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← CITIZENS FOR LEGAL REFORM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CITIZENS FOR LEGAL REFORM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,000,000
Total expenses
$206,470
Contributions and grants received
$1,000,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$818,997
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,467
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$793,530
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$196,753
Management and general expenses
$7,467
Fundraising expenses
$2,250
Program service expenses (Part III)
$196,753

Program services were 95.3% 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

    $1,000,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,584 · program services $2,467 · management and general $89 · fundraising $28

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $202,501 · program services $193,283 · management and general $6,996 · fundraising $2,222

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,003 · program services $1,003

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $382 · management and general $382

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $798,997

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $25,467

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $793,530

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CITIZENS FOR LEGAL REFORM IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE POLITICAL BRANCHES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. IN PARTICULAR, CLR EDUCATES THE PUBLIC, MEDIA, AND POLICYMAKERS ABOUT THE WEAKNESSES OF LAWS THAT OUTSOURCE THE STATE'S ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO PRIVATE "BOUNTY HUNTER" LITIGANTS AND TRIAL LAWYERS. CLR OPPOSES LAWS THAT OUTSOURCE THE STATE'S REGULATORY POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO PRIVATE "BOUNTY HUNTER" LITIGANTS AND TRIAL LAWYERS. CLR BELIEVES SUCH LAWS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, EVISCERATE POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY, UNDERMINE THE RULE OF LAW, AND CREATE A PATCHWORK OF LAWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD DISINCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS FROM EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CITIZENS FOR LEGAL REFORM IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE POLITICAL BRANCHES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. CLR OPPOSES LAWS THAT OUTSOURCE THE STATE'S REGULATORY POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO PRIVATE "BOUNTY HUNTER" LITIGANTS AND TRIAL LAWYERS. CLR BELIEVES SUCH LAWS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, EVISCERATE POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY, UNDERMINE THE RULE OF LAW, AND CREATE A PATCHWORK OF LAWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD DISINCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS FROM EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION, CLR EDUCATES POLICYMAKERS ABOUT THE WEAKNESSES OF PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION AS AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND ADVOCATES FOR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD STRUCTURALLY PROTECT POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SEPARATION OF POWERS PRINCIPLES.

  • RESEARCHED THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE COUNTRY REGARDING PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAWS.

    Expenses $196,753

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam White

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Yoo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Wallison

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Harned

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
6 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343109349303169

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