Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 5 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$38,294,911 →changed to $162,931,957

Total expenses

$57,939,187 →changed to $129,785,524

Contributions and grants received

$37,830,522 →changed to $162,373,839

Grants paid

$564,509 →changed to $1,894,819

Program service revenue

$642,000 →changed to $1,230,209

Investment income

$9,488 →changed to $620,365

Other revenue

-$187,099 →changed to -$1,292,456

Total assets, end of year

$67,064,785 →changed to $98,456,729

Total liabilities, end of year

$54,989,891 →changed to $54,416,476

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,074,894 →changed to $44,040,253

Program services expenses

$43,389,393 →changed to $96,283,411

Management and general expenses

$7,700,958 →changed to $15,615,720

Fundraising expenses

$6,848,836 →changed to $17,886,393

Program service expenses (Part III)

$43,389,393 →changed to $96,283,411

Totals

Total revenue

$38,294,911

Total expenses

$57,939,187

Contributions and grants received

$37,830,522

Grants paid

$564,509

Program service revenue

$642,000

Investment income

$9,488

Other revenue

-$187,099

Total assets, end of year

$67,064,785

Total liabilities, end of year

$54,989,891

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,074,894

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$43,389,393

Management and general expenses

$7,700,958

Fundraising expenses

$6,848,836

Program service expenses (Part III)

$43,389,393

Program services were 74.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• POLICY AND PROGRAMS - SEE SCHEDULE OPOLICY AND PROGRAMSENCOMPASSES THE WORK OF CIVIL RIGHTS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; THE CENTER ON TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY; LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SECURITY; AND THE CENTER ON EXTREMISM. THE CIVIL RIGHTS TEAM, FORMULATES AND IMPLEMENTS THE LEAGUE'S CIVIL RIGHTS AGENDA IN A RANGE OF AREAS INCLUDING ANTISEMITISM AND ALL FORMS OF BIGOTRY, DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS MOTIVATED VIOLENCE; RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION; AND IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE RIGHTS, PREPARING REPORTS AND MEMORANDA, FILING AMICUS BRIEFS, AND ENGAGING IN OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY. THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (GRACE) TEAM PROMOTES THE LEAGUE'S MISSION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH A FOCUS ON LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, OUTREACH TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND COALITION BUILDING. THE CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, WORKS TO DEVELOP NEW STRATEGIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HATE ONLINE, ANALYZING AND PREPARING REPORTS ON HATE SPEECH AND CYBER-HARASSMENT, PROVIDING INSIGHTS TO GOVERNMENT AND POLICYMAKERS, AND EXPOSING AND COUNTERING SPECIFIC CASES OF ABUSE AND OFFENSIVE CONTENT ON THE INTERNET. THE CENTER ON EXTREMISM MONITORS AND EXPOSES EXTREMIST MOVEMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM AND PROVIDES ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE AND DATABASED ANALYSIS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SECURITY TEAM CONDUCTS TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON HATE CRIMES, EXTREMISM AND IMPLICIT BIAS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS ON COMMUNITY SECURITY.

  Expenses $14,756,691 · Grants $359,096 · Revenue $25,000

• REGIONAL OPERATIONS - SUPERVISES AND COORDINATES THE ADL'S COAST-TO-COAST NETWORK OF REGIONAL OFFICES. ESTABLISHES AND MONITORS OPERATING PLANS FOR EACH REGION, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ANTIBIAS TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS; CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY; MONITORING AND EXPOSING OF EXTREMIST ACTIVITY; VICTIM ASSISTANCE; PROMOTION OF INTERGROUP COLLABORATION AND UNDERSTANDING; AND RESPONSE TO HATE CRIMES AND BIAS INCIDENTS. CREATES MEASURES AND METRICS TO EVALUATE REGIONAL REACH AND IMPACT.

  Expenses $13,557,609 · Grants $195,189

• EDUCATION - FURTHERS THE ADL'S MISSION THROUGH THE DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF INTERGROUP, HOLOCAUST, ANTI-BIAS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN P-12 CLASSROOMS, ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, CORPORATIONS, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, YOUTH MOVEMENTS, AND OTHER NONTRADITIONAL LEARNING CONTEXTS.

  Expenses $6,309,887 · Grants $8,800 · Revenue $617,000

• INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - MAINTAINS CONTACTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE U.S. FROM WHICH INFORMATION IS GATHERED RELATING TO POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THAT IMPACT ANTISEMITISM AND BIGOTRY. OBSERVES AND ANALYZES TRENDS AROUND THE WORLD RELATED TO ANTI-SEMITISM AND RELATED ISSUES. PREPARES AND DISSEMINATES REPORTS AND DATA REGARDING ISRAEL'S SECURITY, U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS AND ANTISEMITISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. INITIATES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND ISRAELI ISSUES, AS WELL AS ON INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES ON FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM AND BIGOTRY. MAINTAINS CONTACT WITH FAITH LEADERS IN THE U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES. DEVELOPS PROGRAMS OF COOPERATION ON INTERGROUP UNDERSTANDING AND HUMAN RELATIONS WITH CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS AT COMMUNITY, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL LEVELS. PARTICIPATES IN EDUCATIONAL AND ACTION PROGRAMS IN INTERFAITH EFFORTS. ORGANIZES TRAINING PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR SEMINARS AND RELIGIOUS ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. PUBLIC AWARENESS - MANAGES AWARENESS THROUGH PUBLISHED MATERIALS, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING, EMAIL MARKETING, DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGNS, ONLINE VIDEO AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MEDIA. KEEPS CONSTITUENTS INFORMED OF BREAKING NEWS AND ISSUES INVOLVED WITH ADL'S WORK. PREPARES VISUAL AND PRINT MATERIALS ON ADL ISSUES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES; WRITES, EDITS AND PRODUCES MATERIALS (REPORTS, BROCHURES, INVITATIONS NEWSLETTERS, PUBLICATIONS); AND HANDLES SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS EXHIBITS AND EVENTS.

  Expenses $8,765,206 · Grants $1,424

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

  $45,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

  $45,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

  $35,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

  $30,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS

  $25,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

  $25,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY A&M COLLEGE

  $25,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISION

  $25,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORASHA OLAMI INC

  $15,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

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.

• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ADL & ELIMINATE ANTI-SEMITISM · NY · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by ADL

• ADLF COMMON FUND

  501(C)(3) · ASSIST & SUPPORT ADL · NY · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by ADL

• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE - ISRAEL

  ADVOCACY · IS · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by ADL

• JLENS

  501(C)(3) · ADVOCACY · CA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by ADL

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202401369349302470

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