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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACLJ ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$500,981
Total expenses
$386,231
Contributions and grants received
$500,981
Grants paid
$1,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$176,851
Total liabilities, end of year
$62,101
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$114,750
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$327,206
Management and general expenses
$42,357
Fundraising expenses
$16,668
Program service expenses (Part III)
$327,206

Program services were 84.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $68,825

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $300,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $132,156

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $42,140 · program services $42,140

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $95,254 · program services $75,055 · management and general $16,159 · fundraising $4,040

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,933 · program services $3,933

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,799 · program services $10,799

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,324 · program services $260 · management and general $17,064

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $103,508 · program services $87,585 · management and general $8,659 · fundraising $7,264

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,244 · program services $42,875 · fundraising $1,369

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $423 · management and general $423

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,840 · program services $10,756 · fundraising $2,084

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,375 · program services $18,375

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,318 · program services $5,318

  • 20 · Interest

    total $49 · management and general $49

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,110 · program services $29,110

  • 24a · Other expenses: FINANCIAL EXPENSE

    total $1,914 · management and general $3 · fundraising $1,911

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $156,077

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $20,774

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $62,101

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year -$62,735

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $177,485

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL WELFARE BY PROMOTING POLICIES THAT SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES, LIBERTY, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS ACTIVITY IS CONDUCTED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE EDUCATION, LOBBYING ELECTED OFFICIALS IN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, AND ORGANIZING VOTERS IN THE DOMESTIC UNITED STATES AND IN ALL 50 STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACLJ ACTION IS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

  • ACLJ ACTION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO LIBERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. TO THAT END, IN 2022 ACLJ ACTION GREW A GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF OVER 25,000 SUBSCRIBERS TO WHICH IT SENT 240,359 EMAILS IN WHICH IT PROVIDED POLICY ANALYSIS AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH LEGISLATORS AND FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES. ACLJ ACTION ACTIVISTS PARTICIPATED IN 12 SUCCESSFUL LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGNS LAST YEAR, SENDING 57,564 EMAILS TO ALL 100 SENATORS AND NEARLY ALL REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. ACLJ ACTION ALSO FACILITATED 23,338 COMMENTS SUBMITTED ACROSS 3 FEDERAL RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS. ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS, ACLJ ACTION ADVOCATED DIRECTLY TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND STATE OFFICIALS ON MATTERS RELATED TO LIFE, LIBERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WHILE ALSO CONDUCTING FURTHER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES ON ISSUES OF CONCERN. FINALLY, ACLJ ACTION WORKED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATEREGARDING SHARED POLICY GOALS.

    Expenses $327,206 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jordan Sekulow

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Rockas

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $42,140
    From this org
    $39,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,369
    Hours/week
    30

  • Thomas Gilman

    DIRECTOR

    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
2022
Filed
1 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323179349301852

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