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← CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$67,919,815
Total expenses
$61,423,113
Contributions and grants received
$65,222,489
Grants paid
$25,619,243
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,469,963
Other revenue
$227,363
Total assets, end of year
$95,256,984
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,719,044
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$90,537,940
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$56,925,867
Management and general expenses
$1,888,994
Fundraising expenses
$2,608,252
Program service expenses (Part III)
$56,925,867

Program services were 92.7% 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

    $65,222,489

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $149,999

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,306,463 · excluded $1,306,463

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $19,425 · excluded $19,425

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $52,583

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $52,583

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $52,583 · excluded $52,583

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $21,856,665

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

    securities $20,693,165

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,163,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,163,500 · related or exempt $1,163,500

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $155,355 · related or exempt $155,355

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $155,355

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,619,243 · program services $25,619,243

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,056,821 · program services $1,108,498 · management and general $530,643 · fundraising $417,680

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $773,276 · program services $416,747 · management and general $199,499 · fundraising $157,030

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $420,405 · program services $226,572 · management and general $108,461 · fundraising $85,372

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $56,026 · program services $30,195 · management and general $14,454 · fundraising $11,377

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,914 · program services $59,776 · management and general $28,615 · fundraising $22,523

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $294,576 · management and general $258,951 · fundraising $35,625

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,300 · management and general $40,300

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $8,164 · program services $8,163 · fundraising $1

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $53,787 · fundraising $53,787

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $260,395 · management and general $260,395

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $685,371 · program services $369,372 · management and general $176,820 · fundraising $139,179

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $139,982 · program services $135,661 · management and general $2,502 · fundraising $1,819

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $689,373 · program services $679,644 · management and general $4,368 · fundraising $5,361

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,280,290 · program services $1,049,250 · management and general $145,416 · fundraising $85,624

  • 20 · Interest

    total $167,895 · program services $167,895

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,075,658 · program services $982,702 · fundraising $92,956

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $281,105 · program services $216,932 · management and general $55,972 · fundraising $8,201

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA AIRTIME

    total $9,095,282 · program services $9,095,282

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL COSTS AND M

    total $6,548,959 · program services $6,043,039 · fundraising $505,920

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEDIA PRODUCTION

    total $3,676,109 · program services $3,676,109

  • 24d · Other expenses: SHIPPING AND POSTAGE

    total $3,395,272 · program services $3,132,596 · management and general $4,258 · fundraising $258,418

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,693,910 · program services $3,908,191 · management and general $58,340 · fundraising $727,379

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $11,938,120 · program services $10,824,451 · management and general $4,258 · fundraising $1,109,411

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,145,504 · end of year $7,744,263

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $683,695

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $126,996

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,756 · end of year $104,187

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $437,111 · end of year $649,849

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

    $47,510,370

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

    $11,633,827

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,423,352 · end of year $35,876,543

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,376,913 · end of year $48,637,843

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,496,750 · end of year $1,560,604

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,695,463 · end of year $2,309,661

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,075,000 · end of year $2,175,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $365,436 · end of year $234,383

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $81,873,483 · end of year $90,537,940

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • 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 12,857,468 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 516,493,370 INFORMATIONAL EMAILS WERE SENT TO MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS. OVER 5,329,693 UNIQUE INTERNET USERS VISITED OUR WEBSITE. PAGE VIEWS FOR 2023 TOTALED 14,513,366 FOR THE WEBSITE ACLJ.ORG. OUR ORGANIZATION'S FACEBOOK LIKES TOTAL OVER 8,430,000 AND WE HAVE OVER 885,000 TWITTER FOLLOWERS. 2023 FACEBOOK LIVE VIEWS WERE OVER 4,478,784. YOUTUBE VIEWS WERE OVER 25.5 MILLION. RUMBLE UNIQUE VIEW WERE OVER 5.86 MILLION. OUR DAILY CALL-IN RADIO PROGRAM IS HEARD ON OVER 746 OUTLETS NATIONWIDE PLUS XM SATELLITE. OUR WEEKEND RADIO SHOW IS HEARD IN 517 OUTLETS NATIONWIDE. OUR ONE MINUTE INFORMATIONAL FEATURE, LAW AND JUSTICE, IS CARRIED BY OVER 651 RADIO STATIONS.

    Expenses $7,538,446

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

    Expenses $29,839,681 · Grants $25,619,243

  • 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 2023, 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 PROGRAMS 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 WHO 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 $19,547,740

As filed on the 2023 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

  • CAROLYN DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL DONNELLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR JAY SEKULOW ESQ

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,029
    From this org
    $32,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,289
    Hours/week
    15

  • JOE DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN SCHLITT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORDAN SEKULOW ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,072
    From this org
    $32,072
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • LOGAN SEKULOW

    DIRECTOR OF MEDIA SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $325,246
    From this org
    $280,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,251
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,593
    Bonus
    $135,111
    Other
    $32,291
    Deferred
    $14,247
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,004
    Filer's total
    $325,246

  • PAM SEKULOW

    SEC/TREAS & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,357
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,357
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM SEKULOW MBA

    VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $529,824
    From this org
    $433,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96,004
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $340,558
    Bonus
    $80,273
    Other
    $12,989
    Deferred
    $66,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,004
    Filer's total
    $529,824

  • ANDREW EKONOMOU ESQ

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $603
    From this org
    $603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLBY MAY ESQ

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY SEKULOW CPACGMA

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $649,485
    From this org
    $583,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,000
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $478,972
    Bonus
    $20,825
    Other
    $83,688
    Deferred
    $66,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $649,485

  • AARON LYNCH

    ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $225,568
    From this org
    $186,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,505
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,050
    Bonus
    $19,891
    Other
    $122
    Deferred
    $9,501
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,004
    Filer's total
    $225,568

  • BEN ARCHULETA

    DIRECTOR OF SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $168,131
    From this org
    $133,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,200
    Bonus
    $5,939
    Other
    $792
    Deferred
    $12,610
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,590
    Filer's total
    $168,131

  • JASON LYNCH

    FACILITIES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $153,556
    From this org
    $140,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,679
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,769
    Bonus
    $17,978
    Other
    $130
    Deferred
    $12,679
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,556

  • ROBYN ARCHULETTA

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $163,793
    From this org
    $127,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,540
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,440
    Bonus
    $5,519
    Other
    $1,294
    Deferred
    $36,540
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,793

  • SHARON ALFORD

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $158,983
    From this org
    $135,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,448
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,399
    Bonus
    $4,887
    Other
    $249
    Deferred
    $23,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,983

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

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.

  • ACLJ ACTION INC

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATION & LOBBYING ELECTED OFFICIALS IN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS · TN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442079349301654

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