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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by Citizens Defending Freedom USA Inc.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,378,407
Total expenses
$3,206,048
Contributions and grants received
$3,378,407
Grants paid
$194,994
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,002,474
Total liabilities, end of year
$166,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$836,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,658,695
Management and general expenses
$317,621
Fundraising expenses
$229,732
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,658,695

Program services were 82.9% 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

    $91,739

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,286,668

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $194,994 · program services $194,994

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $131,953 · program services $108,962 · management and general $9,339 · fundraising $13,652

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $750,768 · program services $619,959 · management and general $53,133 · fundraising $77,676

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,311 · program services $43,197 · management and general $3,702 · fundraising $5,412

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,913 · program services $50,300 · management and general $4,311 · fundraising $6,302

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,036 · management and general $11,036

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $250,369 · program services $119,090 · management and general $131,279 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $171,535 · program services $141,648 · management and general $12,140 · fundraising $17,747

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $177,456 · program services $146,537 · management and general $12,559 · fundraising $18,360

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $88,041 · program services $72,701 · management and general $6,231 · fundraising $9,109

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,207 · program services $10,080 · management and general $864 · fundraising $1,263

  • 17 · Travel

    total $505,388 · program services $417,333 · management and general $35,767 · fundraising $52,288

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,360 · program services $15,161 · management and general $1,299 · fundraising $1,900

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,160 · management and general $18,160

  • 24a · Other expenses: Maintenance and security

    total $511,031 · program services $511,031 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $251,526 · program services $207,702 · management and general $17,801 · fundraising $26,023

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $755,816 · end of year $202,113

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,960 · end of year $717,452

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $13,459

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

    $93,330

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

    $23,880

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $90,730 · end of year $69,450

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,693 · end of year $129,291

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $198,407 · end of year $1,281

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $10,924 · end of year $35,621

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $685,482 · end of year $414,611

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $421,670

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

County Citizens Defending Freedom empowers and equips American citizens to defend their freedoms and liberties at the local level. By streamlining and simplifying activism, we support and champion American citizens who want to stand up for their independence.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To empower and equip American citizens to defend their freedoms and liberties at the local level.

  • County Citizens Defending Freedom USA (CCDF-USA) is a not-for profit, nonpartisan social welfare organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. CCDF-USA empowers and equips American citizens to defend their freedoms and liberties at the local level. The CCDF-USA mission focuses on shining the light on all activities, decisions, and actions of all elected officials, city councils, school boards, county commissions, administrators, and superintendents in the three states in which we are currently established: Florida, Texas, and Georgia. Our mission also is to educate citizens on the values of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and its influence on the founding of our country. Established in 2021, CCDF-USA is a resource for citizens to come to when their rights and freedoms have been threatened, disregarded, or ignored. Our moral standard is based on the Laws of Nature and of God found in the Declaration of Independence.

    Expenses $2,658,695 · Grants $194,994

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Bendett

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Jimmy Nelson

    Secretary (part year)

    Total calculated
    $33,333
    From this org
    $33,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • John Durham

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Kevin Respress

    Director and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Steve Maxwell

    President / Exec. Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    33 + 2 related

  • Jeff Childers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Jim McClain

    Director & Faith Director

    Total calculated
    $98,158
    From this org
    $98,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Keith Rose

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Keith Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Barbara Huchro

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $129,712
    From this org
    $124,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,783
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

  • Seth Jahn

    Director of Security

    Total calculated
    $103,283
    From this org
    $103,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313159349300221

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