Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 30 April 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

$16,763,283 →changed to $30,831,937

Total expenses

$13,067,832 →changed to $20,684,285

Contributions and grants received

$10,809,836 →changed to $25,873,955

Grants paid

$7,483,702 →changed to $15,673,712

Program service revenue

$145,973 →changed to $291,946

Investment income

$5,807,474 →changed to $4,665,985

Other revenue

$0 →changed to $51

Total assets, end of year

$151,712,903 →changed to $165,164,081

Total liabilities, end of year

$15,821,611 →changed to $5,564,452

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$135,891,292 →changed to $159,599,629

Program services expenses

$7,633,825 →changed to $16,125,817

Management and general expenses

$4,410,818 →changed to $1,949,887

Fundraising expenses

$1,023,189 →changed to $2,608,581

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,633,825 →changed to $16,125,817

Totals

Total revenue

$16,763,283

Total expenses

$13,067,832

Contributions and grants received

$10,809,836

Grants paid

$7,483,702

Program service revenue

$145,973

Investment income

$5,807,474

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$151,712,903

Total liabilities, end of year

$15,821,611

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$135,891,292

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,633,825

Management and general expenses

$4,410,818

Fundraising expenses

$1,023,189

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,633,825

Program services were 58.4% 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

• SUPPORT TO OTHER CHARITIES - IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION'S (ADL FOUNDATION) PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE, SPECIFIC GRANTS TOTALING $15,636,936 WERE MADE DIRECTLY FROM THE ADL FOUNDATION TO THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (ADL).

  Expenses $7,483,702 · Grants $7,483,702

• 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 $143,186

• SEE SCHEDULE OTHE AMOUNT OF ($6,937) CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: REGIONAL OPERATIONS ($6.937).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. POLICY AND PROGRAMS - ENCOMPASSES 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 $6,937 · Revenue $145,973

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

• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE

  $4,731,106

  ADL FOR GOOD CAMPAIGN

• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE

  $2,270,958

  SPIN OFF FROM ENDOWMENTS

• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE

  $481,638

  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

  501(C)(3) · ELIMINATE ANTI-SEMITISM · DC

• ADLF COMMON FUND

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

  Directly controlled by ADL

• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE - ISRAEL

  ADVOCACY · IS

  Directly controlled by ADL

• JLENS

  501(C)(3) · ADVOCACY · CA

  Directly controlled by ADL

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202441369349302784

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