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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,635,319
Total expenses
$1,741,631
Contributions and grants received
$3,383,266
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$251,877
Other revenue
$176
Total assets, end of year
$13,620,535
Total liabilities, end of year
$156,077
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,464,458
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,186,484
Management and general expenses
$217,488
Fundraising expenses
$337,659
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,186,484

Program services were 68.1% 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

    $3,383,266

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,550

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $492,523 · excluded $492,523

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $305,354

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

    securities $546,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$240,646 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$240,646 · excluded -$240,646

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $176 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $176

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $176

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $911,619 · program services $650,269 · management and general $107,524 · fundraising $153,826

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $37,306 · program services $30,557 · management and general $2,596 · fundraising $4,153

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $192,020 · program services $78,161 · management and general $43,019 · fundraising $70,840

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $64,216 · program services $39,172 · management and general $9,632 · fundraising $15,412

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $56,684 · program services $34,578 · management and general $8,502 · fundraising $13,604

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,370 · program services $42,412 · management and general $8,108 · fundraising $11,850

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,617 · program services $19,617

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,540 · program services $36,540

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,414 · program services $2,446 · management and general $2,521 · fundraising $2,447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,796 · program services $4,521 · management and general $4,611 · fundraising $9,664

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,770 · program services $22,284 · management and general $4,260 · fundraising $6,226

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,581 · program services $48,465 · management and general $3,029 · fundraising $9,087

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,740 · program services $15,183 · management and general $10,122 · fundraising $8,435

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,339 · program services $17,231 · management and general $3,294 · fundraising $4,814

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,436 · program services $7,776 · management and general $1,487 · fundraising $2,173

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $127,098 · program services $93,666 · management and general $8,589 · fundraising $24,843

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & EDUCATION

    total $25,855 · program services $25,855 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $16,733 · program services $16,733 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,497 · program services $1,018 · management and general $194 · fundraising $285

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $648,792 · end of year $386,677

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,648,186 · end of year $7,363,786

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,413,809 · end of year $14,504

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $856,748

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

    $579,178

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $302,910 · end of year $277,570

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,338,984 · end of year $5,368,328

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $236,255 · end of year $209,670

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $97,834 · end of year $86,221

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $95,960 · end of year $69,856

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,395,142 · end of year $13,464,458

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION IS A PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM.

  • LANDMARK'S LEGAL PROGRAM FOCUS IS PRIMARILY THREE-FOLD: VOTER INTEGRITY; BORDER SECURITY; AND DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION'S SEPARATION OF POWERS DOCTRINE. A FULL EXPLANATION OF OUR ACTIVITIES IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $1,186,484

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edwin Meese III

    DIRECTOR/SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Richardson

    DIRECTOR/FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence Davenport

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark R Levin

    DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $68,016
    From this org
    $35,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,016
    Hours/week
    30
  • Richard P Hutchison

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $343,790
    From this org
    $275,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,165
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,115
    Filer's total
    $343,790
  • Steve Matthews

    Director/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew C Forys

    Executive Vice President

    Total calculated
    $250,251
    From this org
    $188,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,401
    Filer's total
    $250,251
  • Michael J O'Neill

    Vice President for Legal Programming

    Total calculated
    $249,561
    From this org
    $188,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,811
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,711
    Filer's total
    $249,561

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part II, Column (D)
UP TO 79% OF "NONTAXABLE BENEFITS" REPRESENTS THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS, WHICH HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE PASSAGE OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432619349300728

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