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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,644,605
Total expenses
$7,721,001
Contributions and grants received
$8,644,405
Grants paid
$6,143,996
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$200
Total assets, end of year
$2,061,332
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,478,468
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$582,864
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,580,400
Management and general expenses
$103,149
Fundraising expenses
$37,452
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,580,400

Program services were 98.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $8,644,405

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $200 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $765 · program services $765

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $6,143,231 · program services $6,143,231

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,246 · program services $3,383 · management and general $652 · fundraising $211

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15 · program services $12 · management and general $2 · fundraising $1

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $97,519 · program services $90,983 · management and general $3,939 · fundraising $2,597

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $126,505 · program services $96,712 · management and general $22,300 · fundraising $7,493

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $74,700 · program services $68,531 · management and general $4,604 · fundraising $1,565

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $207,676 · program services $166,423 · management and general $29,025 · fundraising $12,228

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,337 · program services $33,369 · management and general $5,978 · fundraising $1,990

  • 17 · Travel

    total $462,257 · program services $425,492 · management and general $28,175 · fundraising $8,590

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $508,886 · program services $504,639 · management and general $3,220 · fundraising $1,027

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,222 · program services $24,978 · management and general $4,683 · fundraising $1,561

  • 24a · Other expenses: Resource Materials

    total $17,717 · program services $17,125 · management and general $445 · fundraising $147

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Dues

    total $4,910 · program services $4,742 · management and general $126 · fundraising $42

  • 24c · Other expenses: Financial Services

    total $15 · program services $15

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $492,308

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $77,788

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,491,236

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $23,785

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,454,683

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $582,864

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ADFI exists to support a global effort to advance every person's god-given right to live and speak the truth, and to keep the door open for the gospel. Adfi does this work primarily through supporting organizations that engage in litigation, legislative policy, and legal training throughout the world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Alliance Defending Freedom International (adfi) exists to support a global effort to advance every person's god-given right to live and speak the truth, and to keep the door open for the gospel.

  • Legal advocacy: ADFI is a Christian organization that provides operational support to global initiatives that contend for truth in law, policy, and the public square throughout the world. ADFI also provides grants to entities related to alliance defending freedom and other global organizations that engage in litigation, legislative policy, and legal training throughout the world.

    Expenses $3,450,435 · Grants $4,801,396

  • Allied support and training: ADFI seeks to cultivate allies across multiple professions who contend for truth in law, policy, and the public square. ADFI provides operational support and grants to entities related to alliance defending freedom and other global organizations that participate in the alliance.

    Expenses $2,361,051 · Grants $1,342,600

  • Education: ADFI seeks to educate the public about the importance of protecting fundamental freedoms. ADFI provides operational support and grants to entities related to alliance defending freedom and other global organizations that engage in educating the public, particularly on free speech, religious freedom, parental rights, and the sanctity of life and marriage.

    Expenses $1,768,914

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristen Waggoner

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $635,350
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $593,419
    Other
    $41,931
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $532,609 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $60,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $810 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,731 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $635,350 related

  • Mark Maddoux

    Secretary/Treasurer/Director (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Paul Coleman

    Executive Director/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Rebecca Eggleston

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $368,505
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $334,286
    Other
    $34,219
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $333,469 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $307 related
    Other
    $0 + $510 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,019 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $368,505 related

  • Terry Schlossberg

    Chairman (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $3,977
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,977
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related

  • John Rogers

    Director (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $3,272
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,272
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Lisa Fullerton

    Director (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $1,313
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,313
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Michael Whitehead

    Director (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $2,782
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,782
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Scott Scharpen

    Director (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $2,263
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,263
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

  • ADF Foundation

    501(c)(3) · Public Benefit Corp · AZ

    Directly controlled by Alliance Defending Freedom

  • ADF Action

    501(c)(4) · Advocacy · VA

    Directly controlled by Alliance Defending Freedom

  • Alliance Defending Freedom

    501(c)(3) · Legal Advocacy · VA

    Directly controlled by NA

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Alliance Defending Freedom Belgium ASBL

    C Corporation · Human rights legal work · BE

    Directly controlled by na

  • ADF International (UK)

    C Corporation · Human rights legal work · UK

    Directly controlled by NA

  • ADF International (France)

    C Corporation · Human rights legal work · FR

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Alliance Defending Freedom Switzerland

    C Corporation · Human rights legal work · SZ

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Alliance Defending Freedom International Deustchland eV

    C Corporation · Human rights legal work · GM

    Directly controlled by NA

  • 15100 Solar LLC

    C Corporation · Own and operate solar energy project · AZ

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349306231

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