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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,881,925
Total expenses
$3,093,334
Contributions and grants received
$2,878,466
Grants paid
$2,500
Program service revenue
$3,300
Investment income
$159
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,357,649
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,007,014
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$350,635
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,010,470
Management and general expenses
$555,246
Fundraising expenses
$527,618
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,010,470

Program services were 65.0% 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

    $2,878,466

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DIGITAL

    total $3,300 · related or exempt $3,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42 · excluded $42

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,058

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

    securities $16,941

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $117

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $117 · excluded $117

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $45,480 · program services $37,294 · fundraising $8,186

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,652,090 · program services $989,973 · management and general $379,415 · fundraising $282,702

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $77,579 · program services $51,564 · management and general $15,946 · fundraising $10,069

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $47,071 · program services $26,479 · management and general $9,379 · fundraising $11,213

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $117,246 · program services $68,309 · management and general $27,878 · fundraising $21,059

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55,268 · program services $44,608 · management and general $10,660

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,761 · management and general $32,761

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $64,000 · fundraising $64,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $563,983 · program services $448,843 · management and general $13,718 · fundraising $101,422

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $606 · program services $606

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,934 · program services $2,475 · management and general $4,305 · fundraising $154

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,322 · program services $1,200 · management and general $122

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,848 · management and general $15,848

  • 17 · Travel

    total $180,814 · program services $139,897 · management and general $13,884 · fundraising $27,033

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $203,962 · program services $175,569 · management and general $26,613 · fundraising $1,780

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $22,980 · program services $21,153 · management and general $1,827

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT/FURNITURE

    total $2,890 · management and general $2,890

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $800,612 · end of year $2,355,235

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20 · end of year $2,414

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,122 · end of year $20,246

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $235,466 · end of year $1,986,768

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $562,044 · end of year $350,635

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION (AAFF) EDUCATES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT FREEDOM IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR REPUBLIC, AND THAT FREEDOM MUST BE FOSTERED AND PROTECTED AGAINST UNJUSTIFIED GOVERNMENT ENCROACHMENT. AAFF INFORMS THE PUBLIC ABOUT POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO YIELD UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY AT HOME AND TO RESTORE AMERICA'S STRENGTH ABROAD, WHILE ELEVATING TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS BEFORE FEDERAL COURTS.

  • ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS BEFORE FEDERAL COURTS.

    Expenses $2,010,470 · Grants $2,500 · Revenue $3,300

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Short

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 25 related

  • Jeffrey Knight

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Joshua Pitcock

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Paul Teller

    EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL 8/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $317,492
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $293,065
    Other
    $24,427
    Hours/week
    4 + 65 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $278,065 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,400 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,027 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $317,492 related

  • Timothy Chapman

    PRESIDENT (AS OF 8/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $363,697
    From this org
    $45,480
    From related orgs
    $311,856
    Other
    $6,361
    Hours/week
    4 + 65 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $45,480 + $186,856 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $125,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,161 related
    Filer's total
    $45,480 + $318,217 related

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349308612

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