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← THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,675,000
Total expenses
$3,973,952
Contributions and grants received
$3,675,000
Grants paid
$553,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,580,591
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,580,591
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,854,125
Management and general expenses
$102,683
Fundraising expenses
$17,144
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,854,125

Program services were 97.0% 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

    $3,675,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $553,000 · program services $553,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,219 · management and general $76,075 · fundraising $17,144

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,271,158 · program services $3,244,875 · management and general $26,283

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $56,275 · program services $56,250 · management and general $25

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $300 · management and general $300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,879,840 · end of year $1,580,591

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $297

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,879,543 · end of year $1,580,591

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROMOTE AN ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE US CONSTITUTION,WHICH IN TURN WILL: FURTHER LIMITED GOVERNMENT, PROTECT TRADITIONAL VALUES, SECURE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES AND PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS IS TO PROMOTE AND SECURE AMERICANS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE AIM TO DEFEND AND STRENGTHEN THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THROUGH METHODS THAT WILL INCLUDE LITIGATION AND OTHER MEANS, AND TO EDUCATION MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

  • DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT FUNDS - CDF APPROVES REQUESTS AND PROVIDES GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE DEFENSE OF THE US CONSTITUTION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $430,000 · Grants $430,000

  • LITIGATION ASSISTANCE - CDF PROVIDES ASSISTANCE IN LITIGATION ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO ATTACKS ON THE US CONSTITUTION AND FREEDOMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    Expenses $3,244,875

  • RESEARCH - CDF CONDUCTS RESEARCH RELATED TO FURTHERING THE MISSION OF PROTECTING AND DEFENDING THE US CONSTITUTION.

    Expenses $179,250 · Grants $123,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dale Sutherland

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $85,719
    From this org
    $85,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Abdalla

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lucius Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Clover

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349322931

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