Totals
- Total revenue
- $700,622
- Total expenses
- $603,433
- Contributions and grants received
- $554,065
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $146,557
- Total assets, end of year
- $159,248
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $113,110
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $46,138
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $543,710
- Management and general expenses
- $46,566
- Fundraising expenses
- $13,157
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $543,710
Program services were 90.1% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$554,065
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11a · Other revenue: PODCAST REVENUE
total $146,557 · related or exempt $146,557
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11e · Other revenue, total
$146,557
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $62,129 · program services $62,129
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,526 · program services $2,364 · management and general $162
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,482 · program services $5,498 · management and general $1,984
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11b · Fees: legal
total $639 · management and general $639
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,600 · management and general $18,600
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11g · Fees: other
total $75,540 · program services $48,410 · management and general $15,130 · fundraising $12,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $416,316 · program services $416,316
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,316 · management and general $408 · fundraising $908
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14 · Information technology
total $6,930 · program services $6,034 · management and general $896
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17 · Travel
total $3,091 · program services $2,282 · management and general $809
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23 · Insurance
total $5,341 · management and general $5,341
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24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $3,523 · program services $677 · management and general $2,597 · fundraising $249
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5,199 · end of year $141,382
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $17,500 · end of year $260
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $13,610
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $16,120 · end of year $3,996
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $125,558 · end of year $113,110
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$116,207 · end of year -$17,976
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $29,468 · end of year $64,114
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
IRON LIGHT LABS RUNS A CREATIVE INCUBATOR THAT DEVELOPS NETFLIX-QUALITY FILMS TO PERSUADE AUDIENCES AND IMPACT CULTURE, EXPERIMENTS WITH HUMOR TO CUT THROUGH THE ATTENTION ECONOMY, AND BRINGS NONTRADITIONAL PARTNERS TOGETHER TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF WELL-TRAINED ADVOCATES FOR A FREE SOCIETY.
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IRON LIGHT LABS TRAINS INDIVIDUALS IN EFFECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES AND POWERFUL STORYTELLING THAT ITS AWARD-WINNING PRACTITIONERS HAVE MASTERED. ITS TRAINING TOPICS INCLUDE HOW TO BE PERSUASIVE, HOW TO BUILD AN OWNED AUDIENCE, HOW TO MEASURE YOUR ORGANIZATION'S IMPACT, AND HOW TO MARKET AND DISTRIBUTE VIDEO CONTENT. IRON LIGHT LABS HAS FOUND THESE CORE SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL IN ACTIVATING A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION'S TARGET AUDIENCE. IRON LIGHT LABS ALSO EQUIPS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE IMPACTFUL COMMUNICATORS OF THEIR MESSAGE. IRON LIGHT LABS CONDUCTS TRAININGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, IN ORDER TO BETTER EQUIP FREEDOM ADVOCATES TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND UTILIZE CUTTING EDGE TECHNIQUES TO MARKET THEIR MISSIONS.
Expenses $543,710
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Eric TubbsERIC TUBBS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John TillmanJOHN TILLMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark MillerMARK MILLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Scott BarbieSCOTT BARBIE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sara AlbrechtSARA ALBRECHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kent EmmonsKENT EMMONS
DIRECTOR
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 7 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513219349311211
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