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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,347,283
Total expenses
$5,852,759
Contributions and grants received
$7,335,000
Grants paid
$350,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$12,283
Total assets, end of year
$2,421,309
Total liabilities, end of year
$727,721
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,693,588
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,360,859
Management and general expenses
$1,491,885
Fundraising expenses
$15
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,360,859

Program services were 74.5% 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

    $7,335,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $12,283 · related or exempt $12,283

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,283

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $350,000 · program services $350,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $402,106 · program services $164,863 · management and general $237,243

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $250,000 · program services $102,500 · management and general $147,500

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,000 · program services $4,100 · management and general $5,900

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,693 · program services $11,354 · management and general $16,339

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,074 · program services $14,380 · management and general $20,694

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,362 · management and general $31,362

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,417 · management and general $19,417

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $242,161 · program services $166,447 · management and general $75,714

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,102 · management and general $1,102

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $179,025 · management and general $179,025

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,392 · management and general $3,392

  • 24a · Other expenses: ISSUE ADVOCACY

    total $3,547,215 · program services $3,547,215

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACS

    total $750,000 · management and general $750,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,635 · management and general $2,635

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $810 · management and general $810

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $767 · management and general $752 · fundraising $15

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $227,432 · end of year $1,686,527

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,896 · end of year $61,896

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $812,662 · end of year $672,886

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,937 · end of year $12,089

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $864,989 · end of year $715,632

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $199,064 · end of year $1,693,588

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP FUND IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CONSERVATIVE POLICIES OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, LOWER TAXES, AND LESS REGULATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS AND INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICYMAKING OUTCOMES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, SURVEY RESEARCH, DIRECT MAIL, AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND PRINT ADVERTISING.

  • THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS AND INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICYMAKING OUTCOMES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, SURVEY RESEARCH, DIRECT MAIL, AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND PRINT ADVERTISING.

    Expenses $4,360,859 · Grants $350,000 · Revenue $12,283

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN

    PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $330,089
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,089
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,089
    Filer's total
    $330,089

  • LES WILLIAMSON

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $72,017
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,017
    Hours/week
    15

  • GOV HALEY BARBOUR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT REED

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PARKER POLING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN HALL

    DIGITAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $284,672
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,672
    Filer's total
    $284,672

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349310359

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