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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR LAW AND GOVERNMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$200,000
Total expenses
$265,367
Contributions and grants received
$200,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$309,257
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$309,257
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$230,202
Management and general expenses
$35,165
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$230,202

Program services were 86.7% 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

    $200,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,305 · management and general $31,305

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,860 · management and general $3,860

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $230,000 · program services $230,000

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $175 · program services $175

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES/CHARGE FEES

    total $27 · program services $27

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $374,624 · end of year $309,257

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $374,624 · end of year $309,257

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC REGARDING CONSERVATIVE, FREE-MARKET ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES, TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT, AND CONSTITUTION-BASED LEGAL REFORM.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED GRANTS TO LIKEMINDED NON-PROFIT ENTITIES TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION REGARDING ETHICS REFORM, TAX POLICY, AND LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED AND PUBLISHED NUMEROUS PUBLIC INTEREST POLLS.

    Expenses $230,202

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • EDWARD COUSAR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HANNAH PICKLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE BANNISTER

    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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349304841

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