Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,207,500
- Total expenses
- $1,210,110
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,207,500
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,391
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $73,815
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$70,424
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,166,463
- Management and general expenses
- $4,962
- Fundraising expenses
- $38,685
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,166,463
Program services were 96.4% 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
$1,207,500
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11b · Fees: legal
total $496,530 · program services $496,530
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $180,000 · program services $180,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $180,000 · program services $180,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $90,000 · program services $51,315 · fundraising $38,685
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,624 · program services $223 · management and general $1,401
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14 · Information technology
total $90,891 · program services $90,395 · management and general $496
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,995 · management and general $1,995
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $168,000 · program services $168,000
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24a · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES
total $680 · management and general $680
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24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $390 · management and general $390
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $14,856 · end of year $3,391
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $82,670 · end of year $73,815
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$67,814 · end of year -$70,424
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHTS INCLUDED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT ARE PRESERVED.
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EDUCATION: SEEKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES.
Expenses $892,498
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LOBBYING: ADVOCATES FOR GREATER PROTECTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
Expenses $207,265
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LEGAL ADVOCACY
Expenses $66,700
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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DONALD IRVINE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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GENE SCHAERR
DIRECTOR & G
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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VINH VUONG
DIGITAL COMM
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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SARAH NORTON
TREASURER &
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543219349317699
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