Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,311,239
- Total expenses
- $1,326,972
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,311,239
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $192,447
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $192,447
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $556,200
- Management and general expenses
- $523,416
- Fundraising expenses
- $247,356
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $556,200
Program services were 41.9% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$268,413
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,042,826
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $166,857 · program services $127,000 · management and general $39,857
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11b · Fees: legal
total $15,161 · management and general $15,161
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $26,000 · management and general $26,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $762,543 · program services $311,368 · management and general $264,737 · fundraising $186,438
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13 · Office expenses
total $16,019 · program services $5,219 · management and general $8,527 · fundraising $2,273
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17 · Travel
total $340,392 · program services $112,613 · management and general $169,134 · fundraising $58,645
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $175,380 · end of year $188,586
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $41,800 · end of year $3,861
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$51,275 · end of year $192,447
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $268,455 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE CORPORATION SEEKS TO UNITE LEADERS AND PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENTS FROM AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES BY SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO ENSURE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW, FACILITATE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO UNITE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM. WE BUILD NETWORKS OF POLITICAL DISSIDENTS TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE AND STRATEGICALLY GROW PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENTS, SPEAK OUT AGAINST ABUSE, AND SUPPORT THOSE SUFFERING INJUSTICE. WE ARE BUILDING A WORLD OF HOPE, FREEDOM, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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FINANCIAL FREEDOM - WE EDUCATE OUR MEMBERS ON THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS BITCOIN AND AI IN THE SERVICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FINANCIAL FREEDOM, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND ENSURE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ACCESSIBLE AT SPEED.
Expenses $297,189
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POLITICAL PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK: WITH AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE WORLD, THE NEED TO OFFER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IS URGENT. OUR POLITICAL PRISONER GUIDE HELPS PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES NAVIGATE THESE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. IT IS A UNIQUE GUIDE WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WITH DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN CAMPAIGNING FOR UNLAWFULLY DETAINED FAMILY MEMBERS. THE GOAL OF THE YEAR 2024 WAS TO LAUNCH THE HANDBOOK: PATHWAY TO FREEDOM: HANDBOOK FOR THE LIBERATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. THE HANDBOOK WAS PRINTED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND FRENCH AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE WEB PAGE TO BE USED BY THE POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Expenses $163,307
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YOUTH LIBERTY CONGRESS: THE YLC BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENT LEADERS DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE WORLD. THEY ORGANIZED THE TEAM AND ELECTED THE YOUTH MEMBERS TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE WLC, IN VILNIUS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDING 45 YOUNG LEADERS FROM UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
Expenses $59,008
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FREEDOM ACADEMY: WE BRING ACTIVISTS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND STRUCTURE VITAL FOR TAKING THE BATTLE TO AUTOCRATS AND DICTATORS. THE FIRST EVENT TOOK PLACE IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA. WE TRAINED 56 ACTIVISTS FROM 19 AFRICAN COUNTRIES, DURING 5 DAYS. THE SECOND EVENT WAS IN HEREDIA, COSTA RICA, TO ATTEND 44 ACTIVISTS FROM 4 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: NICARAGUA, CUBA, BOLIVIA, AND VENEZUELA, FOR 5 DAYS, COVERING ALL THE ISSUES PROGRAMMED TO PREPARE THE ACTIVISTS FOR THE NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE.
Expenses $36,696
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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Leopoldo Lopez MendozaLEOPOLDO LOPEZ MENDOZA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $127,000
- From this org
- $127,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 34
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Javier El-HageJAVIER EL-HAGE
CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Masih AlinejadMASIH ALINEJAD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Garry KasparovGARRY KASPAROV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Alvaro SalasALVARO SALAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Carmen Elisa HernandezCARMEN ELISA HERNANDEZ
CFO/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $39,857
- From this org
- $39,857
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 34
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.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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WLC OPERATIONS LLC
TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM · DE · income $0 · assets $0
Directly controlled by WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS INC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533199349303333
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