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← Citizens Defending Freedom USA Inc

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by Citizens Defending Freedom USA Inc.

Totals

Total revenue
$600,400
Total expenses
$1,769,353
Contributions and grants received
$621,497
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,458,240
Management and general expenses
$291,221
Fundraising expenses
$19,892
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,458,240

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • STEVE MAXWELL

    PRESIDENT / EXEC. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $213,998
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $213,998
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    33 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $213,998 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $213,998 related

  • JOHN DURHAM

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 2 related

  • DAVID BENDETT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KEVIN RESPRESS

    DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • KEITH ROSE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 2 related

  • KEITH SMITH

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • STEVE BLACKWELDER

    CEO (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $151,605
    From this org
    $34,567
    From related orgs
    $117,038
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $34,567 + $117,038 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $34,567 + $117,038 related

  • COLBY WILTSE

    INTERIM CEO

    Total calculated
    $138,622
    From this org
    $33,654
    From related orgs
    $80,204
    Other
    $24,764
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • SETH JAHN

    DIRECTOR OF SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $156,264
    From this org
    $41,596
    From related orgs
    $114,129
    Other
    $539
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $41,596 + $114,129 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $114 + $425 related
    Filer's total
    $41,710 + $114,554 related

  • LUIS CABRERA

    TX FAITH DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $141,872
    From this org
    $35,000
    From related orgs
    $92,341
    Other
    $14,531
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • TARA SCHULTE

    TX COUNTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,529
    From this org
    $27,731
    From related orgs
    $75,275
    Other
    $10,523
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • NICOLE NOLTE

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,819
    From this org
    $27,440
    From related orgs
    $76,181
    Other
    $9,198
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • SARAH CALAMUNCI

    FL STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,114
    From this org
    $27,731
    From related orgs
    $76,998
    Other
    $385
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 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 — 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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4A
SARAH CALAMUNCI RECIEVED SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $16,322.

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.

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
2025
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611359349313851

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