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $21,088 · program services $21,088

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $54,074 · program services $32,445 · management and general $16,232 · fundraising $5,397

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $254,481 · program services $120,484 · management and general $111,716 · fundraising $22,281

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,500 · management and general $7,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,367 · management and general $7,367

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,166 · management and general $9,741 · fundraising $21,425

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,117 · management and general $20,117

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,405 · program services $15,304 · management and general $3,061 · fundraising $2,040

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,256 · program services $7,256

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,641 · program services $47,641

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,519 · program services $42,519

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,610 · management and general $1,610

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $23,865 · program services $23,865

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $22,542 · management and general $434 · fundraising $22,108

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $2,899 · program services $2,899

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $861 · program services $861

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $487 · program services $287 · management and general $200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,574,491 · end of year $1,096,177

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $673,454

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $11,800

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $222,222 · end of year $100,822

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $18,500

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,204 · end of year $10,204

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $38,259

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,807,917 · end of year $1,949,216

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO BRING LIBERTY TO EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD BY SHARING THE PHILOSOPHY AND BENEFITS OF FREEDOM, EMPHASIZING EDUCATING NEWCOMERS. WE SPREAD LIBERTY AND FOSTER A GLOBAL NETWORK OF FREEDOM CHAMPIONS, EMPOWERING THEM TO BECOME CHANGE AGENTS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES.

  • THE LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONFERENCE (LIWC) ARGENTINA 2025: IN AUGUST 2025, LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL HOSTED THE 39TH LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONFERENCE (LIWC) IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. THE EVENT FEATURED POLICY DISCUSSIONS OFFERING PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT EDUCATION, ECONOMICS, AND TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS FROM 21 COUNTRIES, FEATURING 47 SPEAKERS AND 16 LOCAL PARTNERS WHO HELPED MAKE THE EVENT A TRULY GLOBAL AND COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE. OVER 100 SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED, ENABLING STUDENTS FROM 11 COUNTRIES TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS INSPIRING GATHERING.

    Expenses $105,941

  • LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS: RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF STORYTELLING, LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL EXPANDED INTO ANIMATION AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING THROUGH THE SERIES THE ADVENTURES OF JONATHAN GULLIBLE, WHICH ATTRACTED OVER 325,000 VIEWS. A SPANISH-DUBBED VERSION WAS PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO IN CHILE, FURTHER INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY. THE INITIATIVE ALSO EXPANDED INTO COLOMBIA, CHILE, KENYA, UGANDA, AND TANZANIA, SIGNIFICANTLY BROADENING LIBERTY INTERNATIONALS GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL REACH AMONG YOUNG AUDIENCES.

    Expenses $94,670

  • PROJECT ARIZONA: LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PROUDLY WELCOMED ITS 9TH COHORT OF EMERGING LEADERS FROM UGANDA, NICARAGUA, INDIA, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. OVER SIX TRANSFORMATIVE WEEKS IN PHOENIX, FELLOWS IMMERSED THEMSELVES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF U.S. GOVERNANCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND FREE-MARKET INNOVATION, GAINING THE INSPIRATION TO BECOME POWERFUL ADVOCATES FOR LIBERTY IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $28,139

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $85,899 · Grants $21,088

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

  • Jacek Spendel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $54,075
    From this org
    $54,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Per Bylund

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jose Luis Cordeiro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • James Lark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mary Ruwart

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Antonio Saravia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ken Schoolland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lobo Tiggre

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Walter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202602119349300615

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