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← JUDICIAL WATCH INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by JUDICIAL WATCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$102,272,691
Total expenses
$57,429,395
Contributions and grants received
$82,279,727
Grants paid
$87,900
Program service revenue
$56,267
Investment income
$19,598,180
Other revenue
$338,517
Total assets, end of year
$592,877,324
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,868,489
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$580,008,835
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,930,038
Management and general expenses
$6,885,742
Fundraising expenses
$13,613,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,930,038

Program services were 64.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • THOMAS J FITTON

    PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,208,119
    From this org
    $1,157,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,783
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,105,511
    Bonus
    $50,695
    Other
    $1,130
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,283
    Filer's total
    $1,208,119

  • PAUL J ORFANEDES

    TREASURER, SECRETARY, DIRE

    Total calculated
    $969,995
    From this org
    $931,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,104
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $890,677
    Bonus
    $40,084
    Other
    $1,130
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,604
    Filer's total
    $969,995

  • CHRISTOPHER J FARRELL

    DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS

    Total calculated
    $934,582
    From this org
    $889,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,181
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $849,274
    Bonus
    $38,997
    Other
    $1,130
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,681
    Filer's total
    $934,582

  • STEVEN ANDERSEN

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $499,251
    From this org
    $453,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,815
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $432,094
    Bonus
    $20,212
    Other
    $1,130
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,315
    Filer's total
    $499,251

  • ROBERT PATRICK STICHT

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $500,987
    From this org
    $456,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,934
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $434,607
    Bonus
    $20,325
    Other
    $1,121
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,434
    Filer's total
    $500,987

  • ROBERT POPPER

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $409,781
    From this org
    $370,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $353,813
    Bonus
    $15,925
    Other
    $1,126
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,417
    Filer's total
    $409,781

  • TIMOTHY GRAY

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $361,779
    From this org
    $323,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,973
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,477
    Bonus
    $14,203
    Other
    $1,126
    Deferred
    $16,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,486
    Filer's total
    $361,779

  • THORNTON NOBILE

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $349,964
    From this org
    $300,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,490
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,548
    Bonus
    $13,796
    Other
    $1,130
    Deferred
    $16,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,475
    Filer's total
    $349,964

  • MICHAEL BEKESHA

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $360,681
    From this org
    $320,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,288
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,209
    Bonus
    $14,054
    Other
    $1,130
    Deferred
    $16,314
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,974
    Filer's total
    $360,681

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 · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
JUDICIAL WATCH PROVIDED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES DURING 2024, AS APPROVED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631899349301758

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