What the amendment changed
Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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.
Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,000,000
- Total expenses
- $1,794,098
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,000,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $221,083
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $15,181
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $205,902
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,410,358
- Management and general expenses
- $383,740
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,410,358
Program services were 78.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,000,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $351,022 · program services $280,818 · management and general $70,204
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $798,433 · program services $638,746 · management and general $159,687
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $9,252 · program services $7,402 · management and general $1,850
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $120,366 · program services $96,293 · management and general $24,073
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $84,926 · program services $67,941 · management and general $16,985
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11b · Fees: legal
total $74,050 · program services $59,240 · management and general $14,810
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,500 · management and general $5,500
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11g · Fees: other
total $225,029 · program services $184,423 · management and general $40,606
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,307 · program services $1,192 · management and general $115
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14 · Information technology
total $22,599 · program services $18,448 · management and general $4,151
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,050 · program services $6,050
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17 · Travel
total $57,780 · program services $16,502 · management and general $41,278
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $890 · program services $890
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23 · Insurance
total $8,725 · program services $6,980 · management and general $1,745
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM / STAFF EVENTS
total $27,364 · program services $24,628 · management and general $2,736
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24e · All other expenses
total $805 · program services $805
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $195,267
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$26,706
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$890
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $25,816
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $15,181
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
end of year $205,902
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE AMERICA FUND SEEKS TO PRESERVE AND ADVANCE THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE THROUGH AN EMPHASIS ON THREE CORE ISSUES: EQUALITY, FREE SPEECH, AND FREE ASSOCIATION, AND SEEKS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ISSUES ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC POLICY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
(SEE ON SCHEDULE O)THE AMERICA FUND SEEKS TO PRESERVE AND ADVANCE THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE THROUGH AN EMPHASIS ON THREE CORE ISSUES: EQUALITY, FREE SPEECH, AND FREE ASSOCIATION, AND SEEKS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ISSUES ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC POLICY.
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THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION'S THREE COMPONENT ISSUES OF EQUALITY, FREE SPEECH, AND FREE ASSOCIATION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ENGAGED IN EFFORTS TO INFORM PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS ON IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES CONCERNING EQUALITY, FREE SPEECH, AND FREE ASSOCIATION.
Expenses $1,410,358
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Ben JudgeBEN JUDGE
PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $217,126
- From this org
- $190,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,126
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $190,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $2,850
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,276
- Filer's total
- $217,126
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Thomas KlingensteinTHOMAS KLINGENSTEIN
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Abby MoffatABBY MOFFAT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Patricia E McQuadePATRICIA E MCQUADE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $133,896
- From this org
- $108,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,896
- Hours/week
- 40
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David LangdonDAVID LANGDON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Nicole KiprilovNICOLE KIPRILOV
PROGRAM MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $128,611
- From this org
- $120,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,611
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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 1A
- DURING THE TAX YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL ACCOMODATIONS TO BEN JUDGE, PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND PATRICIA MCQUADE, TREASURER. THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 31 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202612439349300521
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