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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,331,283
Total expenses
$3,353,922
Contributions and grants received
$2,330,667
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$616
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,153,483
Total liabilities, end of year
$137,685
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,015,798
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,478,774
Management and general expenses
$604,753
Fundraising expenses
$270,395
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,478,774

Program services were 73.9% 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

    $2,330,667

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $248,905

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $123,750

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

    securities $123,134

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $616

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $616 · excluded $616

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $580,438 · program services $431,810 · management and general $58,045 · fundraising $90,583

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,485,755 · program services $1,179,694 · management and general $184,981 · fundraising $121,080

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $46,263 · program services $39,779 · management and general $4,784 · fundraising $1,700

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,149 · program services $74,242 · management and general $14,978 · fundraising $11,929

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $142,241 · program services $110,971 · management and general $16,781 · fundraising $14,489

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $113,760 · management and general $113,760

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,916 · management and general $89,916

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $384,601 · program services $357,613 · management and general $19,249 · fundraising $7,739

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $143,346 · program services $141,476 · management and general $905 · fundraising $965

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,625 · program services $1,008 · management and general $7,617

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,120 · program services $3,679 · management and general $22,441

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,946 · management and general $24,946

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,034 · program services $25,734 · management and general $2,192 · fundraising $7,108

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $36,455 · program services $31,886 · management and general $1,193 · fundraising $3,376

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,330 · management and general $37,330

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $53,718 · program services $36,974 · management and general $5,635 · fundraising $11,109

  • 24b · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $31,863 · program services $31,863 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: COURT FEES AND CASES

    total $12,362 · program services $12,045 · management and general $0 · fundraising $317

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,638,066 · end of year $2,756,935

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $202,722

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $6,024

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,103 · end of year $17,211

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $126,468

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $400 · end of year $44,123

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $170,830 · end of year $96,659

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $41,026

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,443,502 · end of year $2,712,382

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $594,237 · end of year $303,416

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIBERTIES AND A FREE ENTERPRISE SOCIETY THROUGH STRATEGIC LITIGATION, TRAINING, COMMUNICATION, ACTIVISM AND RESEARCH. IN ADDITION, THE CENTER WILL TRAIN LAW STUDENTS, LAWYERS AND POLICY ACTIVISTS IN THE PURSUIT OF PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO USE STRATEGIC LITIGATION TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIBERTIES AND A FREE ENTERPRISE SOCIETY

  • ADVANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIBERTIES AND A FREE ENTERPRISE THROUGH STRATEGIC LITIGATION, TRAINING, COMMUNICATION, ACTIVISM AND RESEARCH.

    Expenses $2,478,774

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jacob Huebert

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $242,541
    From this org
    $232,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,830
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,711
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,330
    Filer's total
    $242,541
  • Patrick Hughes

    PRESIDENT THRU 02/2022

    Total calculated
    $81,413
    From this org
    $78,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,926
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sara Albrecht

    TREASURER, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Brian Timpone

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Santacrose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corey Deangelis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Rickert

    VICE PRESIDENT THRU 11/2022

    Total calculated
    $248,951
    From this org
    $220,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,434
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $57,032
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,485
    Filer's total
    $248,951
  • Brian Kelsey

    MANAGING ATTORNEY THRU 10/2022

    Total calculated
    $207,113
    From this org
    $200,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,613
    Bonus
    $44,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $207,113
  • Daniel Suhr

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $210,381
    From this org
    $187,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,090
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,520
    Bonus
    $16,771
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,090
    Filer's total
    $210,381
  • Buck Dougherty III

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $180,818
    From this org
    $166,388
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,888
    Bonus
    $11,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,103
    Filer's total
    $180,818
  • Jeffrey Schwab

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $162,888
    From this org
    $141,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,395
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,243
    Bonus
    $11,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,995
    Filer's total
    $162,888
  • Jared Carl

    SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $137,304
    From this org
    $137,304
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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 5
BRIAN KELSEY, MANAGING ATTORNEY THROUGH 10/27/2022, AND A HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE, WERE ELIGIBLE FOR AN INCENTIVE BONUS OF 15 CENTS FOR EACH NEW DOLLAR RAISED FOR THE LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER FROM A NEW CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ORGANIZATION AND/OR OUR NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS. THIS BONUS ARRANGEMENT WAS TERMINATED DURING 2022.

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
2022
Filed
26 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312079349300431

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