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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,821,570
Total expenses
$9,377,296
Contributions and grants received
$10,840,559
Grants paid
$3,972,556
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$48
Other revenue
-$19,037
Total assets, end of year
$3,297,840
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,328,069
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,969,771
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,956,086
Management and general expenses
$1,062,409
Fundraising expenses
$358,801
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,956,086

Program services were 84.8% 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

    $10,534,587

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $305,972

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $517,875

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48 · excluded $48

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $33,433

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $52,470

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$19,037

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$19,037 · excluded -$19,037

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,947,556 · program services $3,947,556

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,793,584 · program services $1,875,954 · management and general $660,030 · fundraising $257,600

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,574 · program services $23,776 · management and general $5,355 · fundraising $1,443

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,173 · program services $6,066 · management and general $3,147 · fundraising $960

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $33,867 · program services $31,793 · management and general $1,559 · fundraising $515

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,749 · management and general $25,749

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $225,775 · program services $35,731 · management and general $188,792 · fundraising $1,252

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $278,993 · program services $221,571 · management and general $16,724 · fundraising $40,698

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,286 · program services $65,830 · management and general $8,959 · fundraising $5,497

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $106,420 · program services $83,634 · management and general $16,524 · fundraising $6,262

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $486,979 · program services $390,933 · management and general $78,734 · fundraising $17,312

  • 17 · Travel

    total $678,097 · program services $645,387 · management and general $21,002 · fundraising $11,708

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $392,154 · program services $388,534 · management and general $569 · fundraising $3,051

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $183,286 · program services $147,603 · management and general $27,258 · fundraising $8,425

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,978 · program services $32,905 · management and general $6,055 · fundraising $2,018

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESOURCE MATERIALS

    total $25,126 · program services $24,302 · management and general $511 · fundraising $313

  • 24b · Other expenses: FINANCIAL SERVICES

    total $7,155 · program services $5,930 · management and general $718 · fundraising $507

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGESSIONAL DUES

    total $5,544 · program services $3,581 · management and general $723 · fundraising $1,240

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $492,308 · end of year $1,301,946

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $408,327

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $77,788 · end of year $78,966

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

    $1,814,464

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

    $1,113,082

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $701,382

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,491,236 · end of year $807,219

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,785 · end of year $481,246

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,454,683 · end of year $846,823

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $582,864 · end of year $1,969,771

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADFI EXISTS TO SUPPORT A GLOBAL EFFORT TO ADVANCE EVERY PERSON'S GOD-GIVEN (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) RIGHT TO LIVE AND SPEAK THE TRUTH, AND TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR THE GOSPEL.

  • LEGAL ADVOCACY: ADFI IS A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO GLOBAL EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO LIVE AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. ADFI ALSO PROVIDES GRANTS TO ENTITIES RELATED TO ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM AND OTHER GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN LITIGATION AND LEGAL TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

    Expenses $3,890,527 · Grants $3,366,688

  • 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 $2,450,474 · Grants $605,868

  • EDUCATION: ADFI SEEKS TO EDUCATE IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC POLICIES SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND MARRIAGE. ADFI PROVIDES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND GRANTS TO ENTITIES RELATED TO ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM AND OTHER GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT EDUCATE IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC, POLICIES SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND MARRIAGE.

    Expenses $1,615,085

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristen Waggoner

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $622,744
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $584,869
    Other
    $37,875
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $584,059 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $810 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,900 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,975 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $622,744 related

  • Rebecca Eggleston Part Year

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $399,286
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $363,537
    Other
    $35,749
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $332,720 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,307 related
    Other
    $0 + $510 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,897 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,852 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $399,286 related

  • Mark Tjernagel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $47,839
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $45,316
    Other
    $2,523
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

  • Paul Coleman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ADF INTERNATIONAL AUSTRIA GEMEINNTZIGE GMBH

    HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · AU · income $3,732,854 · assets $2,038,822

    Directly controlled by ADF INTERNATIONAL

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL BELGIUM

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · BE

  • ADF INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · UK

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL FRANCE

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · FR

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL SWITZERLAND

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · SZ

  • 15100 SOLAR LLC

    C · OWN AND OPERATE SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT · AZ

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL DEUTSCHLAND EV

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · GM

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601329349304355

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