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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FFRF ACTION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$626,811
Total expenses
$507,322
Contributions and grants received
$624,229
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,582
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$395,329
Total liabilities, end of year
$248,336
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$146,993
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$408,144
Management and general expenses
$41,392
Fundraising expenses
$57,786
Program service expenses (Part III)
$408,144

Program services were 80.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $500,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $124,229

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,582 · excluded $2,582

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $237,426 · program services $213,684 · management and general $21,368 · fundraising $2,374

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,952 · program services $17,956 · management and general $1,796 · fundraising $200

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,711 · program services $40,240 · management and general $4,024 · fundraising $447

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,599 · program services $16,739 · management and general $1,674 · fundraising $186

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,578 · program services $1,578

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,700 · management and general $4,700

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $14,574 · program services $14,574

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $893 · program services $804 · management and general $80 · fundraising $9

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $58,174 · program services $2,191 · management and general $2,044 · fundraising $53,939

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,961 · program services $39,961

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,435 · program services $1,435

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,100 · program services $2,100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $144 · program services $115 · management and general $29

  • 24a · Other expenses: OVERHEAD CHARGES

    total $63,075 · program services $56,767 · management and general $5,677 · fundraising $631

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $395,329

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $122,496 · end of year $248,336

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,504 · end of year $146,993

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DEVELOP AND ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO PRESERVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION BETWEEN STATE AND CHURCH, TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS AND VIEWS OF NONBELIEVERS, AND TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND PUBLICIZE THE VIEWS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONCERNING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUES.

  • FFRF ACTION FUND CREATED ITS WEBSITE, WITH AN INVITATION TO "BECOME AN ADVOCATE" TO RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, ALONG WITH LINKS FOR NEWS RELEASES, BLOGS, A MISSION STATEMENT, BOARD INFORMATION AND A SECTION ON SECULAR ISSUES. IT LAUNCHED A "SECULARIST OF THE WEEK" TO HONOR OR ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WHO PROMOTE STATE/CHURCH SEPARATION AND TRUE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND A "THEOCRAT OF THE WEEK" TO EDUCATE ABOUT PUBLIC OFFICIALS SEEKING TO UNDERMINE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. IT ROLLED OUT A DYNAMIC SCORECARD FOR THE U.S. HOUSE BASED ON MEMBERSHIP IN THE CONGRESSIONAL FREETHOUGHT CAUCUS AND COSPONSORSHIP OF KEY BILLS, WITH 15 MEMBERS ACHIEVING PERFECT SCORES. ITS SIGNATURE FEDERAL LEGISLATION WAS THE HEALTH SHARE TRANSPARENCY ACT, TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM THE DECEPTIVE PRACTICES OF HEALTH CARE SHARING MINISTRIES. FFRF ACTION FUND WAS ABLE TO LOCATE STORY-TELLERS WHO HAD SUFFERED DUE TO THE LACK OF GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT.ON THE STATE LEVEL, FFRF ACTION FUND WORKED WITH A COALITION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH THREE STATES PASSING LAWS SETTING THE MARRIAGE AGE AT 18 WITH NO EXCEPTIONS, INCLUDING FOR RELIGION. FFRF ACTION FUND DRAFTED AND HELPED ADVANCE A BILL IN MICHIGAN TO INFORM CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS ABOUT NONRELIGIOUS ALTERNATIVES TO RELIGIOUS 12-STEP PROGRAMS AND WORKED TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE NEED IN OTHER STATES. FFRF ACTION FUND ISSUED MORE THAN 150 ACTION ALERTS TO ABOUT 30,000 ADVOCATES, MOST AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND 16,000 ADVOCATES TOOK ACTION CONTACTING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MORE THAN 152,000 TIMES. FFRF ACTION FUND MONITORED BILLS IN ALL 50 STATES, TRACKING AND REVIEWING NEARLY 2,000 BILLS. FFRF ACTION FUND WORKED HARD TO DEFEAT A BILL THAT DIED IN TEXAS REQUIRING TEN COMMANDMENTS IN EVERY CLASSROOM. FFRF ACTION FUND FOUGHT CHAPLAIN-IN-SCHOOL BILLS, VOUCHER BILLS AND BILLS BASED ON RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE AND LGBTQ-PLUS RIGHTS, AMONG OTHERS. WE PARTNERED WITH GROUPS TO HOST CONTENT-BASED WEBINARS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM MEDICAL AID IN DYING TO BLASPHEMY LAWS. FFRF ACTION FUND SENT "RAPID RESPONSE" LETTERS TO VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PROMOTING CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ALONG WITH 66 PRESS RELEASES.

    Expenses $408,144

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Annie Laurie Gaylor

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $131,767
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $101,616
    Other
    $30,151
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

  • Sean Meloy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Strand

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $133,034
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $106,054
    Other
    $26,980
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Jocelyn Williamson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423189349311077

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