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← THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,000
Total expenses
$336,865
Contributions and grants received
$5,000
Grants paid
$285,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$285,000
Management and general expenses
$51,865
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$285,000

Program services were 84.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $285,000 · program services $285,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $40,000 · management and general $40,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,486 · management and general $3,486

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90 · management and general $90

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,289 · management and general $7,289

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $331,865 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $331,865 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AN ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE US CONSTITUTION,WHICH IN TURN WILL: FURTHER LIMITED GOVERNMENT, PROTECT TRADITIONAL VALUES, SECURE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES AND PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS IS TO PROMOTE AND SECURE AMERICANS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE AIM TO DEFEND AND STRENGTHEN THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THROUGH METHODS THAT WILL INCLUDE LITIGATION AND OTHER MEANS, AND TO EDUCATION MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

  • LITIGATION ASSISTANCE - CDF PROVIDES ASSISTANCE IN LITIGATION ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO ATTACKS ON THE US CONSTITUTION AND FREEDOMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    Expenses $285,000 · Grants $285,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dale Sutherland

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Abdalla

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Clover

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

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.

  • No recipient named

    $0

    Liquidation · ALL REMAINING CASH WAS USED TO PAY FINAL ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES. NO ASSETS REMAIN FOR DISTRIBUTION. · Sep 26, 2024

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513119349300136

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