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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADF FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$868,086
Total expenses
$909,361
Contributions and grants received
$753,393
Grants paid
$817,608
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$114,693
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$17,981,950
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,641,685
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,340,265
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$877,807
Management and general expenses
$22,954
Fundraising expenses
$8,600
Program service expenses (Part III)
$877,807

Program services were 96.5% 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

    $753,393

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $62,270

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $142,304 · excluded $142,304

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $46,908

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $74,519

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $46,908 · other assets -$74,519

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$27,611 · excluded -$27,611

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $817,608 · program services $817,608

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $42,866 · program services $36,007 · management and general $1,715 · fundraising $5,144

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31 · program services $26 · management and general $1 · fundraising $4

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,087 · management and general $20,087

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,525 · program services $22,281 · management and general $1,061 · fundraising $3,183

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77 · program services $65 · management and general $3 · fundraising $9

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,167 · program services $1,820 · management and general $87 · fundraising $260

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $271,699 · end of year $70,294

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

    $264,464

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $430,000 · end of year $264,464

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $25,199,206 · end of year $17,621,692

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,500 · end of year $25,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $307,272 · end of year $138,335

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,559,348 · end of year $13,503,350

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,341,083 · end of year $2,376,484

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,718,702 · end of year $1,963,781

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM.

  • ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT AND GRANT MAKING FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM.

    Expenses $877,807 · Grants $817,608

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Terry Schlossberg

    CHAIRMAN (THRU 7/23-5/24)

    Total calculated
    $3,977
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,977
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related
  • Scott Scharpen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,263
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,263
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related
  • Michael Whitehead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,782
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,782
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related
  • Mark Maddoux

    SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related
  • Lisa Fullerton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,313
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,313
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related
  • John Rogers

    DIRECTOR/ CHAIRMAN (ONLY 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $3,271
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,271
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related
  • Wayne N Swindler

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 7/23-2/24)

    Total calculated
    $311,209
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $272,174
    Other
    $39,035
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $269,610 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $307 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,257 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,041 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,994 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $311,209 related
  • Kristen Waggoner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $635,350
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $593,419
    Other
    $41,931
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $532,609 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $60,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $810 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,731 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $635,350 related
  • Michael Farris

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $880,547
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $864,014
    Other
    $16,533
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $164,012 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $700,002 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $423 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,110 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $880,547 related

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT COMPENSATE ITS OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR SERVICE IN THOSE POSITIONS. COMPENSATION IS PAID TO FOUNDATION OFFICERS BY A RELATED 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION. FOR COMPENSATION PURPOSES, THE FOUNDATION BOARD RELIES ON THE RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR COMPARABILITY DATA AND CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION TO HELP DETERMINE COMPENSATION. THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES REVIEW OF MARKET COMPARABILITY DATA, APPROVAL BY THE FOUNDATION BOARD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TASK GROUP (PETG)/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND FINAL APPROVAL BY THE FOUNDATION FULL BOARD, EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IS ESTABLISHED.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • 15100 SOLAR LLC

    C · OWN AND OPERATE SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT · AZ

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM BELGIUM ASBL

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · BE

  • ADF INTERNATIONAL (UK)

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · UK

  • ADF INTERNATIONAL (FRANCE)

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · FR

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM SWITZERLAND

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · SZ

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL DEUSTCHLAND EV

    C · HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL WORK · DE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541329349301629

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