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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by IMMIGRATION REFORM LAW INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,912,554
Total expenses
$1,627,641
Contributions and grants received
$4,672,420
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$234,534
Other revenue
$5,600
Total assets, end of year
$574,316
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,574
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$563,742
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,204,863
Management and general expenses
$346,119
Fundraising expenses
$76,659
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,204,863

Program services were 74.0% 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

    $4,672,420

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $132,088 · excluded $132,088

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,300,302

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,197,856

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $102,446

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $102,446 · excluded $102,446

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $5,600 · excluded $5,600

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $422,224 · program services $380,001 · management and general $32,910 · fundraising $9,313

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $438,167 · program services $333,745 · management and general $42,489 · fundraising $61,933

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,144 · program services $11,294 · management and general $850

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,147 · program services $41,057 · management and general $3,090

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $71,947 · program services $60,684 · management and general $5,850 · fundraising $5,413

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $102,365 · management and general $102,365

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $32,881 · program services $32,881

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,720 · management and general $7,720

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $108,991 · program services $18,510 · management and general $90,481

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,496 · program services $14,441 · management and general $6,055

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,988 · program services $25,064 · management and general $924

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $222,117 · program services $206,464 · management and general $15,653

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,136 · program services $10,247 · management and general $2,889

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,886 · program services $5,474 · management and general $412

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,267 · program services $39,267

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL LIST RENTAL

    total $26,738 · management and general $26,738

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS & DUES

    total $19,282 · program services $19,187 · management and general $95

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $7,598 · management and general $7,598

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER TAXES

    total $4,652 · program services $4,652

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,895 · program services $1,895

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $200 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,644,239 · end of year $574,316

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,949 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,847 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,229,215 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,986 · end of year $10,574

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $62,308 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,772,156 · end of year $563,742

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE IMMIGRATION REFORM LAW INSTITUTE, INC. (IRLI) PROMOTES DILIGENT ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS IN KEEPING WITH CONGRESSIONAL INTENT; AND TO HELP PROTECT ALL AMERICANS, NOT LEAST THE POOR, WHO ARE HARMED BY UNCONTROLLED AND UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE DILIGENT ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS IN KEEPING WITH CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.

  • IRLI MAINTAINED MORE THAN 150 ACTIVE CASES AND FILED NUMEROUS FRIEND-OF-THE-COURT BRIEFS IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS, AND STATE COURTS CONCERNING NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, PROTECTING FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, DEFENDING PRO-ENFORCEMENT STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, ENDING PUBLIC-BENEFIT WINDFALLS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS, DEFENDING PRO-ENFORCEMENT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, POLICIES, REFERENDA, AND INITIATIVES, PROTECTING ELECTORAL PROCESS INTEGRITY, PROTECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, AND EXPOSING GOVERNMENT ACTION TO PUBLIC INSPECTION THROUGH FOIA LAWSUITS.

    Expenses $1,204,863

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DALE WILCOX - EXEC DIR

    GEN. COUNSEL UNTIL 07/25, CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $431,180
    From this org
    $201,743
    From related orgs
    $173,231
    Other
    $56,206
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,485 + $147,167 related
    Bonus
    $50,000 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $1,258 + $1,064 related
    Deferred
    $11,609 + $11,038 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,462 + $14,097 related
    Filer's total
    $232,814 + $198,366 related

  • MATTHEW O'BRIEN - DIR OF

    INVESTIGATIONS UNTIL 05/25, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $191,025
    From this org
    $72,579
    From related orgs
    $101,809
    Other
    $16,637
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $71,779 + $101,056 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $800 + $753 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,615 + $9,022 related
    Filer's total
    $80,194 + $110,831 related

  • BRIAN LONERGAN - DIR OF

    COMM. UNTIL 07/25, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $202,603
    From this org
    $77,657
    From related orgs
    $69,363
    Other
    $55,583
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $76,357 + $67,124 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,600 related
    Other
    $1,300 + $639 related
    Deferred
    $6,417 + $5,620 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,141 + $18,405 related
    Filer's total
    $109,215 + $93,388 related

  • DANIEL A STEIN ESQ

    CHAIRMAN UNTIL 07/25

    Total calculated
    $160,605
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $135,546
    Other
    $25,059
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $134,212 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,334 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,855 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,204 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $160,605 related

  • JEFFREY R PARKIN ESQ

    SECRETARY UNTIL 07/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN ROONEY

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 07/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE KIRCHNER

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 07/25

    Total calculated
    $207,814
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $192,584
    Other
    $15,230
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $192,141 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $443 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,410 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $820 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $207,814 related

  • MARK VENEZIA

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARI RENDALL

    DIRECTOR AS OF 07/25

    Total calculated
    $194,817
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $135,045
    Other
    $59,772
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $133,755 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,290 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,282 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $48,490 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $194,817 related

  • CHRISTOPHER HAJEC

    DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $261,101
    From this org
    $110,992
    From related orgs
    $112,033
    Other
    $38,076
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,155 + $82,678 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $28,200 related
    Other
    $2,837 + $1,155 related
    Deferred
    $8,341 + $16,125 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,153 + $6,457 related
    Filer's total
    $126,486 + $134,615 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, 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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
THE ORGANIZATION PAID OUT NON-FIXED BONUSES TO EMPLOYEES DURING THE YEAR AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ED. THE BONUSES WERE NOT CONTINGENT IN ANY WAY ON THE REVENUES OR EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION OR ANY RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.

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.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
2 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202601839349300630

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